Stop Guessing Your Board Temps If you’re running an R&D team, you know the nightmare of a 5-degree variance. It sounds small, but when...

Building a Better PCB Heating Station Let’s be honest: the big-name brands charge a fortune for their equipment. But if you’re running a small...

Dealing with Filament Fatigue in Rapid-Pulse IR Heating If you’ve ever used a digital PCB heating station, you know they rely on these quick...

Shortwave or Medium-Wave? Picking the right IR lamp for your SMT station If you’re putting together a digital PCB heating station, you’ve...

Stop Guessing Your PCB Oven Layout Setting up a PCB curing station is usually a nightmare of trial and error. You bolt in the lamps, run a few...

Getting Your PCB Heating Just Right When you’re dealing with solder paste and sensitive components, the “ramp-up” is everything....

Why Your IR Tubes Need to Start Talking Most infrared lamps in PCB heating stations are pretty dumb. You wire them in, set a timer, and just cross...