Hello,

I will be evaluating and qualifying two equipment types. The first is a fountain soldering
device. I need practical advice on all the stuff you guys and gals know about as good, bad,
ugly, best applications, setup, limitations, and all the rest. I've never used one of these
things and would appreciate any experienced input.

I am inheriting an SRT 1000 BGA/Fine pitch rework/repair station. So far it looks straight
forward and easy to program and operate. I do question having to edit INI files to set some
parameters for board and component types, and sequences, etc. Additionally, the very long
removal and replacement arm/rod/tube seems very vulnerable and I can't help wondering about
repeatabillity let alone initial accuracy though, from what I've seen so far, no worries? Any
experienced input concerning operations, do's, dont's, capabilities, limitations, etc. also
would be appreciated.

I've used both the big Conceptronic and Pace types. They both work well though I tend to lean
toward the Pace as it is simpler and easier to program with better placement features. I do
like the Conceptronic bottom side "pre-heaters" and the SRT heaters work well. Still, I've
only been introduced to the SRT and would like objective comparisons and information as in
the above.

Thanks everyone,

Earl Moon

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