ZEPHYRTRONICS®
HOT AIRPENCIL ZT-2-MIL SMT Pin-Point
Precision & Non Contact Soldering Reflow System
The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil "is a touch-free
precision soldering method." -- NASA Report, January 9,
2004
The Essential SMD
Soldering Tool: Here's the most popular SMT touch-free,
precision soldering tool on earth! The ZT-2 Hot Air Pencil
is loaded with premium features including full closed-loop
electronic and dial-adjustable temperature control; a variable
air flow control dial with an 'ultra, ultra light setting' for
miniature chips; a safe and low 24 volt featherweight
hand-piece; an integrated holder for the pencil centered in the
design (for right or left handed use), its own self-contained
air source (no air hook-ups required) all in an rugged, steel
and ESD-safe casing. This is true
hot air soldering.
"Touch-Free
Soldering: The
ZT-2-MIL provides a
non-contact and safer method of
non-contact and safer method of
soldering thermally sensitive
semi-conductors (QFP's, PLCC's, SOIC's)
and delicate and heat-sensitive ceramic
capacitors, glass diodes and SMD resistors.
Video:
Hot Air Pencil SMD Soldering
With Paste
ZT-2 HOT AIR PENCIL
DESCRIPTION
ITEM #
PRICE
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The AirPencil™
ZT-2-MIL-120
(120 Volt for the U.S., Canada & Mexico)
$899.00
The AirPencil™
ZT-2-MIL-230
(230 Volt For All
Int'l Customers)
$899.00
ZT-2-TPK5
STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
5-PACK
$98.00
More Details:
The Hot AirPencil Presents
Many Advantages of the
Traditional Soldering Iron:
As mentioned above, first and
foremost, the hot air pencil is
completely non-invasive because
provides precision, pin-pointed,
yet non-contact and low-velocity
hot air directly to the
individual component leads. But
that's hardly the beginning:
Hot AirPencil vs the
Soldering Iron: Additional
advantages of the
hot air pencil over a
contact
soldering iron
are:
a.) there is absolutely
no
opportunity to bend/deform
delicate SMD leads or
scratch/damage pads typical with
irons;
b.)
the air pencil, unlike the
soldering iron, allows
no
opportunity for introducing
contamination into your assembly
such as dirt, grime, residual
flux, adhesives and more;
c.)
the air pencil works with either
Lead-free or
traditional leaded solder alloys
because it never contacts the
pad and/or solder unlike
traditional soldering tips which
must be carefully segregated
between lead-free and leaded
alloys at the bench;
d.)
with the air pencil,
there is no
accidentally bumping or moving your
carefully placed SMD which is
also a drawback with the
soldering iron;
e.)
the air pencil excels where the
soldering iron fails in
preparing or "touching up" pads,
for while a contact iron can
leave tags or "ice-cycles" which
compound co-planarity problems,
the hot air pencil hot levels
and leaves a smooth pad; and
f.)
perhaps most noteworthy,
the
soldering iron is very damaging
to ceramic chip capacitors due
to its immediate conductive
application of high temperature
directly to the leads setting up
unequal thermal expansion
conditions between the chip and
its leads resulting in
unacceptable cracking and
fissuring conditions. The hot
air pencil, with its convective
nature, essentially eliminates
this problem altogether.
Touch-Free, Hot Air Soldering
Presents Many Advantages Over Traditional Contact Soldering
Irons
Ceramic Capacitors Must Always
Be Soldered With "Touch-Free" AirPencils --And Never With
Contact Soldering Irons-- To
Prevent Thermal Shock, Fissuring
& Chip Cracking.
So Many Features! Rewriting
all the rules, the engineers at
Zephyrtronics pulled out all the
stops when designing the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil’s
hand-piece/pencil. Consider the
following 3 issues:
1) The system delivers up to 530ºC
at the Air Tip exit and, yet is
powered by only an extra-safe,
extra-low 24 volts (Be sure to
investigate the high voltages of our
so-called "competition").
2) It's
featherweight and
pencil-thin hand piece is, to our
knowledge, now the lightest and
thinnest AirPencil ever, making
soldering a joy rather than a
drudge.
3) Our precision
air velocity
control dial has 3 full rotations
for the finest of adjustments
---separating it from all other
high-velocity so-called "hot air
tools" which can and do blow tiny
chips away during reflow and/or
scatter solder balls up under IC's.
Our unique 3-turn dial puts you in
control while you work.
