Anyone have any experience with Displacement Soldering?
We just came across a benchtop displacement soldering system, and I'm wondering how effective it might be for me.
We're currently looking at a "best" solution for us right now for lead-free soldering. We currently don't have enough demand to convert our wave to lead free, or buy a new wave machine. So, for the short runs that we're doing, we're dipping over a static solder pot. Not an ideal situation, and we're facing a lot of rework for one board type (white-tin finish on the board). So, we're exploring other options.
The displacement soldering system appears as a potential short term solution. It can handle a good board size for us, seems to be much more automated/repeatable than the static pot process we're using now.
Any experience? Pro's? Cons?
thanks, ..rob
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