Hi Dominic,
We just recently went thru a review of our internal calibration documents and settled on a 6 month interval. As others have said, you may need to shorten the duration based on results.
I am curious why you are specific about the tips only, and not the entire unit? All of the controls and calculations are done from the element to the base, the tip is only a small, but important, piece of the entire unit.
Also, depending how involved you want to get, we use Hakko's FG-101 model for verification. It also allows you to check tip voltage potential and tip to ground resistance. These are important if you have ESD concerns.
Best Regards,
Jeff
Jeff Popp
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Compunetix
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Hello Technetters, we are presently reviewing our internal procedure for the solder iron calibration. One step of that procedure consists to validate the solder iron tips by measuring the temperature of the tip using a thermometer ( like the Hakko 191). The procedure asks to do the calibration each week or on each tip substitution for all solder irons.
I'm not sure where these requirements came, but I would like to know if you think it is necessary to calibrate the solder iron tips (I'm not talking about the calibration of the iron itself) . If yes, what would be the the calibration frequency recommended?
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