solder pot?

[Walter Harley]

I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so, about
4000 ends). This is for the wiring harness of an item I manufacture, so
I'll need to do this again every few months.

This seems tedious to do with soldering pencil. Is a solder pot the
approach that is used commercially? Can anyone with practical experience
give me tips as to what features I might find useful or non-useful, tips on
best practices, preferred brands, etc.?

Thanks!

 

[Walter Harley]

"Walter Harley" <walterh@cafewalterNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so,
about 4000 ends).

Duhhhh.... deja vu. Google is my friend. I already asked this same
question, two years ago, and I'm sure the advice I got then still applies.
I'd forgotten.

Sorry! Carry on.

 

[Peter A Forbes]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:31:37 -0700, "Walter Harley"
<walterh@cafewalterNOSPAM.com> wrote:

I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so, about
4000 ends). This is for the wiring harness of an item I manufacture, so
I'll need to do this again every few months.

This seems tedious to do with soldering pencil. Is a solder pot the
approach that is used commercially? Can anyone with practical experience
give me tips as to what features I might find useful or non-useful, tips on
best practices, preferred brands, etc.?

Thanks!

If you go that route, which is quite practical, you will need to ensure that you
have supplies of a suitable resin flux, as the continued heating of the solder
will rapidly oxidise the contents.

Resin fluxes are getting hard to come by in the UK but can be found with a bit
of searching, don't know about other parts of the world.

Fume extraction might also be advisable.

Peter
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I've used solder pot type equipment in manufacturing to install and
remove through hole connectors and components. It's just a machine that
heats up with electricity with a container of molten solder inside. It
has a temperature control also. The neat part is that they have
different sized heads for different surface areas of pcbs. You also
need Kapton heat tape to mask off parts you don't want removed. The
industrial solder pot brand I've seen used is a Hakko 485. I found some
in a google search, saw one listed at $6000. It's designed for
electronic pcb manufacturing, might be more than you need for tinning
wire leads.




Walter Harley wrote:

I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so, about
4000 ends). This is for the wiring harness of an item I manufacture, so
I'll need to do this again every few months.

This seems tedious to do with soldering pencil. Is a solder pot the
approach that is used commercially? Can anyone with practical experience
give me tips as to what features I might find useful or non-useful, tips on
best practices, preferred brands, etc.?

Thanks!