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Because modern electronics components are tending more and more towards becoming SMD-only, and because the associated size reduction can also be very useful for space projects, we need a reflow oven.
 
Because modern electronics components are tending more and more towards becoming SMD-only, and because the associated size reduction can also be very useful for space projects, we need a reflow oven.
  
== Donators ==
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== Status ==
The current direction the project seems to be going (buying a new oven and modding it) we are going to need a little more funds than I can provide on my own. 100 EUR should be more than enough to cover everything, to give an idea of the funds needed. Better budget will come when decisions and designs are finalised.
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Oven has been acquired. It is a cheap 1kW Everglades toaster oven and has been able to do very crude reflow.
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A prototype for the controller has been built and successfully measures temperature. I (smeding) am currently hammering out the PID loop to keep it at a fixed temperature. After that, all it needs is a little bit of UI and we should be good to go.
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We now have a real reflow oven and currently we are testing what the best settings are.
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Over time, these data are reported here.
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== Use by Revspace ==
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The oven has 10 memory locations (Program number 01 till 10).
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At the moment we only have programmed program number 01.
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We program the programs for different PCB thicknesses.
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* Program number: <br />Enter : 01
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::: Preheat standby: <br />Enter : 080
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::: Preheat airtemp: <br />Enter : 150
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::: Preheat time: <br />Enter : 02:00
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::: Solder temp. :<br />Enter : 250
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::: Solder time: <br />Enter : 01:30
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::: Learn preheat: <br />Enter : 000
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::: Learn solder: <br />Enter : 000
  
== Oven ==
 
Haven't hunted around that much, but current best choice seems to be [http://www.block.nl/article/getArticleDetails?artNr=83550 this]. Feel free to add suggestions.
 
  
We probably want the following from an oven:
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== Gallery ==
* Small volume: 15L-ish
 
* High power: 2kW-ish, preferrably top and bottom elements
 
* With exhaust fan if possible, as we'd need one anyway
 
  
== Controller ==
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I2C Led driver breakout board, D1 was hand-soldered. Solder paste was applied using a Mylar stencil cut with the revspace lasercutter.
To be constructed. Will probably consist of a large triac to switch the heating element and a fan on and off in a control loop with a thermocouple.
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[[File:Reflow_ht16k33.jpg|640px]]
We still need a decent fan to speed up the cooling phase. Needs to be able to withstand rather high temperatures, something from an oven would be ideal.
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(Image: robv)

Revision as of 13:45, 27 June 2016

Project Reflow Oven
Reflowoven.jpg
Status In progress
Contact Crashjuh
Last Update 2016-06-27

Because modern electronics components are tending more and more towards becoming SMD-only, and because the associated size reduction can also be very useful for space projects, we need a reflow oven.

Status

Oven has been acquired. It is a cheap 1kW Everglades toaster oven and has been able to do very crude reflow. A prototype for the controller has been built and successfully measures temperature. I (smeding) am currently hammering out the PID loop to keep it at a fixed temperature. After that, all it needs is a little bit of UI and we should be good to go.

We now have a real reflow oven and currently we are testing what the best settings are. Over time, these data are reported here.


Use by Revspace

The oven has 10 memory locations (Program number 01 till 10). At the moment we only have programmed program number 01. We program the programs for different PCB thicknesses.

Program number PCB Thickness
01 1.5 / 1.6 mm
02 xx
03 xx
04 xx
05 xx
06 xx
07 xx
08 xx
09 xx
10 xx


  • Program number:
    Enter : 01
Preheat standby:
Enter : 080
Preheat airtemp:
Enter : 150
Preheat time:
Enter : 02:00
Solder temp. :
Enter : 250
Solder time:
Enter : 01:30
Learn preheat:
Enter : 000
Learn solder:
Enter : 000


Gallery

I2C Led driver breakout board, D1 was hand-soldered. Solder paste was applied using a Mylar stencil cut with the revspace lasercutter. Reflow ht16k33.jpg (Image: robv)