Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 19 09:39:44 EST 2005 | 4rides
I find myself in possesion of a solder pot from a production machine that was sent to scrap. The scrap man was uninterested in the 2 ton pot. Does this thing have value ?? Or am I stuck with a hunk of Hasmat ???
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 19 09:45:19 EST 2005 | russ
Is it full of solder? If so, It has quite a bit of value.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 06 15:16:30 EDT 2020 | rieko
We are draining a leaded solder pot
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 07 11:38:17 EDT 2020 | rieko
We are draining a leaded solder pot. I'm sure these would work with leaded as well. those look beautiful!
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 14:34:02 EDT 2023 | joeljacobo
Hi, I think they are a bit of both. When they pop the bubbles something like a foam is generated.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 12:28:52 EDT 2008 | operator
I recently witnessed a process in which the solder pot operator used Techspray WSOL water soluble masking to cover the areas around a connector that was to be soldered on the solder pot. He did not wait for the WSOL to cure. He soldered immediately.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 16:20:51 EDT 2008 | hussman
Poor training. Don't blame the operator, he was either shown this or left to his own devices. Be the better man and provide him a better process. Regular old peelabale solder mask would be a start.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 16:30:45 EDT 2008 | operator
I witnessed this at our sister company. It seems to be their standard process. It is not my place to interfere with their processes. I was just curious if there was any chance of brittle solder joints or other defects that might be caused from the WS
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 20:42:24 EDT 2023 | stephendo
In a previous lifetime, we had a selective solder machine where I would see solder splashes in the roof of it. I thought someone might have been putting the solder extremely high. But when it was melting there would be bubbles that burst. The manufac
