Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 21 04:07:09 EST 2015 | xboxhaxorz
Most serious rework stations are from ersa, pdr etc; We actually wanted a fully automated system with split vision and in USA that would probably cost around $50k. We decided on a ZX360 which is about 300 lbs and it worked quite well without issue fo
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 07:58:50 EDT 2014 | philc
Many thanks for the (very) useful and honest answer. I had thought that £1000 was too little, but we don't have a local supplier, so have to rely on internet descriptions. There appears to be many machines out there described as "BGA replacement mach
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 11:34:45 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Well our small UK based company is I guess in a similar situation, there isn't the volume or value to justify an expensive solution for fiddly rework tasks. But it would certainly be nice to have one and may become more important in future as people
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 29 13:24:58 EDT 2007 | adrian_nishimoto
My four favorite machines in order: 1) Metcal 3591 2) PDR IR-3200 3) PMT B-series 4) Air-Vac DRS 22c We have and use all of these.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 16 09:01:18 EDT 2007 | Steve
The best station I've ever worked with is a focused IR station from PDR. The station that I had was called a; "Lightmaster Pro". They have a different model name now, but you can see a datasheet for it at: http://www.pdr.co.uk/Datasheets/PDRX410-IR-
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 03 20:45:28 EST 2000 | Gary
I have worked with the PDR type rework station on and off for 12 years and have found that the IR can offer a lot of advantages over hot air. As was mentioned the lack of nozzels is a great advantage. The back heater takes a while to warm up but on
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 23 20:23:58 EDT 1999 | Dave F
Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near-by co
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 23 20:57:13 EDT 1999 | Dean
| Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near-by
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 12:19:19 EDT 1999 | John
| | | Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 23 23:58:01 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Jackie's posting recently and responses to it got me to dondering. First, recollecting, we bought an IR rework station a couple million years ago. It had a IR source on a stand, a bunch of lenses, and Reynolds aluminum foil for shielding near-b
