SMD Preheaters, Preheating, Convective Preheaters, Preheat PCB

                              



All Zephyrtronics Equipment is Engineered and Manufactured in the United States of America.

PCB Rework Kit, Soldering Supplies, PCB Prototyping Kits

SMD Removal, Surface Mount DeSoldering, Low Melt


Precision, Hot Air Soldering, SMD, Hot Air Pencil


RoHS Solder Paste, Lead-Free, Solder Paste, No Clean


Alcohol Pump Bottles, Single Touch, ESD Safe


Flush Cutters, Micro Shears, Lead Cutters

Tweezers, Non-Magnetic, Probers, Sets

Flux Remover, Solvent

PCB Rework Preheater     Bottom-Side Pre-heating     SMD & SMT Ramp and Preheat     Lead-Free Pre-Heat Rework

No One Knows More About Preheating PCB's Than Zephyrtronics!  We're #1 On the Planet!

AIRBATH™ PREHEATING SYSTEMS
Your Best Solution for SMD, SMT, BGA Rework & Repair and PCB Preheating. Featuring Our PostCoolers™

Stand-Alone Bottom-Side PreHeating at the Bench for PCB Rework & Repair of SMT, BGA, CSP, QFP & Thru-Hole Chips

ALL PREHEATERS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL.  THE WIDEST PREHEATING LINE ON EARTH.

 Our Compact, Econo Analog AirBath™ Pre-Heat & PostCooler™ : 10 CFM

ZT-1-CLS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
10 CFM of Forced Convection Air Volume (285 Liters/Minute)
• Affordable PCB Bottom Side Preheat. Far Superior to IR.
• With PostCool™ Feature.
Ideal Pre-Heat for Lead-Free Applications
• Analog Variable Temperature Control.
Compact Footprint for Small to Mid-Size PCB Assy's
• Bottom-Side Convective Mil-Spec PCB Pre-Heating
• Self-Contained Air Supply, ESD
Safe & RoHS Compliant.
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate.
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes


  Our Smallest Preheater, Still With Double the Air Volume
  of the Cheap, Import Imitations on the Market. Yes, Double!

Preheater, Printed Circuit Board, Preheating

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 Our Compact, Deluxe Digital AirBath™ Pre-Heat & PostCooler™ : 15 CFM
ZT-1-CLS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
15 CFM Bountiful, Forced Convection Air Volume (430 Liters/Minute)
• 500 Watts of Preheat Power with PostCooler™
• Ideal Pre-Heat Boost for Lead-Free Applications
• Digital, Variable Closed Loop Temp Control
With Digital Display!
• Compact Footprint for Small to Mid-Size PCB Assy's
• MIL SPEC  Bottom-Side Convective Pre-Heating
• Self-Contained Air Supply, ESD Safe &
RoHS Compliant.
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate.
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes
 
  Compact In Size, But What Power & Air Volume!
  Three Times the Air Volume As All Other Small Preheaters!
  There's Just Nothing Else Like It.

Preheater, Low Profile, Compact
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 Analog Industrial AirBath™ Pre-Heat : Powerful 25 CFM ! 800 Watt Power!
ZT-1-HIS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
25 CFM Powerful, Forced Convection Air Volume (712 Liters/Minute)
• 800 Watts of Preheat Power with PostCooler™

Ideal Pre-Heat Boost for Lead-Free Applications
• Two Pre-Heating Settings: 100C & 150C, Bottom-Side Preheat
• For All PCB's, Small & Large with Ground Planes
• Self-Contained Air Supply &
MIL-SPEC Bottom-Side Preheat
• Analog, Closed Loop Temp Control / ESD Safe &
RoHS Compliant.
• Our Number One Selling Pre-Heater!
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp Rate. ESD Safe
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes

PCB Preheater, Forced Convection

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 Digital Industrial AirBath™ Pre-Heat : Powerful 25 CFM ! 800 Watt Power!

PC Board, Preheat, Ramp, Soak

ZT-1-HIS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
25 CFM Powerful, Forced Convection Air Volume (712 Liters/Minute)
• 800 Watts of Preheat Power with PostCooler™
• Ideal Pre-Heat Boost for Lead-Free Applications
• Digital, Variable Closed Loop Temp
Control With Digital Display!
• For All PCB's Small & Large with Ground Planes
• Self-Contained Air Supply & MIL-SPEC Bottom-Side Preheat
• First Choice of Top Commercial Electronics Firms!
RoHS Compliant.
2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate - ESD Safe
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes
Available in 120 Volt & 230 Volt Models

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 BigGrid™ AirBath™ Pre-Heat Series: Powerful 50 CFM ! 1,500 Watt Power!

