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 Dec 05 17:30:02 EST 2001 | davef
How do you know that "approx 450�C" is "too high"? As a side, the temperature on the temperature sensor is: * Inaccurate. * Not the temperature at the solder. Listen, operators are smart people. They have figured-out that they can solder faster wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 17 12:58:15 EDT 2002 | babe
I agree with everything stated thus far. However, what soldering iron are you using. You may be able to solder the pin with an iron that delivers continuous heat and if there is room utilize a large tip as a heat reservoir. What happens is that the i
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 24 12:20:33 EDT 2004 | davef
The methods Terry mentioned are good, but our operators are too impatient. Here's how they do site prep, after removing the BGA: * Use a soldering iron to melt the solder at the base of the ball. * Flick the ball[s] from the pad[s] with the solderin
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 21 18:02:16 EDT 2006 | SD
You didn't explain exactly how you are reworking the BGA and at what point the pad comes off. Assuming it's from an iron... The biggest cause of lifted pads is too much heat. Whether it be the iron temp or the amount of time the iron is on the pad
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 23 12:14:15 EDT 2006 | jdengler
At a previous job we had a kit to splice the belts. It was a clamping and squeeze device and a soldering iron with a flat blade. You would cut the ends for a suare edge, put the belt in the clamp unit with a small gap. Use the iron to melt both en
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 03 14:02:35 EST 2006 | russ
The temp your iron is set at is somewhat irrelevant, it is the temp at the tip right? We use metcals and have 700 deg tips for leadfree. As you may know Metcal temp is at the tip and not a heating element seperate from the tip like many irons are.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 26 15:51:14 EDT 2013 | jdengler
We use JBC here. I like the response time of the iron tip. When soldering, the tip temperature does not drop as much as the Weller's we used to use. I like the ease of changing tip sizes. I dislike the cost of replacement elements. The tip and
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 26 16:05:52 EDT 2013 | hegemon
JBC is a great performer, but tips can get a bit expensive. If you are working smaller parts like 0402 and 0201 capacitors, go with the JBC Nano Station. We have 3 stations, each with dual Nano soldering irons. The balance of our stuff is H*kko Fo
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 02 11:06:39 EDT 2019 | robl
Personally I'd take a Metcal MX500 over a 130W JBC every day, and we had hundreds at the last place. However, here we have lots of JBC's, and my engineers and solderers swear by them. Both are good irons and like any you need to get your tip choice
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