Surface mount hot plate reflow controller

Custom built reflow controller for soldering surface mount devices

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When my cheap soldering iron died I decided to use its case to build a temperature controlled hot plate so I can reflow surface mount pcbs. I used the Rex-c100 along with a solid state relay and 2x 300 watt cartridge heaters. It takes it a couple of min to warm up but it works quite well once its to temp.

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1 × FOTEK SSR-40 DA Relay
2 × Thermo cool axial fan model G8038-A1
2 × Switches
1 × 5" x 5" x 1" Aluminum Block
4 × Ceramic Standoffs

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Update #2
Endbots • 07/18/2016 at 18:15 • 0 comments

I completed the controller. It works quite well. The aluminum plate has quite a bit of thermal mass so it retains heat for a long time. If there is interist I might post a video of me using this to do some smt soldering. It sure beats using a regular hot plate.
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Endbots • 06/23/2016 at 23:06 • 0 comments

I ordered the last parts I need from Mcmaster Carr should have everything in a day or two.