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ERSA i-Tool / i-CON
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Guaranteeing quality in a Lead-Free
environment will put the greatest demands
on hand soldering applications. How well
the iron recovers or puts back the heat lost
at the tip, and how long the tip remains on
the joint ultimately determines the actual
joint temperature. Slow recovering irons will
lead to inconsistent joint temperatures.
Today, soldering iron manufacturers are
developing better performing irons, but
many are based on the tip being attached
to the heating element cartridge, which
means the tip temperature can overshoot,
and the tip price is very high! Such irons
force companies to throw away a perfectly
good and expensive heating element only
because the small copper tip is worn out!
To meet the Lead-Free challenge, ERSA
is introducing its newest technology
for a state-of-the-art soldering station
ERSA i -Tool:
The World’s Most intelligent
Professional Soldering Iron
Micro power soldering irons offer performance and ergo-
nomic advantages, but have the two major drawbacks of tip
temperature overshoot and expensive heating cartridge tips.
Standard soldering irons where the sensor is located far
away from the tip will lead to inconsistent solder joint quality. The tip
looses temperature into the joints but does not recover fast enough
before the next joint is made.
As process windows become smaller, the
soldering task becomes more difficult. True
innovation demands more than just a nice
slogan, a catchy word. Today’s soldering
stations must be
intelligent themselves but
intuitive for the user. The interactivity between
operator and station must be greater, and the
interactivity between stations themselves
must be greater. Truly
ingenious solutions are
engineered to optimize process quality and
productivity while at the same time reducing
operating costs. These are the elements that
make up today’s
ideal soldering station, and
these are precisely the elements that make
up the world’s most
intelligent soldering iron
ever designed – the ERSA
i-Tool!
Expensive heating cartridge tips
Old iron technology
Solder Tip Temp
Process Window
Iron Tip Temp
Lead Free
Solder Joint
Process Window
– the ERSA i-CON and i-Tool! Today at
ERSA, “
i ” stands for intelligent, innovative,
intuitive, ingenious, interactive, informative –
simply ideal!
The i-Tool recovers so fast that all solder joints can be made with nearly
the same temperature. The sensor measures the actual tip temperature
very close to the tip extremity. The Process Window Alarm assists the
operators in guaranteeing repeatable quality.
Iron Tip Temperature
Solder joint temperature