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News Release from: Kaisertech | Subject: JBC soldering equipment
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2003
Cool soldering systems meet stringent
requirements
A soldering system's microprocessor driven heating system provides very fast heat recovery so that it can operate at lower temperatures, typically at a maximum of 370 deg C instead of 450 deg C.
Park Air Systems, a dominant company in the air traffic control equipment market, has specified JBC soldering equipment through premium distributor Kaisertech following extensive evaluation Operating from headquarters in Market Deeping, Park Air is wholly owned by Northrop Grumman, the large American aerospace and defence corporation, and provides integrated communication, navigation and surveillance systems to air traffic control providers in some 167 countries
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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To date Kaisertech has supplied 45 soldering systems plus accessories, as well as two of its own brand KT solder fume extraction units, to Park Air's power amplifier production line.
The company sub-contracts much of its manufacturing but the power amps are made on site because they require very accurate soldering, a task well suited to the JBC Advance system, and highly skilled operators to ensure the effective performance and longevity of the finished product.
The soldering system's microprocessor driven heating system provides very fast heat recovery so that it can operate at lower temperatures than previously possible, typically a maximum of 370 deg C instead of the more common 450 deg C.
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Not only does this provide faster soldering but also the system is kinder to circuit boards and components by reducing thermal shock.
It is claimed that the JBC unit provides an 80 percent improvement over the performance of conventional soldering tools.
For instance while a conventional station can take between 10 and 90 seconds to reach 350 deg C these systems, using the appropriate hand piece, can reach this temperature in only two seconds.
The heating system used achieves a high heating power in a very small cartridge, which means that the mass to be heated is small and therefore the thermal inertia is minimal.
In tests measuring the time taken to perform a series of five solder joints the Advance station completed the task in only eight seconds with a temperature drop of just 30 deg C - a conventional system took twice this time, 16 seconds, and suffered a temperature drop of 70 deg C.
Tip life can be up to five times longer than usual because as soon as the soldering iron is left on its stand the tip temperature automatically drops to 250 deg C, decreasing the wear on the tip.
When the soldering iron is taken out of the stand the soldering temperature is rapidly recovered because of the s cartridge's small mass.
Commenting on their choice of soldering equipment Alan Miller, a process engineer at Park Air Systems said "When Kaisertech demonstrated the system to us we were quickly impressed with the speed, accuracy and quality of the result and further evaluation by ourselves confirmed this.
Since then we have equipped with 45 JBC systems, with more to be ordered, and also have benefited from Kaisertech's excellent back-up and supply chain management service that ensure we always have the replacement tips available in our stores without the hassle of having to manually re-order every time". Request a free brochure from Kaisertech ...
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