We have been testing our soldering irons for temperature, tip resistance
to ground (less than 2 ohms) and tip voltage potential (less than 2
mVAC).  We recently added our de-soldering equipment (solder suckers)
and hot air tools to our maintenance checks.  IPC-A-610 refers to
ANSI/ESD S20.20 which then leads to ESD STM13.1 as the standard test
method.  

I don't yet have a current copy of STM13.1. I am wondering if it
addresses hot air tools and how they are tested. Should we be testing
the ESD generated instead of tip to ground on these?

From what I see in the NASA handbook 8739.1 and the older ESD
S20.20-1999 we probably should increase the resistance limit to 20 ohms
while keeping the tip voltage potential the same.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks for any input.  

 

Timothy T. Weller

Documentation Specialist

DICKEY-john Corporation

5200 Dickey John Road

Auburn, IL 62615

Tel 217-438-2455

Fax 217-438-2640

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