Weller’s all-in-one hand soldering station is available from Farnell
Weller’s WXsmart is believed to be the first all-in-one hand soldering station. According to the company, it offers total process control with maximum connectivity and traceability to support IoT standards.
It is designed to reduce downtime and increase productivity for all soldering, repair and rework applications. The integrated station consolidates all soldering applications with intelligent soldering tips and tools. It supports all IoT standards for full traceability with mobile-enabled remote-control access.
Locked parameter functions on tip allow users to achieve full process control and prevent defaults during the soldering process.
Each smart soldering tip has integrated data storage with an individual serial number for full traceability and calibration history. This enables the built-in total process control (TPC) intelligence to manage the complete soldering process from tip to station. The data gathered is not natively stored in the cloud – customers can securely collect, store and use data to suit their application needs.
The tip-offset function allows the user to change the reference point of the sensor for operators to efficiently achieve results with what Farnell said is “the highest degree of accuracy”.
For precision and protection, the short tip-to-grip distance and optimised shape are claimed to provide maximum precision during the soldering process. The RTUS smart soldering tips comply with MIL-SPEC and IPC industry standards (IPC – TM-650 2.5.33 Measurement of Electrical Overstress from Soldering Hand Tools). This provides maximum protection to the PCB and components, while keeping operating costs low.
Weller said the WXsmart station meets the growth in production within the electronics, medical and aerospace industries with a new generation of Smart Tips that include an integrated chip in every soldering tip.
These chips enhance the Weller soldering tip to offer greater precision and improve the collection of traceable data, such as using the soldering iron, temperature excursions and operation time by individual users. Lock functions make soldering processes repeatable and transparent.
The Weller WXsmart smart hand soldering station has platform, now available for fast delivery from Farnell. It can be used with the WXUPS MS smart soldering iron and WXsmart soldering station, which automatically identifies each patented Weller RTUS cartridge tip. The RTUS smart cartridge tips can also be changed quickly, safely and efficiently without additional tools.
Weller’s WXsmart all-in-one smart hand soldering platform is available from stock at Farnell in EMEA, Newark in North America and element14 in APAC.
