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The difference between good techs and
fools are the price of their tools.
I really do not mean to be calling anybody a fool, (It just
rhymes) 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 do not take a little of that cash and invest it in some of the
later model tools, you wont be working on the new products very
long. And if you do not 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.
A
few years ago, 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 3to 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 4 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 ?9ºF (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/ad2700.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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