Southern Machinery · Aqueous cleaning for EMS

Flux never belonged on the finished board.
Clean it once, clean it right.

Complete EMS cleaning line — PCBA in-line & batch washers, stencil and screen cleaners, nozzle, pallet, reflow-cooler and bare-board systems — engineered around water-based chemistry, closed-loop filtration and your SMEMA conveyor.

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2011Founded in Shenzhen
5Cleaning product families
70+Export destinations served
24 hQuote response time
Start from the cleaning task

What do you need to clean today?

Like the best cleaning-equipment sites in the industry, we organize by task first, machine second — because your quality engineer thinks in residues, not in models.

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Post-reflow & post-wave PCBA

Rosin, no-clean and water-soluble flux residues plus solder balls drive ion contamination and under-package voids. Inline (SME-6300) or batch (SME5600D / AC510) aqueous wash–rinse–dry cells.

PCBA cleaning systems →
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Stencils & screens

Paste residue packed in fine-pitch apertures = bridging and insufficient deposits. Pneumatic S-1688 or electric SME800 / BC320 regain 100% aperture flow.

Stencil & screen cleaning →
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Pick-&-place nozzles

Coated or clogged nozzle tips cause mis-picks and throw errors. S-6200 / SCM24 clean nozzles from 01005 to Ø2.0 mm in a 24-hole jig.

Nozzle cleaning →
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Reflow & wave pallets, fixtures

Flux-smothered carriers destroy seat accuracy and add heat resistance. SME5200 / SME5300 rotate-spray cabinets clean pallets, conformal carriers and trays.

Fixture & pallet cleaning →
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Reflow oven coolers

Scrubbing coolers by hand? The SME5500 batch washer degreases fan modules and cooler fins without disassembly drama.

See SME5500 / BC230 →
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Bare PCB surfaces & process support

Dust, adhesive roll residue, fingerprints: SQC brush + vacuum + static-elimination units, plus ultrasonic tanks and your own 18 MΩ DI water plant.

Bare PCB & utilities →
Sound familiar?

The hidden costs of skipping proper cleaning

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Yield bleed under the microscope

Ion contamination and residue-induced leakage pass AOI and fail the customer's reliability audit — field returns cost far more than a washer.

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Fine-pitch stencils that never fully empty

Clogged apertures from yesterday's paste print silently starve today's QFPs. Manual wiping pushes paste into the underside of the foil.

Nozzles mis-picking at high speed

A coated tip changes pick force. Mounters stop, the line supervisor grabs alcohol wipes, and nobody logs the root cause.

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Solvent cabinets next to the line

Open-solvent cleaning is a fire, health and customs issue. Aqueous chemistry in a sealed stainless cabinet removes all three headaches.

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DI water that runs out mid-cycle

Batch rinsing with a leaking conductivity window lets ionic films re-deposit. Inline DI plants keep rinse water at 0–18 MΩ where it belongs.

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Audit paperwork you can't produce

Automotive and medical EMS customers ask for cleaning process records. Documented cycles, filters and validation reports answer before they ask twice.

The cleaning machine family

One supplier, whole-line cleaning

Mix cabinets and in-line cells, share chemistry and filtration know-how, and get one point of contact for spares and service.

SME-6300

SME-6300

PCBA in-line cleaner — Boards to 500×400 mm, wash–rinse–dry in one pass

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SME5600D

SME5600D

PCBA batch washer — 2× 610×560×100 mm baskets, 0.22 μm filtration, DI rinse

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S-1688

S-1688

Pneumatic stencil cleaner — No electricity, no fire risk — 100% pneumatic

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SME800

SME800

Electric stencil cleaner — 750×750 mm stencils, 1 μm dual filtration, 90 °C dry

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S-6200

S-6200

Nozzle cleaning machine — 24-hole jig, 01005→Ø2.0 mm nozzles, ≤0.55 MPa spray

Open spec →
SME5200

SME5200

Pallet & fixture washer — Ø1000 mm basket, 720° spray, proven at Schneider

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SQC460

SQC460

PCB surface cleaner — Brush + vacuum + static elimination + sticky roller

Open spec →
DI-250

DI-250

DI water plant — 250 L/h RO + mixed bed, 18 MΩ for rinse tanks

Open spec →
How it works

Inside a Southern Machinery cleaning chamber

WASH
RINSE
SPIN
FILTER
DRY
SUMP
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  • Wash — heated aqueous solution, 30–90 PSI rotating spray bars reach under components and into 0201 seating gaps.
  • Rinse — 3–5 DI rinse passes, conductivity monitored live (0–18 MΩ).
  • Filter — multi-stage closed loop from 2 mm screens down to 0.22 μm protects the sump and extends bath life.
  • Dry — filtered hot air + air-knife edge break so no water marks remain.

Drag the chamber to inspect it from any side.

Watch the machines run

Real footage from our YouTube channel

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S-1688 pneumatic stencil cleaner in action
S-1688 pneumatic stencil cleaner in action

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Catalogs & manuals

Take the paperwork with you

Official Southern Machinery datasheets, manuals and validation reports, hosted on our file server.

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SME-6300 PCBA In-line Cleaning Machine (2020)

Full datasheet — process chambers, utilities, spec table.

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S1688 Stencil Cleaner catalog

Pneumatic stencil cleaning, consumables and cycle data.

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SME5200 cleaning machine introduction

Pallet & fixture cleaning platform overview.

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S-6200 nozzle cleaning machine

Nozzle wash platform datasheet.

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SQC460 PCB Cleaning Machine

Bare-board brush + vacuum cleaner.

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Comparison: pneumatic vs other stencil cleaners

Which stencil cleaner technology fits your floor.

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One email gets you a whole-line cleaning proposal.

Send your board sizes, flux type and daily volume. You will get machine recommendations, a layout drawing, utility list and ROI estimate — from one supplier.

Email info@smthelp.com WhatsApp +86 136 0256 2576