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1996 "Vision Award"
Awarded to Zephyrtronics for
the AirBath™
"Best New Product of the Year"
Zephyrtronics is Spotlighted
in Ray Prasad'sText
"Surface Mount Technology"
"Innovative...simpler,
safer way to remove and repair sensitive devices" The
Editorial Staff, SMT MAGAZINE
Zephyrtronics AirBath “bathes the
circuit board in warm air to reduce thermal stresses to
the board and components.”-- NASA
Report Jan '04
Hot Air Pencil SMD Hot Air
Soldering Non-Contact SMT AirPencil Reflow Soldering System
SMD
HOT AIR PENCIL ZT-2 SMT
Pin-Point Precision and Non-Contact Soldering Reflow
System . . .Just So
Superior™
The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™
"is
a touch free precision soldering method." -- NASA
Report, Jan. '04
A True Hot Air Pencil Should Be
Pencil-Like
1 Hot Air Pencil on Earth for Two
Decades
An
Essential Soldering Tool:
The patented
ZT-2-MIL Hot AirPencil™
is essential for SMD soldering. Twenty years on the market and still the most popular
touch-free, precision soldering tool on earth. Why?
Because the hand-piece is slim -- just like a
pencil. It is not a hot air tool repackaged inside a fat, bulky soldering iron handle
obstructing a
tech's sight from small electronic chips being soldered. Our AirPencil is a real air "pencil".
The
ZT-2 AirPencil™
has many advantages: closed-loop temperature
feedback; variable temp dial; variable air
flow dial with
ultra light settings for tiny chips;
safe, low
24-volt featherweight
hand-piece; integrated 'pencil
holder' centered in design (for right or
left hands); self-contained air (no air
hook-ups!); a rugged steel, ESD-safe case.
"Touch-Free Soldering: The ZT-2-MIL
is non-contact and safer method of
non-contact and safer tool for soldering
thermally sensitive semi-conductors (QFP's,
PLCC's, SOIC's) and delicate, heat-sensitive
ceramic capacitors, glass diodes and SMD
resistors.
Video: Hot AirPencil SMD
Soldering With
Paste
ZT-2 HOT AIR PENCIL
Description
Model
Price
Buy
Now
The AirPencil™
ZT-2-MIL-120
(120 Volt for the U.S., Canada & Mexico)
$899.00
The AirPencil™
ZT-2-MIL-230
(230 Volt For All
Int'l Customers)
$899.00
ZT-2-TPK5
STAINLESS STEEL
AIR TIP 5-PACK
$98.00
More Details:
The Hot AirPencil™
Has Many Advantages of the
Traditional Soldering Iron: First and
foremost, the hot air pencil is
completely non-invasive because provides
precision, pin-pointed, yet non-contact
and low-velocity hot air directly to the
individual component leads. But that's
hardly the beginning:
Hot AirPencil™ vs the
Soldering Iron: There are
many additional advantages of
the hot air pencil over a
traditional contact soldering
iron. Below are a just few:
a.) There is
no opportunity to bend/deform
delicate SMD leads or
scratch/damage delicate pads
-- a common occurrence
with soldering
irons;
b.) The AirPencil™,
unlike a contact soldering iron,
does not
contaminate your assembly
with dirt, grime,
residual flux, adhesives, etc.
c.)
The AirPencil™
works with either
Lead-free (RoHS) or
traditional tin/lead solders because it
never contacts
the pad and/or solder unlike
traditional soldering tips which
all must be carefully segregated
at the bench.
d.) With the AirPencil™,
there is
no accidentally bumping or
moving your carefully placed SMD which is also a
drawback with the soldering iron
which can misalign the chip
after it is placed because it
contacts the chip;
e.) The AirPencil™
excels where traditional
soldering irons fail in
preparing or "touching up" pads.
While contact irons can
leave unwanted tags or
"ice-cycles"
compounding
co-planarity problems,
the
hot air pencil hot levels and
leaves a smooth pad;
f.)
Soldering irons can be very
damaging to ceramic chip
capacitors and glass diodes
due to its immediate conduction of high temperature
directly to the leads setting up
unequal thermal expansion
conditions between a chip and
its leads. Soldering irons have been the
cause of significant quality
issues, with cracking and
fissuring caps an diodes. The
ZT-2-MIL, with its
convective nature, virtually
eliminates this problem.
Touch-Free, Hot Air Soldering
is Better Than Traditional Contact Soldering
Irons
Solder Ceramic Caps & Glass
Diodes With AirPencils™
Instead of Soldering Irons.
Stop Thermal Shock & Chip
Cracking.
