GENERAL CONCEPTS RECOMENDED SOLDERING CONDITIONS

Manual Soldering Reflow soldering SMD Flow (wave) soldering
Soldering tools of 20W max. Preheating temperature: Max 150ºC; 60-90 s Recommended Alloy: SnAgCu
Maximum temperature of soldering tools: 280ºC Temperature Ramp-up: 2-3ºC / s. Preheating stage: Max 100ºC; 30-60 s.
Time: 3 s. max. Over 220ºC:<40 s. Temperature Ramp-up:1.2-2.5ºC/s.
Solder temperature: 240ºC for 5 ± 1 s. Max. wave temp.: 260ºC for 4s., (245ºC recommended)
Besides recommended conditions,ACP SMD potentiometers have successfullypassed IEC 60068-2-58 tests. Time within +0º-10ºC of peak: 10s.
Cooling rate: 5ºC/s.
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