The Working Of SMT Reflow Ovens

By Anita Ortega


The performance of any electronic gadgets depends on components used as well as how they are soldered on the mother bother that acts as the contact pad. Normally, high level of accuracy and precision is necessary when arranging and soldering the components on their position. This is difficult to achieve without causing damages and assembly firms normally resort to machines designed for the job. The most common of these machines are the smt reflow ovens.

The ovens are designed to assist in the process of reflow soldering; the technique whereby some sticky soldering paste made of solder and flux is used to temporarily attach electrical components to the contact pads. This is then followed by highly controlled heating aiming to melt the solder so as to permanently connect the components to the circuit board.

Thanks to this oven, surface mount (smt) components can be attached to the circuit board in a matter of minutes eliminating several labor hours that are necessary if other methods like individual joint soldering is used. The oven is specifically designed to be able to heat the surface melting the solder without damaging any of the electrical components. The typical reflow oven consists of four distinctive stages; preheat, the thermal soak, the reflow and the cooling zone.

In the preheat zone, the ramp rate is created. This is the temperature increment per second and it usually range from one to three degrees per second. It should not surpass the maximum slope as it results to thermal sock that damages components or splits the mother board accordingly. It can likewise prompt the spattering. Evaporation of solvents also starts at this point.

The thermal soak zone is the next step lasting for between sixty to one hundred and twenty seconds removing all the solder paste volatiles in the process. The flux segments also begin oxidation of the segment cushions and leads, a procedure known as flux initiation. The temperature must be correct, with low temperatures, flux fails to completely enact while high temperatures leads to spattering, balling or oxidation of the paste.

In the reflow zone, the highest possible temperature that is conceivable as set by the component that has the lowest tolerable temperature is reached. The basic peak as a rule is from twenty to forty degree centigrade above liquidus.

Cooling zone is the final stage. It comes in to cool the transformed board in a controlled way hardening the resulting joints in the process. With appropriate finishing, it ought to form intermetallic structuring that is of the highest quality. To accomplish fine grains that has the required mechanical soundness, faster the cooling may be the option.

If the company intends to improve the efficiency of their production, it pays to buy a new reflow oven. They can be ordered online sometimes with very favorable discounts. The online orders should be done with a lot of care and caution. It is appropriate to fast carry out due diligence, go through the website of the sellers, gather all the information about the specific model to be purchased and talk to customers who have experience dealing with the store. This ensures that the company does not fall prey to substandard products or fraudulent deals as a whole.




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