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Services: Rescue Cleaning
Our goal is recovery of your product to a cleanliness level equal to or better than the original processing. Foresite uses saponified steam cleaning techniques proven to meet and exceed the IPC ANSI J-STD 001 National soldering standard.

Rescue cleaning can be performed to recover product that has been exposed to external environmental contaminants, rework soldering fluxes or contaminated incoming materials. If you’re experiencing high numbers of No Trouble Found returns or intermittent performance problems, rescue cleaning has been proven to be an effective alternative to scraping the hardware. When production schedules make it impossible to build additional hardware for replacing contaminated assemblies, rescue cleaning can recover contaminated inventory to a level that meets or exceeds the current warrantee requirements. In cases where incoming materials are found to be contaminated, our cleaning techniques can remove the contaminants effectively and timely enough to meet production needs.

During the Cleaning Customization & Validation an optimized cleaning protocol for your product conditions has been developed and proven effective through testing. This establishes a basis for appropriate processes to meet your needs. We will work with you to institute a plan for cleaning and cleanliness monitoring at an established frequency.

The plan will include timing for the receipt, cleaning and return of boards. Arrangements will cover periodic monitoring of the cleaning using ion chromatography. With each return shipment a certificate of conformance will be provided. If required, each cleaned board can be marked. The arrangements will also cover the timing of reports on the results of the ion chromatography testing. The reports include the independent cleanliness verification from a third party laboratory using the IPC approved testing protocol.
 
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