Newsletter 10

10th Newsletter from Howard Electronic Instruments, Inc. Jan. 2002

In this newsletter:

* How to help a friend receive this newsletter
* Maybe the best solder station in the world
* Hurry and get your Xytronic while they are still 20% off
* Money Back Guarantee
* Low Price Guarantee
* Removal Instructions

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Maybe the Best Soldering Station in the world:

The difference between good techs and fools are the price of their tools.

I don’t mean to be calling anybody a fool, but you can be fooled into believing you are a good tech until you ruin an expensive board trying to change a part without the proper tool. Most us have figured out how to change most parts in the past, but the parts just keep getting smaller and smaller. If you don’t take a little of that cash and invest it in some of the later model tools, you won’t be working on the new products very long. And if you don’t work on the new products, you will be destined to go the way of a lot of other techs in this industry.

Talk about good tools….have I got something to show you:

I try to make it my job to go to all of the main trade shows around the country and look for good soldering and desoldering tools for my customers. After all, we call ourselves “Your Desoldering Specialist”, so I figured we had better try to know what we are doing when we are asked. That is why we have gone to a world trade show in Tokyo, Mexico, and many places in the good old USA looking for quality soldering and desoldering tools worth the money. In doing so I have become acquainted with many people around the world who are in the same business that I am in. Many have helped me in my quest for the ultimate soldering and desoldering tool.

Last year my very good friend from Australia told me that I should be marketing this particular line of tools. They had a booth in the USA for the first time so we went there and he showed me. I could not believe what I was seeing. I had never seen soldering and desoldering tools like this before. I had never seen this particular brand because it had never been shown or sold in the USA before that day.

This company is from Spain and has been manufacturing soldering and desoldering tools for 73 years, but has never sold in the USA. This looked like a very good opportunity for me to pioneer a superior line of tools…a line of tools like I had never seen before. They seemed to have everything in their line that I was looking for, and innovations that I had never seen before.

I knew that this was a line of tools that I had to market, because it was just what my customers would be looking for. This line of tools had been designed for the manufacturing and production line, but a top quality technician would be more than proud to own one of these and it would also pay for itself in a short period of time. They call it the advanced series and it sure holds up to its name.

New Innovative Features:

I know, you are wondering what features this line could have that other tools do not have. I have to say they are numerous and I am sure that you have not seen any tools like these before. I will attempt to list some of the features. Some you may believe and some you may not but I can assure you they are all true.

1. Have you ever seen a soldering station that will melt solder in 2 seconds after turning it on from a completely cold tip?

2. Have you ever seen a soldering station that you can change from one tip (cartridge) to another and be soldering in less than 10 seconds, all without the danger of burning anything, including yourself?

3. Have you ever seen a soldering station that does not require any calibration when switching from a small tip to a large tip, or switching hand pieces?

4. Have you ever seen a soldering station that has an immediate sleep mode thereby preventing the oxidation of tips when the iron is not being used?

5. Have you ever seen a soldering station that advertises that their tips will last 3 – 5 times longer than the tips you are using in your present soldering station.

6. Have you ever seen a soldering, desoldering or rework station with a 2 year warranty on materials and workmanship.

7. Have you ever seen a soldering station that will shut off for lunch when you place the hand piece in the proper place in the stand, and be ready in 2 seconds by lifting the hand piece from the stand when you return from lunch. This also applies if you are only using the solder station only intermittently as a technician would.

8. Have you ever seen a soldering station that will tell you how many times the station went into the sleep mode, how many times the hand piece was taken out of the stand, the number of hours the station was used, how may times the cartridges and/or soldering irons were exchanged.

9. With the use of the AC2600 Console you can fix the working temperature, adjust the sleep temperature and delay of sleep temperature, set to read Celsius or Fahrenheit, set adjustment of temperatures up to ±99ºF (50ºC), and set the maximum working temperature. The beauty is that you do not have to purchase the AC2600 --- we will make the settings for you, free of charge.

Benefits for your technician:

All of this is possible in the Advanced Series line of JBC Tools. The heater is built right into the tip and the complete unit is called a cartridge. It simply plugs and unplugs from the hand piece (soldering iron handle) making a switch of cartridges possible and be soldering in less than 10 seconds, without any danger of burning anything, including the operator.

The unit does not ever require any calibration because it is controlled by a microprocessor. It simply controls the temperature according to your setting of the temperature control. Or you as the supervisor can control the temperature if you wish through the use of the AC2600 Console, available as an option, or free of charge setting from us. You simply state your parameters and we will set them for you, anytime.

