Measuring is Knowing. Guessing is Missing. Measure the temperature profiles and other variables of your reflowsoldering, wavesoldering, vapour-phase-soldering- and rework & repair processes. This can be accomplished quite easily with the Smart Profiler SuperM.O.L.E.® Gold 2 from ECD or [...]
Nowadays almost all electronic products are soldered fully automatically. This is possible with soldering machines such as: wave soldering machines, reflow ovens, selective soldering, pin-in-paste soldering, vapor phase soldering, laser soldering, soldering robots, etc. In this article we describe the [...]
Optimise your SMT-Reflow process and save on Rework and Repair Quite often I see operators in companies producing electronics perform repair or rework on printed circuit board assemblies that wouldn’t have been necessary if the reflow soldering process would have [...]
JBC is a major league player in the electronic interconnections industry, as it has been manufacturing soldering equipment and has built a global network for over 90 years. JBC not only offers one-stop shopping when it comes to soldering, but [...]
Just like PIEK Almit has a long history. Starting in Japan in 1956 Almit pioneered in the field of soldering wire. The company really took off thanks to monumental technical innovations such as solder paste for aluminium and solder paste [...]
The picture shows a cold solder joint. This is a defect for all product classes as described in IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, etc. The cause of this problem could be: Dirty/oxidized soldering tip Too little/no flux Incorrect soldering temperature Soldered too quickly [...]
Would you like to learn how to solder wires to different types of “terminals” (contacts)? PIEK has developed a practical course in which the different types of terminals are discussed, how to swage/mount terminals into the printed circuit board, how [...]
Drag soldering is soldering with a hollow soldering tip (mini wave tip) or with a flattened tip (hoof tip), a drag soldering tip. Due to the surface tension (adhesion), a drop of tin (bead) remains in the cavity. You drag [...]
Last year, Piek showed the basics of hand soldering, and today we're taking things to a more fundamental level. We'll be talking about the right tools you’re going to need and how to choose them, as well as the proper care and [...]
Tales of introductory soldering are a mix of excitement, fear, and sometimes failure. However, first soldering efforts don’t always need to be daunting or a risk to the success of your project. Although soldering expertise will take many levels of [...]
