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 efficiently. 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 "cooking" without molten solder covering the tip end. It happens, for example, if the tip is not wettned with solder right after cleaning it. The ERSA Tip-Reactivator allows the regeneration of oxidized soldering tips. It is environmentally safe, free of lead and halogens and func-tions even at low soldering tip temperatures. For this purpose the heated soldering tip is wiped on the surface of the regeneration compound. 5. Excessive mechanical force during soldering will shorten the tip life. 6. Proper care of the tip will greatly increase tip life. 7. Lead-free soldering requires higher temperatures, is more aggressive 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 transfer from the heating element to the ERSADUR LF coating ERSADUR LF coating (up to 600 micron) of iron-plating (subject to type of tip) is factory pre-tinned with lead-free solder at working end Nickel-plating 1. Always clean the tip by wiping on a slightly wet sponge after each use. Alternatively, tips can be dry cleaned using wire mesh. 2. Always put fresh solder onto the end of the tip BEFORE putting the tip back into the iron holder. 3. Always use lowest working temperature possible. 4. Never leave an iron "cooking" unattended for some time. Always set iron into automatic stand-by if possible or turn-off when not in use. 5. Never use excessive mechanical force when soldering. Iron-plating Chrome-plating prevents corrosion and solder collection on undesirable spots Cross-section of an ERSADUR soldering tip, non-scale representation 6. Soldering tip oxidation can be easily removed if detected early. Early detection and removal will greatly increase tip life. 7. Tip oxidation removal or tip refurbishing is accomplished in 4 consecutive steps: a. clean on damp sponge, b. clean with wire brush, c. using a Tip re-activator chemical, and d. re-tinning using proper flux 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 tip's service life is shorter. ERSADUR LF soldering tips have an increased layer of iron, which increases tip life. Consequently they are especially suitable for lead-free soldering. 36 Your Guide 842 ERSADUR Long-Life Soldering Tip Series 0842UD / UDLF 0842SD / SDLF 0842BD / BDLF For: * ANALOG 60 / 60 A * ANALOG 80 / 80 A * DIGITAL 80 A * DIGITAL 2000 A with Power tool soldering iron * ELS 8000 / M / D pencil point, extenced, 0.4 mm o pencil point, extenced, 0.8 mm o pencil point, 1.0 mm o 0842YD / YDLF 0842CD / CDLF 0842KD / KDLF * MICRO-CON 60 iA with Power tool soldering iron * MS 6000 * MS 8000 / D * Multi-Pro * Multi-Sprint * Multi-TC * RDS 80 chisel-shaped, 1.6 mm chisel-shaped, 2.2 mm chisel-shaped, extended, 2.2 mm 0842ED / EDLF 0842ID 0842JD chisel-shaped, 3.2 mm pencil point, bent, 0.4 mm o chisel-shaped, bent, 2.2 mm 722 Desoldering Tip Series, ERSADUR / nickel-plated 0722ED1023 0722EN0615S 0722EN1018S * TWIN 80 A with Ergo tool soldering iron For: * DIGITAL 2000 A 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 0722ED1529 0722EN0823 0722EN1023 0722EN1223 0722EN1529 0722EN2332 0722ED1226 0722EN1548 0722EN2348 ERSADUR, ID 0.8 mm, OD 2.1 mm ERSADUR, ID 1.5 mm, OD 2.9 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.2 mm, OD 2.3 mm ERSADUR, ID 1.2 mm, OD 2.6 mm nickel-plated, ID 0.8 mm, OD 1.8 mm nickel-plated, ID 0.8 mm, OD 2.3 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.5 mm, OD 2.9 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.5 mm, OD 4.8 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.0 mm, OD 2.0 mm nickel-plated, ID 1.0 mm,OD 2.3 mm nickel-plated, ID 2.3 mm, OD 3.2 mm nickel-plated, ID 2.3 mm, OD 4.8 mm 39