The reason the tips rarely oxidize is because the unit instantly goes into the sleep mode when the hand piece is placed in the holder. The temperature goes down below the point of oxidation and remains there until you remove the hand piece from the stand. Since it only takes 2 seconds from a cold tip, you can see that it will be ready to solder almost instantly upon removing it from the stand. Can you also see that the recovery time will be minimal when soldering a large ground plane area. I have tried this myself and it is phenomenal, even with a small tip.

Also, by having the heater in the tip, they were able to have the shortest tip to handle distance in the industry. Can you imagine having a completely cool handle with the tip just a mere 2 inches away from where you are holding it. It also makes for greater accuracy, which is particularly important when working with fine pitch surface mount devices.

Also, at least four cartridges are available specifically designed to solder the IC’s back in once they have been removed from the PC board. This becomes a very easy process due to the very fast recovery time of the station.

Check it out:

I know you can hardly wait to see this new soldering station. Well wouldn’t you know, it can be seen on our web site at http://www.howardelectronics.com/jbc/ad2200.html.

So far, I have only been talking about the AD2200 Advanced Series Soldering Station. JBC also has a full line of Soldering/Desoldering Stations, Micro Hot Tweezers, Regular Hot Tweezers, Hot Air Rework Stations, and Complete Rework Stations. They all utilize the Advanced Series Features and have features of their own that would take another article to talk about. They are all on the web site at http://www.howardelectronics.com/jbc/jbctools.html.

You can now see why the Advanced Series is a new, powerful and revolutionary product range characterized by an instantaneous thermal response. You just have to try it to fully appreciate it.

The Advanced Series stations provide an 80% improvement in performance compared to the best soldering station available in the market. Our hot-air devices ensure clean, quick and safe rework without specific need for training.

This Graphic comparison will help you understand what the performance of JBC’s exclusive heating system stands for.

If you are not thoroughly convinced that these tools will do what I have outlined, then we have Free Trials available for a hands on demonstration at your business for 15 days. Please call on the toll free number below and ask about our free trial program or go to http://www.howardelectronics.com/trial.html and fill out the form requesting a free trial.

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Xytronic Soldering and Desoldering Tools still on sale

I said that I was going to keep the Xytronic tools on sale until the economy turned around. Well, you had better hurry because we have just had our best sales month ever for our business. I do not know if it is just a fluke or not, but the fact still remains that we have had a very good start for 2002.

The soldering/desoldering tool that you want to particularly look at is at http://www.howardelectronics.com/xytronic/988tp.html. It is our all time favorite best selling tool. Everybody likes this tool ---they call us and rave about it all the time and most of them have paid full price for it. It simply is the best tool on the market for the money and we are offering it to you for 20% off of what most people have paid for it. Now how can you beat that. You can’t. If you think you can, take a look at our Low Price Guarantee.

Another winner for us is the Xytronic 137ESD Digital Soldering Station and can be see at http://www.howardelectronics.com/xytronic/137ESD.html. With the SMD1 chip quik and the Mini-Wave soldering tip, you can remove and replace most IC packages with no problem. Check it out and you will see what I mean.

All Xytronic Tools are on sale for one more month and can be seen at http://www.howardelectronics.com/xytronic/products.html. Check them out and see what you may be missing in your soldering and desoldering tool lineup.

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HEI offers you a 60 day 100% Total Satisfaction Guarantee

Other exciting Products can be seen at http://www.howardelectronics.com/

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Low Price Guarantee: We guarantee to have the lowest prices on the web, period. If you find a lower price advertised on the web within 90 days of your purchase, just let us know the web address and we will sell, or refund an amount equal to that price less 10%. In other words, if you purchase something from us and later (within 90 days) find it on the web for less money, we will refund an amount equal to that price minus what you originally paid, plus refund you 10% of the new price. If you have not purchased yet and find a lower price on the web for the same merchandise, we will match that price and give you a 10% discount off of the new price. This is our way of saying 'Thank You' for giving us the opportunity to become Your Soldering and Desoldering Specialist.

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Howard Electronic Instruments, Inc.

974 SE Pioneer Rd.

Kechi, KS 67067

(Outside of Wichita, KS)

1-800-394-1984 Toll Free (USA and Canada)

01-316-321-2800 International Phone

316-321-2803 Fax

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