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 | Thu Jan 09 12:21:13 EST 2003 | Yannick
Hello, We are in the process to buy a nw rework station I would lke to have your comment on the following rework. Ir550 form Ersa BGA-3591 form Metcal DSR22 ou 24 from Air-vac Thank You
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 25 12:57:29 EST 2002 | caldon
Maxtim- I have used APE's Sniper, airvac, Mecal's 3500, PDR, Pace, and MArtin's rework stations. APE Sniper does the Job but to much automation and not user friendly software. PDR is to much IR and no convection. Metcal's work good now with the ne
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 09 16:42:50 EST 2003 | russ
what are your grading criterias? All of these work pretty good but have differences in the "bells and whistles" I like the Air-Vac DRS24 (no exp. with the 22) because of the large under heater and thermo-couple control. but it is very slow and costl
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 | Thu Aug 16 15:29:30 EDT 2001 | steven
When Air-Vac introduced an IR system at a show in San Jose, people though it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. For obvious reasons they discontinued the short life of the IR systems and implemented hot air into their rework stations. Sales
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 29 22:53:13 EST 2000 | KH
I have used both the QX2 and BGA3500 hot air rework system from Metcal; both are great systems; the QX2 is a very simple system for leaded devices, easily trained and very inexpensive compared to SRT, Air Vac, and Conceptronics. The BGA3500 works on
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 29 22:53:13 EST 2000 | KH
I have used both the QX2 and BGA3500 hot air rework system from Metcal; both are great systems; the QX2 is a very simple system for leaded devices, easily trained and very inexpensive compared to SRT, Air Vac, and Conceptronics. The BGA3500 works on
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 20 14:02:26 EDT 2007 | JJ
RA, First, define "medium scale budget". Aside from that, I have used many systems, listed in my order of preference: 1. SRT1100 - superior board support - very reliable 2. ERSA IR550A - unique flexability due to infrared heaters 3. Metcal APR5000 -
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 13:19:18 EDT 2008 | evtimov
I am also doing research on rework machines. for now I saw : Ersa - german http://www.ersa.de/en/produkte/smt_bga_rework/frame_smt_bga_rework.html DenOn- Japanese http://www.denondic.co.jp/en/products/rd500_2.html, Metcal http://www.metcal.com A
