There was a good article by Les Hymes in the August Circuits Assembly
magazine the talked about soldering irons. It's in the back of the book,
"Basic Training; Proper Hand Soldering Tools".

At 09:10 AM 8/18/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Currently for our inhouse rework, we keep our soldering iron temperature at
>500 degree F. In an audit of our Contract Manufaturer, the soldering iron
>temperature for rework was 750 degree F. In reviewing various IPC documents,
>we can not find a recommended temperature. What are the various companies
>using and what source is employed.

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