Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 04 09:36:51 EST 2012 | davef
You bet. Using a high temperature solder is a perfectly reasonable way the attach thermocouples. Just remember that the solder will not flow on the thermocouple. You need to use a solder iron to lay the solder over thermocouple to hold it in place.
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 16 22:21:23 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Steve: Two things: 1 Chrys "The Thermo Princess" Shea wrote a great thread on attaching thermocouples that's in the SMTnet archives 2 Dymax (and probably others) makes a uV cureable thermal adhesive that's not a ugly to use as soldering thermal coup
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 11 11:02:53 EDT 2001 | dave
Hi I found it's hard to attach thermocouple on profile board at fine pitch component by high temp solder. Does any one know the good way to do it? Thanks in advance. Dave
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 09 20:05:21 EDT 2003 | davef
Kevin: We know of no handy approach to developing recipes. * Certainly programs provided by profiler suppliers give you a good first pass, based on your oven and solder paste. * Second pass in developing your recipe comes through trail and error chan
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 16 14:26:33 EST 2003 | russ
Has anyone possibly moved the location of your thermocouples? if not check the calibration of your temp controllers/ thermocouples. Russ
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 11:41:53 EST 2004 | pjc
Don't detach the bead and don't twist the wires! The bead should be what makes contact with where you want to measure temperature. Tape is not the ideal method to attached thermocouples for reflow soldering but is OK when using for wave solder prehea
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 29 07:27:49 EST 2004 | pjc
ECD has a product called the Temprobe that is an alternative to hi-temp solder, tapes and glues for thermocouple attachedment. The cool thing about the Temprobe is that you can use it on a pasted board too. http://www.saunderstech.com/
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 29 08:44:57 EDT 2004 | davef
Nothing to say that you can't purchase thermocouple wire and spot weld it in the machine shop at your local high school.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 13:49:35 EDT 2004 | bbarr
This is what I use: http://www.omega.com/Temperature/pdf/5TC.pdf or http://www.omega.com/Temperature/pdf/5LSC_5SRTC.pdf The 36 and 40 AWG sizes are ideal (TT insulation.) $430 for 9 thermocouples seems real high.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 16:39:53 EDT 2004 | grayman
Try watlow. They are making thermocouple 90 years now. http://www.watlow.com/products/sensors/se_serve.cfm I know they have the best prices for tc Arman
