Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 09 10:17:43 EST 1999 | Mario Guel
Hi. I'm trying to looking for a manner to enlagre the solder tip life. I have heard about some chemicals substances that help both avoid or eliminate oxidation on tips. Anybody can suggest me some of those products Thanks in advance Mario Guel CMC Me
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 09 11:44:31 EST 1999 | john
| Hi. | I'm trying to looking for a manner to enlagre the solder tip life. I have heard about some chemicals substances that | help both avoid or eliminate oxidation on tips. | Anybody can suggest me some of those products | Thanks in advance | Mario
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 21 09:58:34 EST 2015 | dyoungquist
We are using Metcal STTC-8xx series tips. One thing that makes a huge difference on tip life is what type of solder you are using. If you are soldering with lead (SnPb) solder the tips will last 3 times longer on average than if you are soldering w
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 21 05:12:35 EST 2015 | jsolloway
Calling all Metcal users.... I am trying to get an idea of the expected tip life of a given Metcal solder tip and I am met with the generic response of "there are too many parameters" to give such a number, either in average number of solder joints
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 11:25:10 EDT 2006 | muse95
Since when is Hakko putting more plating on their tips? I was told that there was no change to their tips, it was the same tip for Pb or Pbfree. Prior to first use, all Hakko tips are Pbfree. We have been seeing those tips degrade quicker with Pbf
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:14:44 EDT 2006 | russ
You are exactly right, tip life is greatly reduced with the pbfree alloys. Some mafgrs are using an extra thick plating to reduce this. Next directive will be to determine what to do with all the tips now.
Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 07:53:40 EDT 2006 | egrice1
Sheldon, Tip life is directly related to temperature, IRON plating thickness on the tip, Alloy composition used and operator technique. High tin contents in lead free alloys attach the tips. Poor wetting and higher melting temperatures cause us
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:25:08 EDT 2006 | choppy
I also heard that fluxes are more agressive in lead free alloys. Try maybe to clean your tip more often ?!?!?
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:07:26 EDT 2006 | Sheldon Stewart (Process Engineer)
I am curious if everyone else is seeing the same dramatically reduced tip life with lead-free that I am? We have purchased new irones with controlled temperatures up to 800F. We are doing more hand soldering on our lead-free at the present while wait
Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 11:40:25 EDT 2006 | solderiron
If you can change to SN100C do it. The nickel prevents the high tin content from eating away at the metals on the tips. Similar to what the Lead did in 63/37 alloys. This Koki crap is just that, crap. 99% tin??? Thats what is causing the problem peop
