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Before you constitute your purchase of your soldering tool there are some items you should take into deliberation. What situation will you be using your Soldering Tools for? What type of heat will your soldering jobs require? Will you need a battery-operated soldering tool for more portability or will you be working at a mending bench where you will have easy access to a power supply? Also choosing the proper soldering tips should be an fundamental factor you contemplate prior to making your purchase.

So let’s start off with the type of soldering tool you should choose. If your function is for the most part performed at a repair bench atmosphere then I would suggest picking a Soldering Station. There are several choices of Soldering Stations, but the universal rule is to select one that has an alterable control (wattage) setting. This gives you many Soldering Irons in a single tool. The Solder Station also gives you a place to quickly hold your Solder Iron between uses. The largest downfall of a Solder Station is it’s negation of portability through its bulk and necessity for an AC power supply.

If you elect to choose one of today’s quick cool Solder Irons you might want to consider these fundamental factors into deliberation first. They are indeed the best when it comes to portability. They don’t command an AC power provider, and nearly all batteries in these family of Solder Irons in most of cases provide you up to 10 hours of use in advance of needing to be re-energized. The demise with these types of Solder Irons is the absence of power. The brisk cool Solder Irons I have had the pleasure of using had a top power of ten watts. This could be ample power for lesser solder jobs or work with heat impressionable workings, but if you are working with line or larger components that are not heat vulnerable this will not grant enough power for the project.

Solder Irons and Soldering Guns that have need of an AC power base provide a varied array of power options and some portability in a sole package. Solder Guns give a wattage that provide an adequate amount of power for soldering wire and alternative bulky components, but don’t allow the technician the malleability to get into small spaces. Solder Irons on the alternative hand assign you the adaptability of a extensive collection of wattages for 6 watts up to 60 watts. They also allow you to amend to different styles of soldering tips for almost every imaginable soldering jobs.

Butane Solder Irons also afford the technician the portability needed of a cordless Solder Iron, the choice of soldering tips and the power required for a large amount of soldering jobs. Of course they necessitate you to have additional butane available for refills, but for the most part they constitute an exceptional choice.

So now that you are an authority in regards to Soldering Irons go out there and shop with confidence. I’m confident you will find exactly what you are looking for.

AOYUE is a leading manufacturer of soldering tools in China and Europe. Soldering station Aoyue 2702 is a top soldering station with the latest technology.

I have already worked with Aoyue 2702 soldering station and everything went smoothly.
It is a really complete soldering system; very fast temperature response, lots of accessories. I have been using this soldering station when soldering very fine surface mount components (SMD) in sizes 0402, 0603. The station maintains a constant temperature when the set value is reached.

This soldering system consists of:
– Soldering iron (soldering iron comes with a smoke absorber)
– hot air gun
– de-soldering gun

The Aoyue 2702 soldering station package contents:
Main station with hot air gun, de-soldering gun, Air nozzles (1124,1130,1197, 1313, 1919),G001 IC popper, Z003 Hot air gun holder, Soldering Iron with T-LF-2B Tip, Soldering Iron Holder with Solder Wire Stand, 3 de-soldering tips(s,m,l), vacuum suction pen,power cord.

Features of Aoyue 2702 soldering station:
-All digital controls
-500 watt metal heater for hot air
-70 Watt soldering iron 200-480 C (392-896 F)
-15 minute stand-by auto sleep mode Temperature range 100-480 C (212-896 F)
-Air Flow 23L/min (max)
The 24 volt soldering iron is compatible with the compound tip design by connecting the ceramic heater, sensor control unit and tip as one.
Vacuum pump in the de-soldering tool comes with zero crossing circuitry preventing electrical surges.

The Aoyue 2702 is great 0 soldering station – the combination of high quality and great price. It is a great soldering station for repairs on all types of boards, for soldering and de-soldering of through hole components as well as surface mount components.

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Applications
Soldering guns are used where more heat is needed than from pencil-style soldering irons. They can be used for heavy electrical connections, stained glass assembly, and light sheet-metal work. Typical soldering guns are rated between 100 and 240 watts power. A gun may include a two-stage trigger to give two heat settings. Consumer soldering guns are often packaged with accessory tips intended for cutting and shaping plastic.
Soldering guns may be used to solder the small SMD components, after replacing the default thick wire with a thin one. If the wire loop is bent into a rectangular shape, the gun can be used to solder 14- and 16-pin 1.27 mm pitch SMD packages in about 8 seconds by heating all pins at once.
The tip shape, in the form of a wire loop, is advantageous for getting into confined space; the tip can be rotated to get into a gap between neighbouring components. This is not practical with the cone shape of a usual soldering iron. Temperature in the soldering gun is regulated manually by holding the button until the solder melts, and then releasing it. When the solder is about to start solidifying, the button is pressed again, and so on. An experienced worker develops the skill to regulate the temperature according to need.
A disadvantage of a soldering gun is that the copper wire loop slowly dissolves in the solder and has to be regularly replaced. The soldering gun generates an electromagnetic spike when the button is released, which can be a problem for electromagnetically-sensitive devices. The spike can be seen when a high-efficiency LED is soldered, as the LED flashes. Soldering guns produce too much heat for joints on printed circuit boards. The heavy magnetic field produced by the tip can attract and hold small ferrous metal pieces (screws, etc.). History
A 1948 advertisement for a Weller soldering gun
Pistol-grip electrically-heated soldering tools had been used since the 1920s. In 1941 Carl E. Weller invented and later obtained US Patent 2405866 for a transformer-type soldering tool, which heated up rapidly. Unlike other electrically-heated tools of the time, his soldering gun used a copper heating element, directly heated by a current of hundreds of amperes produced from a small transformer in the body of the gun. The relatively small mass of the copper element heated rapidly and cooled off quickly when the trigger was released. Weller formed a company to manufacture and sell his invention commercially in 1946. The Weller company was bought in 1970 and merged into the Cooper Industries group. See also
Helping hand (tool)
Solder
Soldering iron References
^ Weller, Carl E., “Electrical Heating Apparatus” US 2405866, filed July 14, 1941, issued August 1946.
^ Luckett, Hubert (May 1963). “Have Gun Will Solder”. Popular Science Magazine 182 (5): pp. 163165, 191. ISSN 0161-7370. http://books.google.ca/books?id=uSADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA163. 
^ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Cooper-Cameron-Corporation-Company-History.html retrieved 2009 Oct 19
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