soldering

SolderKing Assembly Materials met the King at a reception at Windsor Castle, following the company’s King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. “Meeting His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle was an honour that reflects the dedication of our entire team,” said COO Chris Ward. “This recognition validates our commitment to delivering British-manufactured soldering solutions to the international electronics industry.” ...

Emil Otto has developed flux gels for manual rework on solar modules, that are based on solar module production fluxes. Fluxes for manual and rework soldering tend to contain “different activators to those used for series production”, according to the company. “Thanks to the uniform activators of the Emil Otto flux gels, cross-reactions that can occur when using different activators ...

Emil Otto is aiming at joining steel, stainless steel, brass and copper objects below 450°C with three tin-based soft-soldering pastes. “The soldering and tinning pastes do not require zinc chloride, are therefore not subject to hazard labelling and can be used for soft soldering and tinning,” according to the company. “Zinnin Green pastes are used in the metalworking industry as ...

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, ...