Soldering Iron
If you seek perfection and safety in any soldering job, you need to buy high quality soldering iron and solder. Keeping all your soldering needs in mind, we offer you a wide range of soldering tools.
Choosing a Soldering Iron
Welders who work outdoors can choose from our variety of battery-operated and gas soldering irons. For most odd jobs, a 40-watt soldering iron would suffice. However, for heavy duty soldering jobs, an 80-watt soldering iron would be needed. Considering jobs that take time, one could purchase a soldering iron with a stand, temperature control and on/off switch.
High Quality Soldering Tools
You need to take extra care while selecting tips. Our range of tips includes bevel type, conical type, chisel type, slot type, sharp bend type and blade type. Our tips have high metal purity and high tin content and work perfectly on circuit boards. You could opt for pyramid tips for soldering metal sheets. For cleaning the tips we provide metal mesh pads.
We also offer soldering stations. Although expensive, they comprise of various soldering tools, such as a soldering iron with digital readouts, tips, sensing equipment and a power supply. This is highly recommended for frequent users.
Soldering Iron Care
- Use a stable iron stand for placing the soldering iron
- Use only heavy duty extension cords, if required
- Avoid using cracked or burned cords
- Avoid dropping or banging the iron as the ceramic heater can break easily
- Avoid letting the iron stay idle at operating temperatures, as this may damage the element through overheating
- Take out debris by removing the tip and lightly tapping
- To avoid corrosion, keep the soldering iron out of damp conditions
Tip care
- Use pure solder to maintain effectiveness in heat transfer
- Ensure nuts are not loose and the tip does not get stuck in the barrel
- To receive maximum heat at the surface, clean the tip using a damp sponge. However, avoid overdoing this
- Avoid using abrasive materials, such as sandpaper, for cleaning the tip
- Don’t dip the tip into flux, as this will corrode it.
- After soldering, dip the tip into solder
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