Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Lighting Up With A Reflow Soldering Oven

By Jason Davis


For the entirety of its time on the planet, humans have been tribal. For the majority of its time on the planet, humans were nomadic. In the early days, human society was made of disparate tribes of nomads, all of whom went around hunting and gathering, all in an effort to eke out enough resources to survive that day, and then the next, and hopefully the day after that. The whole of their existence was just that, to keep on existing. But then one tribe decided that they were tired of seeking out resources. So they settled down and started cultivating resources instead by growing crops and raising livestock. Now, this proved to be quite the successful endeavor. So much so that other tribes followed suit and settled down themselves. Eventually, these early settlements progressed, becoming larger cities. In these cities, people continued building things, and important step in that process on some occasions would be using a reflow soldering oven.

When most people think of ovens, they think of kitchens. They picture in their minds cakes and other goodies. But this is not that kind of oven. It is a different kind entirely.

Reflow soldering is a process by which electrical components are assembled. Specifically, this where circuits and their boards meet. There are four phases of this. The first phase is the preheat phase. After that, there is the soaking stage, also called a thermal soak. The third phase is the reflow phase. The final step in the process is the cooling.

The reason to use it is simple. Because things need to be molded together. Circuits need to be attached to their circuit boards. Otherwise, the device itself will not work properly, and everyone wants their stuff to work properly, because people are funny like that sometimes.

Because the internet is a thing that exists, it should be easy enough to acquire such an oven. Just type in a few keywords into a search bar, hit ENTER, and wait for the internet to do its thing. Once it does, the locations of merchants should be easy to locate. Then there is always the option of just buying it online. That leads to extra convenience as it can then be delivered right to the home.

Money is going to be an object. Items do not appear at their merchants by magic. No, they are built in a facility. From that facility, they are delivered to their merchants. That whole process, or even just one step of it, costs lots of resources and manpower. Now, that cost will have to be compensated with money, which is why any item that is being sold will be sold for significantly than the low price of nothing.

When a customer sits down at a restaurant and places an order, they can reasonably expect that the order will arrive shortly. This is not always the case with equipment. It does not always arrive on time. The buyer can pitch a fit if they want, but that is not going to make something arrive any sooner.

The quality should also be a primary concern. Buying cheap leads to buying twice. But a higher price tag does not equate a higher quality.

Being alive was not meant to be easy. But mankind is stubborn. So it went ahead and decided to make it easy.




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