Hi David Whalley,

I would suggest that to use the WaveRider/solder wave optimizer, for
checking solder 
depth, parallelism, and the thermal stability of the machine. Basically, it
is used it for 
machine inspection and calibration. 

Mole profiler is still required for the temperature profiling of the board.

Poh

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>Does anyone have experience with using wave solder profiling instruments,
>e.g. the
>Mole WaveRIDER and Alpha solder wave optimiser?
>
>Are there any other instruments out there?
>
>Do these instruments measure the critical parameters in wave solder process
>setup?
>
>Have you found them usefull/reliable/easy to use?
>
>Are there any other factors I should be looking for in purchasing one?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>David Whalley
>Manufacturing Engineering Department
>Loughborough University
>Loughborough
>Leics LE11 3TU
>UK
>
>Tel. +44(0)1509 222930
>Fax. +44(0)1509 267725
>
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>http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/en/STAFF/David_Whalley/index.html

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