| ??? 11/29/09 09:49 Read: times |
#171301 - It looks cool Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Joseph Hebert said:
Hi Ap,
The only oven I found that could heat up fast enough is the Black and Decker Infrawave. That's not to say that no other will, just that I never found any. Of course, once I found the one I stopped looking. In any case, I then bought a PID controller from Silicon Horizon (www.TheSiliconHorizon.com) on eBay. I had to provide a power cord, a recepticle, an SSR (solid state relay) a USB cable, a thermocouple and a box to put it all in. Still, I was able to set up a nice benchtop reflow oven for about $200, far less that the 4-digit prices I could buy one for. For that reason alone, cost efficacy, I simply could not justify buying a manufactured benchtop reflow oven. Even if I had to buy heating elements and build the oven from scratch I could do it for much less. Good luck, Joe Hi Joseph, It looks cool the way the pid control was flashing the quartz heater ,and everything is visible through that large inspection window :) . Its true , it can be done for much less its not only the price tag but if you add freight (for approx 8-10Kg or more benchtop unit) + customs or VAT the price ramps up . As you have used this PID controller is it providing good joints for LGA /BGA packages , also do you provide some heat circulation method inside the oven or it has a one built in?. Regards -Ap |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Reflow oven | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I have experimented a bit... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| not an answer, but | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| That depends | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Which kind? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| bench models | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Benchtops and cost efficacy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It looks cool | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Heat distribution/circulation | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
I disagree | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| No, a tiny Pizza oven... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I guess thore are wire type | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Ceramic heaters | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Sorry, mine's German | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| elector stuff | 01/01/70 00:00 |