Take a look at the Pace thermo-flo. We use it on everything from SOIC's to PLCC's and QFP's. It is adaptable to BGA's, but we haven't tried it yet. This Pace unit is the best I've seen. Neil Maloney, Service Technician Contemporary Controls 630-963-7070 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Pat Lujan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:51 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Surface Mount Rework Station Can someone recommend a good hot air surface mount rework station for removing and replacing gull wing FPGA's and IC's in very small quantities of PWA's. We are looking for something in the low to medium price range (1 to 5K) for extremely high rel circuit board requirements. respond via email or call BF Goodrich Aerospace (Dave Steele 505-938-5195) ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################