"Flow soldering" redirects here. Not to be confused with Reflow soldering.
Inside a wave soldering machine, showing the wave soldering processTemperature and time graph showing wave soldering solder pot and topside temperatures
Wave soldering is a bulk soldering process used for the manufacturing of printed circuit boards. The circuit board is passed over a pan of molten solder in which a pump produces an upwelling of solder that looks like a standing wave. As the circuit board makes contact with this wave, the components become soldered to the board. Wave soldering is used for both through-hole printed circuit assemblies, and surface mount. In the latter case, the components are glued onto the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) by placement equipment, before being run through the molten solder wave. Wave soldering is mainly used in soldering of through hole components.
As through-hole components have been largely replaced by surface mount components, wave soldering has been supplanted by reflow soldering methods in many large-scale electronics applications. However, there is still significant wave soldering where surface-mount technology (SMT) is not suitable (e.g., large power devices and high pin count connectors), or where simple through-hole technology prevails (certain major appliances).
Wavesoldering is a bulk soldering process used for the manufacturing of printed circuit boards. The circuit board is passed over a pan of molten solder...
Soldering (US: /ˈsɒdərɪŋ/; UK: /ˈsoʊldərɪŋ/) is a process of joining two metal surfaces together using a filler metal called solder. The soldering process...
work, solder wire is available in a range of thicknesses for hand-soldering (manual soldering is performed using a soldering iron or soldering gun), and...
inserting the component leads through the paste. Wavesoldering however, has been the common method of soldering multi-leaded through-hole components onto a...
Dip soldering is a small-scale soldering process by which electronic components are soldered to a printed circuit board (PCB) to form an electronic assembly...
the wrong direction. For soldering n-type semiconductors, solder may be doped with antimony; indium may be added for soldering p-type semiconductors. Pure...
selective soldering include: Selective aperture tooling over wavesolder: These tools mask off areas previously soldered in the SMT reflow soldering process...
boards that are soldered automatically using reflow or wavesoldering techniques. Once applied, openings must be made in the solder mask wherever components...
temperatures required for reflow soldering, because the plastic has a lower melting point since they were designed for wavesoldering methods. Some JST surface-mount...
second during typical wavesoldering conditions. Layers of gold thinner than 0.5 μm (0.02 thou) also dissolve completely into the solder, exposing the underlying...
mechanical strength), soldering the leads, and trimming off the ends. Leads may be soldered either manually or by a wavesoldering machine. Through-hole...
that moves the liquid. Applications include pumping molten solder in many wavesoldering machines, pumping liquid-metal coolant, and magnetohydrodynamic...
gold (ENIG) Hot air solder leveling (HASL) Immersion silver plating (IAg) Immersion tin plating (ISn) Reflow solderingWavesoldering Tong, K. H., M. T...
common lead-free solder systems have a higher melting point, e.g. a 30 °C typical difference for tin-silver-copper alloys, but wavesoldering temperatures...
SMT packages, based on the principles of wavesoldering). One thorough review [1] of the ColdHeat soldering iron noted: "For the electronics hobbyist...
(IAg) Immersion tin plating (ISn) Organic solderability preservative (OSP) Reflow solderingWavesoldering "Surface Finishes in a Lead Free World". Uyemura...
(in the bleachery). Other applications include ultrasonic welding, wavesoldering, and sputtering targets. Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), a colorless...
immersion gold (ENIG) Hot air solder leveling (HASL) Organic solderability preservative (OSP) Reflow solderingWavesoldering Slocum, Dan Jr. (2003-09-25)...
STMicroelectronics 78L05A in a SO-8 surface-mount package with larger solder pads on the left for wavesoldering. There are common configurations for 78xx ICs, including...
that moves the liquid. Applications include pumping molten solder in many wavesoldering machines, pumping liquid-metal coolant, and magnetohydrodynamic...
larger building at 6328 Linn NE in Albuquerque in 1973. They installed a wavesoldering machine and an assembly line at the new location. In January 1972, Popular...
most common uses in electronics are in the soldering process. Specifically Selective, Reflow, and WaveSoldering equipment. Fire Protection: The fire protection...
normally are circuit board mounted and require wavesoldering at 180–240 °C (356–464 °F) or reflow soldering at 230–300 °C (446–572 °F). Battery contacts...
Ultrasonic soldering (U/S soldering) is a flux-less soldering process that uses ultrasonic energy, without the need for chemicals to solder materials,...
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