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. ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################