Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 04:54:44 EDT 2001 | mugen
METCAL has a good unit, for BGA rework, and it uses Hot Air Reflow (convection). The pros and cons of Hot Air Vs IR, you can find easily ard u... em are ageless topics, happy debating. hint : good reasons why SMT Reflow Ovens, were IR switched to
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 06 08:36:34 EST 2013 | leigh
We have used a OK International APR-5000-XLS for the past 5 years, and have never had any issues with it. It works great on all types of BGA's and PCB's. There is sufficient heating topside and bottom, you can hook up thermocouples and fine tune yo
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 05 20:31:39 EST 2013 | hegemon
Air Vac DRS25. Hands down the best rework EQ. (my humble opinion, based on my own experience with rework EQ going back 15 years +) Right in your budget. Complete capability for rework. SMD, BGA, POP. Full profiling capability. Massive bottom heati
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 16:18:24 EDT 2001 | caldon
I am not familiar with the ERSA system you talk about but wanted to let you know there is another company call PDR that also uses IR and no nozzles. the machine is pretty slick and easy to use and set up. We have found no adverse affects to the IR he
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 15 18:16:15 EDT 2001 | Shindler
Hi Larry- Be wary of which IR systems you use, dark IR (ERSA) maintains only the positive effects of infrared use in that this infrared medium wavelength has the optimal absorbtion/reflection ratio between light and dark colors. Therby, guaranteeing
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 06 06:32:06 EST 2013 | bandjwet
We have been running both SRT and APR rework systems for many years in our business as a service provider of BGA rework (http://www.solder.net/services/bga-rework-services The SRT is a true workhorse with good bottom side heating capabilities. If yo
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 29 09:37:25 EST 1997 | Craig Wilmer
| Can anybody give me feed back on the pro and cons of | using Pace, OK, Hakko, Metcal, etc... Kris, Pace is going to be your best bet when it comes to productivity. I used to do rework and repair for Compaq and all of the PCA lines in their manufa
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 15:57:00 EDT 2004 | russ
I have used one in the past and wish I had one now. Is that enough input? We had great success with this machine. The large lower preheat and board supports worked very well for large thin boards. We never experienced any problems with this machi
Electronics Forum | Thu May 16 02:47:17 EDT 2019 | Joy
For lab, the bga rework station should with good quality, good brand have nice service, for machine, should use it more than 8-15years, the brand what you writen is good brand, but i still reommend zm r7850A BGA rework station for you, this machine c
Electronics Forum | Thu May 30 16:15:53 EDT 2019 | emeto
Maan, 84k for a rework station??? You should probably invest that money onto something else that will avoid rework :)
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