January 2006

EC Electronics invests in a new ESSEMTEC RO400FC Full Force Convection Reflow Oven, supplied by Contax, the UK’s leading provider of factory automation production equipment to the electronics industry.

ESSEMTEC RO400FC

Soldering of complex SMD boards and new package technologies requires a well-controlled soldering process. The RO400FC uses full convection only to heat PCB's homogeneously.

The convection technology uses vertical laminar flow, which offers an efficient heat transfer with the lowest Delta T values.

This technology makes the RO400FC suitable for standard and lead free solders.

Zone temperatures - three preheat and one peak - are fully programmable, as is the closed-loop-controlled conveyor speed. Zone temperatures are measured within the airflow at the board height to guarantee highly reproducible soldering conditions.

• Rails conveyor allows 400mm width PCB processing
• Reproducible soldering profiles. Zone temperatures are measured within the airflow at board height.
• 50 predefined profiles are standard with the oven
• Conveyor pausing function, allows board to be manually held longer within the reflow zone
• Flying thermocouples for temperature profiling