Soldering and Desoldering Tips Important notice: special care for soldering tips Hand soldering operators are happy when their soldering tips last a long time and continue to solder well. Soldering tips that do not allow the solder to melt rapidly due to excess oxidation clearly disrupt productivity Special care of the soldering tip should be taken in order to solder efciently. Important Facts: 1. When a soldering tip remains hot for a long period of time, the tip will oxidize or blacken. An oxidized tip will no longer wet or melt solder properly. 2. The higher the working temperature of the soldering tip, the faster this oxidation will take place and tip lifetime will be shorter. 3. Soldering irons that automatically go into a lower stand-by temperature increase tip life. 4. The oxidation of the tip will be very rapid if the tip is left cook- ing without molten solder covering the tip end. It happens, for The ERSA Tip-Reactivator al- example, if the tip is not wettned with solder right after cleaning lows the regeneration of oxidized it. soldering tips. It is environmen- tally safe, free of lead and halo- 5. Excessive mechanical force during soldering will shorten the tip gens and func-tions even at low life. soldering tip temperatures. For 6. Proper care of the tip will greatly increase tip life. this purpose the heated soldering tip is wiped on the surface of the 7. Lead-free soldering requires higher temperatures, is more ag- regeneration compound. gressive to the tip and will always lead to shorter tip life. Nickel-plating Special Care: The base material made of highly conductive electrolytic copper ensures unhindered heat 1. Always clean the tip by wiping on a slightly wet sponge after transfer from the heating element to the each use. Alternatively, tips can be dry cleaned using wire ERSADUR LF coating mesh. 2. Always put fresh solder onto the end of the tip BEFORE putting ERSADUR LF coating (up to 600 micron) of iron-plating (subject to the tip back into the iron holder. type of tip) is factory pre-tinned with lead-free solder at working 3. Always use lowest working temperature possible. end 4. Never leave an iron cooking unattended for some time. Always set iron into automatic stand-by if possible or turn-off Nickel-plating when not in use. 5. Never use excessive mechanical force when soldering. Iron-plating 6. Soldering tip oxidation can be easily removed if detected early. Early detection and removal will greatly increase tip life. Chrome-plating prevents corrosion and solder collection on undesirable spots 7. Tip oxidation removal or tip refurbishing is accomplished in 4 consecutive steps: a. clean on damp sponge, b. clean with wire Cross-section of an ERSADUR soldering tip, non-scale representation brush, c. using a Tip re-activator chemical, and d. re-tinning using proper ux cored solder wire. ERSADUR LF soldering tips to process lead-free solders Conventional soldering tips can also be used for lead-free solders. Since lead-free soldering requires higher process temperatures, and due to the fact that lead-free solder is more aggressive to the soldering tip, the tips service life is shorter. ERSADUR LF solder- ing tips have an increased layer of iron, which increases tip life. Consequently they are especially suitable for lead-free soldering. 36 37Your Guide For: 842 ERSADUR Long-Life Soldering Tip Series ANALOG 60 / 60 A 0842UD / UDLF 0842SD / SDLF 0842BD / BDLF ANALOG 80 / 80 A DIGITAL 80 A DIGITAL 2000 A with Power tool soldering iron ELS 8000 / M / D MICRO-CON 60 iA pencil point, extenced, 0.4 mm pencil point, extenced, 0.8 mm pencil point, 1.0 mm with Power tool soldering iron 0842YD / YDLF 0842CD / CDLF 0842KD / KDLF MS 6000 MS 8000 / D Multi-Pro Multi-Sprint Multi-TC RDS 80 TWIN 80 A chisel-shaped, 1.6 mm chisel-shaped, 2.2 mm chisel-shaped, extended, 2.2 mm with Ergo tool soldering iron 0842ED / EDLF 0842ID 0842JD chisel-shaped, 3.2 mm pencil point, bent, 0.4 mm chisel-shaped, bent, 2.2 mm For: 722 Desoldering Tip Series, ERSADUR / nickel-plated DIGITAL 2000 A 0722ED1023 0722EN0615S 0722EN1018S with X-Tool desoldering iron XTOOLKIT1 ERSADUR, ID 1.0 mm, OD 2.3 mm nickel-plated, ID 0.6 mm , OD 1.5 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.0 mm , OD 1.8 mm 0722ED0821 0722EN0818 0722EN1020 ERSADUR, ID 0.8 mm, OD 2.1 mm nickel-plated, ID 0.8 mm, OD 1.8 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.0 mm, OD 2.0 mm 0722ED1529 0722EN0823 0722EN1023 ERSADUR, ID 1.5 mm, OD 2.9 mm nickel-plated, ID 0.8 mm, OD 2.3 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.0 mm,OD 2.3 mm 0722EN1223 0722EN1529 0722EN2332 nickel-plated, ID 1.2 mm, OD 2.3 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.5 mm, OD 2.9 mm nickel-plated, ID 2.3 mm, OD 3.2 mm 0722ED1226 0722EN1548 0722EN2348 ERSADUR, ID 1.2 mm, OD 2.6 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.5 mm, OD 4.8 mm nickel-plated, ID 2.3 mm, OD 4.8 mm 38 39