Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Flux Cored Solder Wire

We all know that solder wire is an alloy (normally tin/lead in the ration 60/40 or 63/37) used in the electronics industry for soldering electronic components onto the circuit board or two pieces of metal.

Solder can be lead solder (Sn/Pb), lead-free solder (with no lead).

The main function of using flux in any circuit board assembly or rework is to clean and remove any oxide from the board prior to soldering.

Cored solder wire is hollow solder wire with flux in the core. Flux removes oxides and other unwanted impurities form the surface of the copper tracks of the board and from the component lead surface.

Read: Cored Solder Wire

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Kester Solder

Kester is the worldwide leader and manufacture of flux cored solder wire, solder paste, solder flux, solder preforms, solder bar, lead free solder and other soldering related products for the electronics manufacturing and PCB assembly industry.

Kester solder products include: Ball Chip Attach Flux, Lead-Free Solder Materials, Solder Preforms, Cored Wire Solder, Bar Solder, No Flow Underfill, Liquid Flux, Wave Soldering Flux, Epoxy Flux, Solder Spheres, Semiconductor Packaging Materials, Solder Alloys, Die Attach Solder and other Solder Material.

Read: Kester | Kester Solder Wire, Kester Solder Paste, Solder Flux, Lead Free Solder

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Soldering The Solder

Since this is my first post on this site " Soldering the Solder", I would like to mention about the topics that I am going to cover in my future posts

1. lead free solder
: Under Lead-Free Solder, I will cover following topics:

lead free solder
lead free solder alloy
lead free solder alloys
lead free solder paste
lead free solder wires

2. cold heat solder : Under cold-heat solder, I will cover following topics:

cold heat solder
cold heat solder tool
cold heat soldering
cold heat soldering iron
cold heat soldering tool

3. solder iron: Under soldering irons, I will cover following topics:

12w soldering iron
300 watt soldering iron
antex soldering iron
butane soldering iron
butane soldering irons
jewelry soldering iron
miniature soldering iron
pace soldering iron
solder iron
solder irons
soldering iron
soldering iron com
soldering iron glass
soldering iron station
soldering iron tips
soldering irons
soldering irons for electronics
stained glass soldering iron
ungar soldering iron
weller soldering iron
weller soldering iron tips
weller soldering irons
Hakko Soldering Irons and Soldering Stations

4. solder paste : Under solder pastes section, I will cover:

leaded solder paste
silver solder paste
solder paste
solder paste stencil
solder paste with flux
solder pastes lead free
soldering paste flux

5. solder station : Under soldering stations section, I will cover:

free lead solder station
pace soldering stations
solder station
soldering station
soldering stations
weller soldering station
hakko soldering station
weller soldering stations

6. solder wire : Under solder wires section, I will cover:

how to solder wire
how to solder wires
solder wire
solder wire lead free
soldering wire
soldering wires7. silver solder : Under silver solder section, I will cover:flux silver solder
how to silver solder
melting point of silver solder
silver solder melting point
silver soldering

8. wave solder : Under wave soldering, I will cover:

wave solder
wave solder machine
wave solder machines
wave soldering flux
wave soldering machine

9. solder : Under solder section, I will cover:

60 40 solder
acid core solder
alloy solder powder
aluminum soldering
board circuit soldering
brass soldering
brazing and soldering
brazing soldering
cold gun heat soldering
cold iron soldering
cold solder
cold solder joint
cold soldering
copper pipe soldering
copper soldering
cordless iron soldering
decorative glass soldering stained
electrical solder
electrical soldering
equipment soldering
eutectic solder
flux soldering
free lead soldering
glass soldering
glass soldering stained
gold soldering
hakko iron soldering
hand solder
high temperature solder
hmp solder
hot solder dip
hot solder dipping
how to solder
how to soldering
induction soldering
iron metcal soldering
jewelry soldering
kestler solder
lead free hand soldering
lead solder
learn to solder
liquid solder
low temp solder
low temperature solder
melting point of solder
metal soldering
mount soldering surface
paste soldering
pb free soldering
pipe soldering
plumbing soldering
reflow soldering
resistance soldering
robotic soldering
selective soldering
smd soldering
smt soldering
solder
solder aluminum wire
solder balls
solder bar
solder certification
solder flux
solder flux paste
solder gun
solder high melting point
solder melting point
solder melting temperature
solder pallet
solder pot
solder pots
solder silver
solder tips
solder training
soldered
soldered copper
soldering
soldering certification
soldering com
soldering desoldering station
soldering gun
soldering lights
soldering machine
soldering pots
soldering process
soldering stainless steel
soldering technique
soldering techniques
soldering temperature
soldering tip
soldering tips
soldering tool
soldering tools
soldering training
soldering wave
solders
stained glass solder
supply soldering
tin soldering
types of solder
weller soldering
weller soldering gun
what is solder
what is soldering









How to Do It: Basic Soldering


A Basic Soldering Tutorial: This video tutorial shows the basics of soldering. Great for beginners who are building a BugBrain or learning how to solder.


How and WHY to Solder Correctly