Heavy Ground Planes, PCB, Preheat, Power

ZT-1-BGS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
• Extra-Large Forced Convection Preheat Grid (16 sq. inch / 110 sq. cm)
50 CFM Super Powerful Air Volume  (1,415 Liters/Minute)
• 1,500 Watts of Preheating Power
with PostCooler™
• Analog, Variable Closed Loop Temp Control, Bottom-Side Preheat
• For All PCB's Small & Large with Ground Planes
• Self-Contained Air Supply & MIL-SPEC Bottom-Side Preheat
• First Choice of Aerospace & High End Firms! RoHS Compliant.
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate - ESD Safe
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes
• Available in 120 Volt & 230 Volt Models

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 BigGrid™ AirBath™ Pre-Heat Series: Powerful 50 CFM ! 1,500 Watt Power!
ZT-1-BGS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
• Extra-Large Forced Convection Preheat Grid (16 sq. inch / 110 sq. cm)
50 CFM Super Powerful Air Volume  (1,415 Liters/Minute)
• 1,500 Watts of Preheating Power
with PostCooler™
• Digital, Variable Closed Loop Temp Control With Digital Display!
• For All PCB's Small & Large with Ground Plane
• Self-Contained Air Supply & MIL-SPEC Bottom-Side Preheat
• First Choice of Aerospace & High End Firms! RoHS Compliant.
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate - ESD Safe
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes
• Available in 120 Volt & 230 Volt Models     

Preheat, Heavy, Ground Planes, Boards, High, Copper Content

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 MegaGrid™ AirBath™ PreHeat Series: Powerful 50 CFM & 1,500 Watt Power!
ZT-1-MGS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
• Giant Forced Convection Preheating Grid (32 sq. inch / 220 sq. cm)
50 CFM Super Powerful Air Volume  (1,415 Liters/Minute)
• 1,500 Watts of Preheating Power
with PostCooler™
• Digital, Variable Closed Loop Temp Control With Digital Display!
• For All PCB's Small & Large with Ground Planes
• Self-Contained Air Supply & MIL-SPEC Bottom-Side Preheat
• First Choice of Aerospace & High End Firms! RoHS Compliant.
• 2° - 4°C Industry Standard Temp Ramp  Rate - ESD Safe
• Lighted Indicators for Both Warm & Cool Modes
• Available in 120 Volt & 230 Volt Models

Powerful SMD, BGA, Hot Air, Preheater

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  Solutions: Soldering & De-Soldering Thru-Hole Connectors & Components
The ZT-6-MIL & PC/104 AIRFOUNTAIN®
• Dual Purpose: Bottom-Side Preheating & PCB Solder Reflow System
• Rapid, High-Volume Connector & IC Removal
Far Cleaner Than Messy Solder Fountain And Solder Pots
• Self-Contained Air Supply
MIL-Spec Compliant, ESD-Safe, RoHS Compliant
• PC/104 Simultaneous Reflow of All 104 Pins in Seconds! PC/104+
• Eliminates Hand Soldering Gold Tails in Production
• Essential, Secondary Soldering Operation Station
• Used by Raytheon at Tomahawk Facility & Boeing for Space Station
• Available in 120 Volt & 230 Volt Models
PCB Reflow, Connector Soldering Station
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The Zephyrtronics® AirBaths Receive Industry Recognition

Since the 1996 market introduction of their AirBath invention, Zephyrtronics has received international recognition for its significant contribution to the electronic production world. For the first time in electronic manufacturing history, someone had finally addressed the most glaring discrepancy between the high quality, high volume production reflow processes and as those typically found at the benchtop where prototyping, low-volume runs, and reworking / repair are typically done. We pioneered it. And no one knows preheating better than we do.

