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Wade Oberle <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:59:04 -0600
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Earl,
        I'll throw my two cents in on the rework end.  There are many
fine machines on the market including the ones you mentioned.  Another
good system is the DRS-24C by Air -Vac Engineering.  I believe they also
make mini waves or mini solder pots if that is what you mean by 'solder
fountain'.

Regards

Wade Oberle
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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Thursday, January 21, 1999 8:34 AM
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        Subject:        [TN] Solder fountain devices and BGA/Fine pitch
repair/rework             stations

        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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