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May & Scofield manufacturers electronic controls and systems, and needed to fulfill a contract for automotive flex circuits which forbade hand soldering. It turned to capital equipment distributor Altus, which recommended Promation’s Quick 9434 four-axis soldering robot which for consistency, according to Altus, has closed-loop temperature control up to 500°C and a toothed gear solder wire feeder that also perforates the ...

RS is stocking five kits of hand soldering and re-work components aimed at different applications, such as micro-soldering and de-soldering larger components. They collect together units selected from Weller’s WXsmart soldering component range. All the kit part numbers are of the form T005345x699, and all of the kits include get Weller’s ‘WXsmart Station’ controller, a soldering iron, a stand for ...

Essex-based training company Advanced Rework Technology (ART), has invested over £30,000 in re-work, soldering and heat management tooling. Kaisertech supplied the equipment, which includes JBC’s DMPSE 4 rework station with a desoldering module. “The station [right] enables a user to operate four tools simultaneously,” according to ART. “Stackable modules help to conserve workspace, and a selection of compatible tools provide ...

I came across a wonderful idea by someone called Carl Bugeja: pcbs that solder themselves. His idea is to allocate one copper layer within the internal stack as a heater, manufacturing it with a serpentine track of appropriate resistance and power output. In the proof of concept, a control pcb measures the temperature of the pcb-to-be-soldered (via a stuck-on thermocouple) ...

Schurter has introduced a through-hole fuse holder specifically designed to be compatible with reflow soldering. It is branding this as ‘THR’ for ‘through-hole reflow’. “Highly integrated electronic circuits are almost exclusively assembled with surfact-mount components and soldered in a reflow oven, however, it is sometimes necessary to include through-hole components on the circuit board,” according to the company. “THR components ...

Hakko’s FX-601 adjustable soldering iron is aimed at all abilities, from professional to beginner, according to its UK importer Electrolube. There is is no controller box, just the iron, its cable and a mains plug because the controller is built into the iron’s handle. Settings between 240-540°C are available, and status is indicated by an LED. “A one-temperature-fits-all approach simply won’t ...

RS Components has launched the a soldering station with both soldering iron and tweezers, and a combined power of 200W. GT-6200, as it will be known, costs £599.95. “Its combination of power, flexibility and functionality is simply not available elsewhere at this price level, thereby delivering access to professional soldering capability for a larger range of potential users,” said Simon Brown, ...

It transpires that I am a bit behind the times here, in discovering that PCB-Pool – the company (also known as Beta Layout) that will make single pcbs and small batches of pcbs – also sells a low-cost re-flow oven so that small companies, hobbyists and makers can solder their own components. Like many such machines, it is based around ...

US researchers have used under-cooled liquid metal – liquid below its freezing point – for soldering wires together at room-temperature. The project started in Iowa State University as a search for a way to stop liquid metal from returning to a solid below the metal’s melting point. Lead by Martin Thuo (below), the research team thought that if droplets of ...

After many years of loyal service, my Weller TCP 24 soldering iron needs a new bit – I think Pb-free solder has got the better of it. So I thought I would get help choosing a new bit from Weller’s website. Now, and it is probably me rather than Weller, I can’t find anything that says: ‘For your soldering iron, ...