{"id":1628,"date":"2015-06-30T09:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T16:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2015-06-30T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T16:19:43","slug":"the-best-soldering-station-for-lead-free-solder-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/blog\/the-best-soldering-station-for-lead-free-solder-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Soldering Station for Lead-Free Solder Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several established brands \u2014 including Weller, Metcal, Pace, Circuit Specialists, Goot, SolderWerks (BlackJack), and Hakko \u2014 that offer quality lead-free <a title=\"Soldering stations\" href=\"\/soldering-stations\" target=\"_blank\">soldering stations<\/a>.\u00a0Whether you work in a repair shop, research and design, or are a\u00a0hobbyist, with normal use you should get several years of reliable\u00a0service from a\u00a0soldering station from any of\u00a0these brands. You may\u00a0need to replace consumables such as the <a title=\"Soldering iron tips\" href=\"\/solderingtips\" target=\"_blank\">soldering iron tip<\/a>, heating element, and perhaps even the soldering iron handle at some point, but\u00a0the main body of the soldering station should perform well for several years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.circuitspecialists.com\/content\/csi-premier-75d-bundle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you are selecting the best soldering station, you will want to consider what sorts of projects you&#8217;ll be working on. For instance, these days you&#8217;ll\u00a0need to use <a title=\"Lead-free solder\" href=\"\/lead-free-solder\" target=\"_blank\">lead-free solder<\/a> on multi-layer boards, and you will need a soldering station with\u00a0a fast temperature recovery time to use lead-free solder. If you attempt\u00a0to use lead-free solder with\u00a0an older soldering station that has a slower recovery time, you\u00a0will be forced\u00a0to increase\u00a0the temperature to compensate for the slow thermal recovery time. Although\u00a0this\u00a0will melt the lead-free solder, the temperature will drop and not recover quickly\u00a0enough, causing\u00a0the <a title=\"Solder\" href=\"\/solder\" target=\"_blank\">solder<\/a> to stop flowing. When this happens\u00a0you end up applying heat for too long, which can damage parts as well as the PCB.<\/p>\n<p>There are two basic methods for achieving\u00a0fast thermal recovery when using\u00a0lead-free solder. One is simply to design the soldering station with a higher-wattage heating element. In the past stations were often rated at about 35 to 40 watts, but today a reasonably priced soldering station will typically\u00a0have a minimum of 60 watts \u2014though it&#8217;s even better to opt for\u00a0a station with a 75 watt heating element. Another\u00a0popular method for improving thermal recovery is to integrate the heating element and\u00a0the\u00a0soldering iron\u00a0tip. This method keeps the temperature at the tip very stable, as the element can react very quickly and transfer the energy to the tip almost instantaneously. The only downside to this design is that tips are quite a bit more expensive, since you are purchasing an integrated tip\/heating element assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you do not plan to use lead-free solder, remember that Europe now requires that nearly all pieces of electronic equipment must meet RoHS environmental standards. The USA has not yet implemented this requirement, but most manufacturers of electronics products are located in Asia and they manufacture their equipment with European standards in mind. 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