Hot Air Nozzles and DIP's

[mikkkejickles]

Hey folks,

I only just registered but seems like a great forums.

I am really getting into electronic repair as a hobby after dabbling in it for years.

Here is my question. I acquired an old TF-200 desoldering station, and in my research I noticed that there were no 'nozzles' for long DIP applications, only BGA, and short DIP.

i.e It seems hard to find a de-soldering nozzle for say a DIP-64 or DIP-48, even a DIP-28.

Is that because it was easier to just use a standard hot-air tip, and so no one ever bothered to make one?

Just interested, I'm probably lacking some historical context here :-)

Jickles

[coromonadalix]

For dip packages you use an air vacuum de-soldering station,  an hot air station is for smt packages, bga, plcc packages, etc....

[screwbreaker]

Probably he mean TSOP, SOJ etc.

[mikkkejickles]

Sorry yes, you are right!

[MadTux]

SMD hot air guns are ususally too weak for serious THT work.

If you're careful on not to overheat the board you're working on, an industrial hot air gun works great for that. Used them several times to put larger numbers of SRAM chips onto sockets, so that I could test them outside of the machine, that I was repairing.

Use the melting point of solder and the behaviour of flux as an indication of the temperature on the board. If the solder is molten and the flux is smoking heavily, you probably want to reduce the power of the air gun/ increase the distance towards the board.

[screwbreaker]

He is not talking about THT.

Sorry mikkkejickles, I can't find anything for your station. It is a PACE TF-200 isn't it?

There is something for other stations, here one for SOJ-40, and probably there is something also for bigger packages.
https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/htn-sj40/hot-air-nozzles/thermaltronics/

Maybe you can ask directly to PACE, they have a very good customer service.