Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 10 09:25:45 EST 2008 | mleber
How many are using solder tip tinner? We were recently told that our tinner was shortening the life of our tips. We are using JBC irons / tips and an entirely leaded process (military) Any leads or sites on tip tinner greatly appreciated.
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 17:08:53 EDT 2008 | wayne123
I have looked at the JBC irons several months ago, and we will be getting a few of them for the people that do rework all day long, but for the general user around here all they are doing is touch-up and 500 bucks for an Iron for 50 people is a littl
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 02:28:43 EDT 2008 | lococost
I'm not affiliated with JBC in any way, but I do agree you should take a look at them.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 01 07:49:21 EDT 2019 | philc
We use JBC irons here, and I have to say that they are the best I have ever used. https://www.jbctools.com/ Regards
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 | Fri Aug 02 07:19:02 EDT 2019 | jchris
The response from SolderingPRO is quite amusing, considering he's the OWNER of Promation, distributor of Quick soldering irons in the US. By the way, Quick is a cheap, Chinese knockoff brand that has virtually no support in other countries other than
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 02 18:13:22 EST 2006 | russ
WE are also going through tips left and right as well with the lead free, thats why it is so environmently friendly you know!!! 10 times the amount of tips now going into trash!! okay back on track here you may wantto try some of the other MFGRS
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 17 16:09:08 EDT 2005 | pjc
A skilled hand-soldering operator can easily do the rework. Applying liquid flux and raking the iron tip across the leads removes bridges. Removal and replacement of QFP-64 can be done manually. This is of course for very low volume of this type QFP-
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 06 02:56:11 EST 2006 | Loco
*We've tried the WSP80s for leadfree, also SAC. Problem with these was when they are not being used, they keep their temp and oxidate like hell. Second problem is as Russ states, the sensor is not in the tip, therefore to get the same heat in the t
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