It’s also helpful to have a piece of wood or metal to transfer the PCB to after reflow, as it will be very hot and you don’t want to set it down on a kitchen counter. Finally, I like to have a ...

That’s exactly what [Carl Bugeja] did in his second revision of a PCB hot plate, designed to reflow other PCBs. [Carl’s] first attempt at making a hot plate yielded lukewarm results.

BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing market, will exhibit at the SMTA Capital Expo & Tech Forum on May 8, 2025, in ...