Hi Tenison! You have more than just the pot to worry about, pumps, nozzels, ducting are things that can get eaten-up as well. At this past APEX, there was a good paper published called; "Equipment Impacts of Lead Free Wave Soldering" that can be a good reference. It's at: http://www.cooksonee.com/DOCS/White_Papers/EquipmentImpactsofLeadFreeWavesolde ringAPEX2003BestUSPaper.pdf And another good resource is at: http://www.alphametals.com/products/lead_free/tech_art.html Hope this helps, -Steve Gregory- > Good morning, > > I have been given the task of finding out what is needed in a wave solder > machine to go lead free. We have an old Hollis machine that will not > handle the new lead free temperatures, so I know I need longer preheat > sections. I also need a new pot since it is the original design and will > not withstand lead free solder compositions proposed. I will also specify > a nitrogen blanket. > > Please divide your list among needed and frills that might be fun, but are > not absolutely necessary. I want to make sure I am not missing anything > in my specifications. > > Thank you in advance. > > Tenison Stone > Manufacturing Engineer > Telex Communications > 1930 West First Street > Blue Earth, MN 56013 > 507-526-3205 x2164 > 507-526-3059 (fax) > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------