Desoldering Station

Usage of Desoldering stations range from very minute straight-forward jobs to heavy-duty applications. Based on the requirement and application, different stations are available, varying in power consumption, temperature range, microcontroller (MCU) based control and other features.

Contact Desoldering stations are the most common and popular kind of Desoldering stations. These have a built-in power supply unit, which, in most cases, ensures the galvanic separation between the power circuit and the heating element. Voltage on the heating element can be adjusted using the power supply unit and the heating temperature can be changed accordingly.

Features of Desoldering stations

Lead-free Desoldering station are another category that is used to wire lead-free printed circuit boards (PCBs). These usually make use of lead-free solders and are not necessarily expensive. With many developed nations making regulations favoring lead-free Desoldering, these stations could come in handy for future applications. Lead-free Desoldering stations are specially designed for working with lead-free solders, which offer good reliability and good solderability.

Although, lead-free stations have their own share of cons such as requirement of extra heat to melt lead-free solder, which, in turn, affects the tip of the Desoldering iron. Most of the reputed manufacturers educate their buyers on ideal usage of lead-free Desoldering stations, which helps them maintain and extend the life of Desoldering tips.

Additional perks

Desoldering stations are also packaged with different kinds of heaters. Ceramic heaters, induction coil heaters and combination of heater, sensor and Desoldering tip integrated into one tool are some other variations in Desoldering stations.

Hot-air rework and Desoldering stations are generally used for removing components from PCBs and re-Desoldering new ones. While rework stations are ideal for simple jobs, Desoldering stations are mostly used for demanding reworks on PCB boards and are comparatively less expensive.

Hot-air Desoldering stations are optimum for professionals and hobbyists because these can be used for preheating components before removing or can be used to reflow SMT components such as dual inline packaging (DIP), small outline integrated circuits (SOICs), quad flat packages (QFPes) and other ICs.

Desoldering and Desoldering stations are a must have for all electronics professionals. Nowadays, all stations are electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe, Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant and digital in nature, the new-age Desoldering station offers digital display, digital calibration and password lock functions at a very competitive price. One of the recent developments is the induction heating-based hybrid Desoldering station. These stations use the benefits of both technologies, IR heating technology and convection, to bring out the best in Desoldering.

Hot-air stations are coming with built-in turbines for easy repair applications and heating processes such as shrinking. Brushless turbine is incorporated for ideal hot air flow such that hot air temperature is controlled electronically. Benchtop Desoldering or rework stations have the most accurate temperature controls, best thermal recovery and additional features like programmable timing. Desoldering stations come with (XX) Technology Desoldering iron tips. These low-mass tips provide effective heat transfer via its silver core.