The ZT-2AirPencil Features a Unique 3-Turn
Air Velocity Control Dial Putting You In
Control When Working With Tiny Chips and
When Working With Solder Paste.
The AirPencil &
Solder Paste! What a Great Combination: And because of the
extra low adjustment to the air velocity, you can now, at long
last, work successfully with solder paste for your high quality
reflow creating solder joints replete with fillets at the toes,
heels and sides of the SMD's. Wait until you experience the
difference! Did we say solder paste reflow at the bench?
Want to see how to use the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil? Just check out our color
pictorial process page,
"SMD Soldering Made Easy at the Bench".
The Zephyrtronics
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil belongs at every work bench where
critical SMT rework is being performed. And for enhanced
results, it is recommended that the system be used in concert
with any of our now world-famous
ZT-1 AirBaths for quality thermal profiles through
pre-heating.
The
ZT-2-MIL Belongs at Every Bench
Where SMT Soldering &
DeSoldering Is Performed. This
is the Tool You Want to Have at
Your Fingertips.
A Wide Selection of Air Focusing Tips
Are Available: Unlike traditional
soldering tips which oxidize, the
ZT-2-MIL utilizes long life
stainless steel Air Tips including the
popular Oval Air Tip which, by the way,
ships out standard with each system.
A selection of 5 styles of these very
affordable Air Tips are available from
Zephyrtronics. Plus, each
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil System
comes with a set of two stainless SMD
steel tweezers for cool chip replacement
and removal.
Optional: 5 Distinct
Stainless Steel Air Tip Styles are Available for All
SMD's
POPULAR
OVAL
FAN
ROUND
ANGLED
FINE / JET
Air Opening I.D. .125" x .040"
Air Opening I.D. .300" x .040"
Air Opening I.D. .095"
Air Opening I.D. .095"
Air Opening I.D. .040"
ZT-2-002
ZT-2-006
ZT-2-003
ZT-2-004
ZT-2-005
Above Right Photo: The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil Is Shown Used With the Popular
Zephyrtronics AirBath Bottom-Side PCB
Preheaters for Generating the Optimum Reflow
Profile. Still, the ZT-2-MIL is
a Stand-Alone Product.
This is the AirPencil Used By NASA and JPL!
Yes,
the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil
is the very same one used at NASA and JPL
for soldering on the two successful Mars
Rovers launched in 2003.
NASA wrote that the Zephyrtronics system
makes "mounting/removal of through-hole and
surface mount components
easier than routine benchtop methods" and
that it
"minimizes thermal stresses due to
temperature differentials during assembly
and rework"saying that
the ZT-2-MIL
"is a touch-free precision soldering
method." -- NASA 39-Page Report, January 9,
2004
First
Rover "Spirit" Launched
June 10, '03.
Arrival on Mars Jan. 3, '04
Non-Contact Reflow for Fine Pitch
Gull Wing QFP's
Easy Reflow of
J-Leaded SOJ's, PLCC's, SOIC's
Rapid Removal & Replacement of
Components
Adjustable Air Flow & Variable Temp Control
The
Rover, "Opportunity" Launched
July
7, '03. Arrival on Mars: Jan. 24,
'04
*
* * Photographs Courtesy of NASA * *
*
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Non-Contact Reflow Soldering for SMD's.
Closed Loop & Zero Cross Switching. Electronic Temperature Control.
Variable Air Flow and Temp Settings.
Self-Contained Air Supply (No
Air Hook-Ups!)
Precision, Pin-Pointed Heated Air Stream. Reflows Individual Component Leads Only.
No Adjacent Component Reflow.
Ultra Light Air Flow Settings to Prevent Unwanted Scattered Solder Balls.
Mill-Spec Compliant
Durable All Metal Construction, Not Plastic
Completely ESD Safe.
Engineered
& Manufactured in the U.S.A.
SPECIFICATIONS
Electrical Rating: Model ZT-2-MIL-120:120 VAC (U.S.A.,
Canada & Mexico) Model
ZT-2-MIL-230:230 VAC
(International)
W x H
x D
6.25" x 8" x 5.75", 16cm x 20cm x 15cm
WEIGHT
5lbs. 8oz.
TEMP
CONTROL
Closed Loop Control With Zero Cross Switching
Variable Temp Control Dial
AIR FLOW SETTINGS
Variable,
Adjustable Air Flow Dial;
With "Ultra-Light" for Tiny Chips
