Cactus Materials has formed a partnership with Kaken Tech Corp.

Kaken Tech is Japan's #1 market share holder in the deflux cleaning industry due to their superior technology, cleaning ability, and environmentally friendly cleaning solutions and equipment. Kaken's cleaning solutions and equipment are currently used by TOP American semiconductor companies.

To supplement the engineering miracle that is Kaken's cleaning technology, Cactus Materials will serve as a comprehensive engineering solutions provider, our advanced facilities located in the Arizona State University Research Park allows us to perform demonstrations of the cleaning ability of our solutions and offer characterization and analytical services to the north American market.

Services

Technical Expertise

• Cleaning demonstrations
• Free sampling (solutions + analysis)
• System customization
• Solutions recycling feature - Distiller
• Distiller implementation to existing systems
• Bath monitoring system

Process & Failure Analysis

• Optical & electron microscopy
• X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy
• Bath analysis
• Ion chromatography 

*Processes & FA are conducted by a team of experienced and qualified Ph.D.'s in Arizona State University's advanced Research Park.

Engineering Solutions

• PCB deflux cleaning
• Pallet and tooling cleaning
• Ceramics cleaning
• Metal cleaning
• Semiconductor cleaning

Cleaning Solution and Equipment Features

High Reliability & Performance

Pictured right shows the precision of one of our stencil cleaning solutions - HA-4040U, down to QFP 0.4mm pitch and CSP dia 0.1mm.
It demonstrates superior cleaning ability over aqueous solutions in the removal of flux residues.

Quick Drying

Rinsing agent MARKLESS (ST-05U) permeates into tight spaces, even into the gap underneath a microchip, and dries 4 times faster than water.
This quick drying ability leaves no residue behind, ensuring a truly clean finish.

Environmentally Friendly & Cost Effective

In our cleaning equipment, a compact distiller which comes as a standard, enables rinsing agents to be continuously recycled for multiple uses. This not only reduces waste and keep running costs low but also maintains high quality cleaning performance.

High Precision Cleaning Solutions

Electronic circuits are becoming denser and more integrated, making the requirement for cleanliness more necessary and stringent. We understand that functional quality is associated with the presence of foreign matter. 
To combat these, Kaken and Cactus Materials are proud to offer high quality and performance solutions that are not only environmentally friendly, but are also capable of dissolving and removing lead-free solder flux and other contaminants.

Features of Cleaning Solutions

• Dries 4 times faster than water, leaving no residue even in the gap underneath the microchip
• Capable of cleaning lead-free soldering flux residue resulting from high temperature soldering more efficiently and effectively than conventional glycol- or hydrocarbon-based solutions
• Maintain circuit characteristics after cleaning
• Little to no impact on mounted parts and PCBs
• Environmentally friendly and reusable

High Performance Cleaning Equipment

Pallet Cleaner

A pallet cleaner with a compact design that also utilizes a cleaning technique that thoroughly cleans the pallets with minimal damage to the pallets.

Microcleaner ECO

The world's smallest deflux cleaning system with built-in distiller allows the cleaning solutions to be reused.
Water rinse NOT required.

Microcleaner

Customizable deflux cleaning system with high cleaning performance and high reliability.

Pallet Cleaner

Superior cleaning performance

• Cleaning time is only ONE minute or less 
  
• Excellent cleaning ability 
• Compact design to allow it to fit into customers' existing systems easily
• Not require complicated maintenance procedures
• Utilizes a cleaning method that thoroughly cleans the pallets without damaging them like blushing and ultrasonic cleaning do​​

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Recommended Cleaners

Microcleaner

Customizable deflux cleaning system to tailor to your needs and capabilities

• Cost efficient and environmentally friendly as the standard compact distiller equipped enables the continuous recycling of rinsing agents for repeated use, while maintaining high quality cleaning performance
  
• Fast drying cleaners result in no remaining liquid and residue after cleaning - higher reliability in maintaining the PCBs' original qualities
  
• Our equipment is customizable to deliver the best cleaning systems for your engineering needs
• Less impact on mounted parts and PCBs

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Designated Cleaners

Microcleaner ECO

The world's smallest deflux cleaning equipment

• Low VOC emission and greater cleaning performance than solvent-based cleaning systems
• Cleaning solutions can be recycled in the distiller which enables low running costs and reduced waste
• One-liquid system allows for easy liquid management and compact operation

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Recommended Cleaners

FlexiClean

An Adhesive Board for the Removal of Contaminants
The main goal of FlexiClean is to improve on issues concerning foreign matter and contamination.
​FlexiClean effectively removes foreign matter, causing yield to increase and scrap rate to decrease.

Features

• Specializes in removing contaminants (metal particles, dust, flux, etc.) that are attached to conveyor rollers or O-rings without stopping the machine.
• Environmentally friendly as it is reusable up to 500 - 1000 times, depending on application is it used for and method of cleaning.
• FlexiClean can be reused simply by wiping away the foreign matter that is attached on to it with an alcohol-soaked lint-free cloth.
• There are 2 types, for high temperature and low temperature applications.
  
  • ​The high temperature type is able to withstand 250 – 270 °C environments.​​

Structure

One of the constituents of the substrate material is FR-4, a composite material composed of woven fiberglass cloth with an epoxy resin binder that is flame resistant (or self-extinguishing). The safety of flammability of FR-4 is in compliance with the standard UL94V-0.

Specifications

Size (mm)	Base Material Thickness (mm)	Total Thickness (mm)
508 x 508	0.3 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1.0	0.8 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.5
510 x 480	0.3 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1.0	0.8 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.5
656 x 480	0.6 / 0.8 / 1.0	1.1 / 1.2 / 1.5