Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 08:50:40 EDT 2006 | Rob
Just come back from Nepcon (electronics show on an obscure little island on the other side of the pond) and had a good chance to look & play with a whole bunch of solder wire. Koki do one that is aprox. 99/0.7/0.3 with 0.03 Cobolt in. They claim th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 11:26:38 EDT 2005 | jdengler
I think the asahi solder is coming out with their own irons if they get enough interest on this forum.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 13 03:35:18 EDT 2005 | Rob
.....and it'll probably be the best soldering iron in the world.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 13 15:14:17 EDT 2005 | jdumont
Oh you mean like the no heat soldering irons? I think they can also cook you a pizza while soldering wires.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 25 14:19:02 EDT 2014 | barryg
Hello everyone. I have a question pertaining to solder irons, tips and solder stations. We recently have set up our lead free wave and reflow oven. We still have quite a few projects that require leaded solder. I was curious how others handle rework
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 26 10:51:52 EDT 2014 | aybars
I would recommend not to mix leaded irons to do non-leaded rework. Especially, if you are working on ROHS compliance project that will create contamination. Weller and Hakko still have tips for leaded soldering tips, you can chechk on their web sites
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 06:13:30 EDT 2005 | dougs
A while back we checked out all our manufacturing equipment for lead free capability, we thought our soldering irons would all be fine as they can reach temperatures well in excess of lead free alloy melting points. Last week i was speaking to someo
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 08:44:58 EDT 2005 | jdengler
JBC is offering "Lead free" tips now. They have this on the web site: "JBC recently released a new series of tips featuring a thicker iron bath that we find more resistent to aggressive additives and flux as found in lead free alloy." We have not d
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 13 15:14:48 EDT 2005 | jdumont
...Or how about the wireless wrist straps. Those are a lifesaver. Ok im done now.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 16:03:09 EDT 2005 | autoequip
I have recently been testing a new Iron that will be introduced on the market soon. The temp drop is coming in at 30c versus most other irons I have tested drop about 70c the tips are elctroplated and designed for lead free we have been very impresse