 
  SMT Magazine, Repair  

Raytheon Report, Low Temperature Rework

      Vision Award, Best Product      

NASA, PCB, Rework

      Surface Mount Technology, Preheat  

The Zephyrtronics
 AirBath™ Preheater
is Featured in
Ray Prasad's Text
"Surface Mount
 Technology"

The Zephyrtronics’ AirBath “bathes the circuit board in warm air to reduce thermal stresses to the board and its components.”
-- NASA Report, Jan.
'04

"Innovative...simpler, safer way to remove and repair sensitive devices" -- The Editorial Staff,
SMT MAGAZINE

Raytheon 108 Page Report on Zephyrtronics AirBath™ and LowMelt® DeSolder: "Given the advantages of lower temperatures for rework, and  results of this evaluation, use of this method and material for reworking SMT and difficult through-hole boards is recommended."

 

Zephyrtronics Wins the Prestigious Vision Award for  "Best New Product" at 1996 Surface Mount International Expo in Silicon Valley.

   
 

Long missing at the work bench were proper thermal profiling, ramping, preheating, low temp reflow, and the cool down of the PCB yielding simply terrible results. The arrival of Zephyrtronics' first AirBath caused an immediate buzz within electronic manufacturing circles as word quickly spread about this amazingly simple, yet highly engineered little marvel and the dynamic quality it could produce.

By 1997, the Editorial Staff of SMT MAGAZINE had witnessed the fever and singled out only three companies for the "noteworthy products" of 1997 writing, "Zephyrtronics' AirBath device for preheating is innovative....it's sensible approach should win it a place as a simpler, safer way to remove and repair sensitive devices." Today, all these many years later, as Zephyrtronics consistently draws the largest crowds at industry trade events, we remain just as committed to our scientific and comprehensive approach to the electronic bench, and yes, our motto still is Simplicity Through Innovation™

 
 

AIRBATH PREHEATING SYSTEMS

Description

Model & Power Specs

Price

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Large PCB Preheater

ZT-1-MGS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
(50 CFM AIR VOLUME)

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ZT-1-MGS-DPU-120
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$2,985.00

ZT-1-MGS-DPU-230
(230 Volt For All International Customers)

$2,985.00

Bottom Side Preheat

ZT-1-BGS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
(50 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-BGS-DPU-120
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$1,985.00

ZT-1-BGS-DPU-230
(230 Volt For All International Customers)

$1,985.00

Convective Preheater

ZT-1-BGS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
(50 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-BGS-MIL-120
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$1,485.00

ZT-1-BGS-MIL-230
(230 Volt For All International Customers)

$1,485.00

PCB Preheater, SMD Preheat

ZT-1-HIS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
(25 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-HIS-DPU-120
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$1,395.00

ZT-1-HIS-DPU-230
(230 Volt For All International Customers)

$1,395.00

BGA Preheat

ZT-1-HIS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
(25 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-HIS-MIL
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$985.00

Rework Preheater

ZT-1-CLS-DPU AIRBATH, DIGITAL
(15 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-CLS-DPU
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$750.00

Prototyping Preheater

ZT-1-CLS-MIL AIRBATH, ANALOG
(10 CFM AIR VOLUME)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-1-CLS-MIL
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$329.00

PC 104 Connector

ZT-6 AIRFOUNTAIN®
(DUAL FUNCTION STATION:
WARM PREHEATING & HOT AIR REFLOW)

MORE DETAILS

ZT-6
(120 Volt For the U.S.A., Canada & Mexico)

$4,985.00

 
 

ABC ADJUSTABLE BOARD CRADLES & “ENFANT” SERIES FIXTURES

Description

Model

Price

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Adjustable Board Cradle

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ADJUSTABLE BOARD CRADLE
3-Rail (10” X 18” Max) With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-1

$195.00

ADJUSTABLE BOARD CRADLE
3-
Rail (20” X 18” Max)  With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-2

$235.00

TINY BOARD CRADLE
3-
Rail (8.5” X 13” Max)  With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-TT

$195.00

Small PCB Board Cradle

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ADJUSTABLE BOARD CRADLE
QUATRO (10” X 18” Max)  With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-1-Q

$235.00

ADJUSTABLE BOARD CRADLE
QUATRO (20” X 18” Max)
 With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-2-Q

$275.00

TINY BOARD CRADLE
QUATRO (8.5” X 13” Max)
 With 4 Posts & Non-Skid Feet

ABC-TQ

$235.00

 
 

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

Description

Model

Price

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EXTRA/REPLACEMENT POSTS (SET OF 4)
2-POST AND 8-POST POSITIONING
(8 POSTS ALLOW PCB INSIDE OF ABC TO BE FLIPPED UP & DOWN DURING THRU-HOLE DESOLDERING)

