That really depends on which rework station you have.
For a real cheap hot air rework station you could look into using/modifying a temperature controlled paint stripper heat gun.
which rework/hot air nozzles?
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1st September 2008 05:28 PM #1the_doc735
which rework/hot air nozzles?
which rework/hot air nozzles?
I have found over 55 rework nozzles at around £10 each!! To buy them all is prohibitively expensive (i.e. £550+ !!).
I would therefore like to know which are the most commonly used nozzles for PC motherboards?
Perhaps you know of somewhere that sells them in sets that include all popular sizes and thus keep the price down!
Most grateful to anyone with links to follow...
Working on a low budget.
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1st September 2008 06:32 PM #2kchriste
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1st September 2008 06:55 PM #3Speakerguy
The $500 OK International hot air rework station is awesome. At least that's according to the tech's at my last job, who had several. It was their favorite by far.
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1st September 2008 07:52 PM #4rezer
Depending on your budget, Pace is pretty decent. We use their hot are nozzles exclusively for removing chips and ICs. You could spend up to $650.00 however for the power supply and handpiece. They do have units that uses external shop air which could bring in down to around $450.00.
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1st September 2008 11:21 PM #53v0
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I am speaking from a position of ignorance in that I have never used a hot air rework station. But why should a glorified hot air gun be worth this sort of money?
How are they better then this $100 unit from MPJA ? Even if you add $200 in tips it is $300 not $600.
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2nd September 2008 01:22 AM #6rezer
This system only has one output port. The Pace systems are not only used for hot air but have a intake port for desoldering as well.
This system looks pretty cheap. The Pace systems are of higher quality and are made for the production environment but this would work great for home use. In fact, I would buy one and would be a better choice for the OP.0
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2nd September 2008 04:10 AM #7Externet
Doc - Do you also want to remove ball grid array BGA chips in PC motherboards ?
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3rd September 2008 03:06 AM #8rezer
Oh, good point. I didn't think to ask. With his budget, I would think not.
Originally Posted by Externet
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5th September 2008 05:23 PM Thread Starter #9the_doc735
Thanks everyone for those thoughts!
I have the aoyue908 already. I only need to know about the nozzles, NOT the rework stations themselves. Which nozzles?
Yes, I could be interested in removing the BGA chips too! - Why?
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6th September 2008 03:51 AM #10mneary
I do less smt work than I had anticipated, and never really grew my nozzle collection. I use a 1mm round nozzle for 0402 and 0603 2-pin parts, and a 2mm round nozzle for larger 2-leads and SOT23. I have a 10mm round that I've never used.
If you have a general idea of the parts you'll be reworking, there are nozzles made especially for each package type, and I would not get nozzles for any parts you know you won't be reworking.0
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