ABC-LG

$49.85

“Z” HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT POSTS (SET OF 4)

ABC-ZP

$100.00

 
 

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AIRBATH™ PREHEATING SYSTEMS

 
 

SMD Rework, SMT Rework
AirBath Air Bath, SMD Rework Stations, Hot Air Pencil Soldering, BGA Rework Stations, CSP Rework Stations, Preheating Systems, PCB Preheaters, Pre-Heat SMT/ SMD, Low Temp Rework, SMT DeSoldering Tools, Vacuum Pickup Tools, Circuit Board Holders, PCB Fixture & PCB Holders &, Board Cradles, Rework Solder Paste, No-Clean Solder Paste, Low Melt
® De-Solder Wire, DeSolder Wire, Hot Air Rework Stations, Fume Extractors, SMT Dental Probes, SMT, SMD Rework Kit, BGA Rework Kit, LMK Kit, BGA Re-Balling Kit, SMD Tweezers, Power Palm Plunger, QFP Lead Straightener

How To - SMT, CSP, BGA Rework
How To - BGA Alignment; How To - SMT Rework; How To - PCB Preheating, How To - BGA & CSP Rework; How To - Quickly Solder SMD Packages Effectively; How To - CSP Alignment; How To - Lead-Free Rework; How To - SMD Removal Economical; How To - SMD Removal Professional; How To - Hot Air Pencil / AirPencil Soldering; How To - SMD Quick Chip Removal; How To - BGA Re-Balling; How To - Rework PLCC, QFP, QFN, LCC, SOIC, SOL, Shielded SMD, TSOP; How To - Solder & Rework Ceramic Capacitors; How To - Solder & Rework Glass Diodes

Soldering, De-Soldering
Soldering Accessories, Solder Wire, No-Clean Solder Wire, Eutectic Solder Wire, Solder Wire Dispenser, Solder Paste, Lead-Free Solder Paste, Flux, Solder Paste Dispensers, Low Melt
® DeSolder Wire, De-Solder Wire, Soldering Tips, Thru-Hole DeSoldering Tools, DeSoldering Tips, Tips for DeSoldering, De-Solder Wick & DeSoldering Braid, Smoke Extractors, Fume Extractor Filters, Carbon Activated Filters, SolderMill™, Solder Sucker / DeSolder Pump, Pre-heating Systems, Preheat Thru-Hole, PCB Pre-heaters, Flux Solvent, How To - Connector Rework; How To - PC/104 Soldering and Rework; How To - Thru-Hole / Through Hole Desolder / De-Solder; How To - Low Melt® Desolder Wire; How To- Stop Lifting Pads; How To- Desolder / De-Solder Heavy Ground Planes; How To - Lead-Free Soldering and De-Soldering; Pre-Heaters for Lead-Free Rework and Soldering

Dispensing Equipment, Gear, Supplies, Dispensing Bottles & Dispensing Accessories
Dispensing Systems, Dispensing Syringes, Dispensing Barrels, Tapered Dispensing Tips, Blunt Needles,
Dispensing Bottles, Stainless Steel Needles, Dispensing Needles, Industrial Needles, Dispensing Tips, Dispensing Accessories, Flux Bottles, Solder Paste in Syringe, Paste Rack Solder Paste Holder
, Dispensing Supplies, Power Palm Plunger, Manual Dispensing, Alcohol Pump Bottles, Automatic Dispensing, Squeeze Bottles, Wash Bottles, Brush Bottles, Spout Bottles, Pump Bottles

Benchtop Accessories, Bench Supplies, Benchtop Tools
SMD Solder Paste, Solder Wire, LowMelt®, No-Clean Flux, BGA Flux, Rework Tack Flux, Non-Flammable Flux Remover, Inspection Equipment, Magnification Equipment, Magnifying Worklight, ESD Magnifier, Pen Vac, SMT Tweezers, Fume Extraction, SMD Tweezers, PC Board Fixtures, Hot Air Tips, AirTips, Replacement Soldering Sponges, Foam Swabs, Anti-Static Foam Swabs, Thru-Hole & Solvent Brushes, Helping Hands, LMK Rework Kits,
X-BOX 360 Repair, Wire Strippers & Wire Cutters, Flush Cutters, Micro Shears & Needle Nose Piers, Straightening Template for QFP Leads, ESD Wrist Straps, ESD Wrist Strap Tester