The ZT-2-MIL
Has a Unique 3-Turn Air Velocity
Control Dial for Extra Control for Tiny Chips
or with Solder Paste.
So Many Features! Rewriting
all the rules, Zephyrtronics pulled out all the
stops designing the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™hand-piece.
Consider the following 3 issues:
1) The system delivers up to 530ºC
at the Air Tip exit and, yet is
powered by only an extra-safe,
extra-low 24 volts (Be sure
to investigate the high voltages of
our so-called "competition").
2) It's
featherweight, pencil-thin hand
piece is, to our knowledge,
the lightest and thinnest AirPencil™
ever, making soldering a joy, not a drudge.
3) Our precision
air velocity control dial has 3 full
rotations extra fine
adjustments
-- separating it from all other
high-velocity so-called "hot air
tools" which can and do blow tiny
chips away and/or
scatter solder balls up under IC's.
Our unique 3-turn dial puts you in
control while you work.
The AirPencil™
& Solder Paste: A Great Combination! With our
extra low air velocity, work with confidence and success with solder paste
making high quality
solder joints with fillets at the toes,
heels and sides of the SMD's. Experience the
difference! Did we say solder paste reflow at the bench?
Want to see how to use the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™?
See our color pictorial process
SMD
Soldering With Paste is Easy.
The
ZT-2-MIL belongs at every work bench where critical
PCB rework is performed.
For enhanced results, we recommend that it be used in concert with any of our world-famous
ZT-1 AirBaths™
for quality thermal profiles through pre-heating.
The ZT-2-MIL Belongs Where SMD Soldering Is
Performed. 20 Years History!
JUST
SO SUPERIOR...
The ZT-2-MIL
AirPencil™
is just so superior to all other
so-called hot air tools because of its
unique and patented design and utility:
1.)Zero Level Static: The
ZT-2-MIL was evaluated by
Motorola's ESD Lab and was the only hot air
tool to qualify for its extra-tough
standard of "Zero Static Level" for
space applications. Just so superior.
2.) Ultra-Skinny Profile: You Can See The Chip
You Are Soldering! The
AirPencil™
is the sleekest, pencil-thin profile
on the market. Other manufacturers crudely re-packaged their hot air
tools into their existing large,
bulky solder iron handles that obstruct
vision to SMD's (chip
caps, resistors or chip scale
size packages). One can not "see
around" such goofy designed tools.
Just so superior.
3.)
An
Ergonomic
&
Feather-Weight Hand-Piece! The
ZT-2-MIL is a real air "pencil"
with its patented lightweight
hand-piece. Just so
superior.
4.) Only 24 Volts in the Handle! Most other hot air pencils
require techs to wield high
voltages of 120 or up to 240 Volts in
their hands. Yikes!
The
ZT-2-MIL easily reflows even high
temp, lead-free solder alloys with ease
with only 24 Volts! How? Our effective
internal air heating chamber agitates
air providing up to 510°C at the exit
point of the AirTip™ at the maximum
setting. While we don't think one
should solder at those
temperatures, but we want to assure
you that a properly engineered
24-volt tool can deliver all the punch
that those high voltage tools do. Just
so superior.
5.) Variable Air Flow With a Truly
"Ultra-Light"
Range!
Our precision
air velocity control dial has 3 full
rotations for the finest of adjustments
---separating it from all other
high-velocity so-called "hot air
tools" which can and do blow tiny chips
away during reflow and/or scatter solder
balls benath IC's. Just so superior.
A Wide Selection of Air Focusing Tips
Are Available: Unlike
traditional soldering "tips" which
oxidize, the
ZT-2-MIL utilizes long life
stainless steel Air Tips including the
popular Oval Air Tip which, by the way,
ships out standard with each system.
A selection of 5 styles of these very
affordable Air Tips are available from
Zephyrtronics. Plus, every
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™
System
comes with a set of two non-magnetic,
stainless SMD steel tweezers for cool
chip replacement and removal.
Optional: 5 Distinct
Stainless Steel Air Tip Styles are Available for All
SMD's
POPULAR OVAL
FAN
ROUND
ANGLED
FINE / JET
Air Opening I.D. .125" x .040"
Air Opening I.D. .300" x .040"
Air Opening I.D. .095"
Air Opening I.D. .095"
Air Opening I.D. .040"
ZT-2-002
ZT-2-006
ZT-2-003
ZT-2-004
ZT-2-005
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™With
the AirBath™
Preheater
This is the AirPencil™
Used By NASA and JPL!
Yes, the
ZT-2-MIL AirPencil™
is the very same one used at NASA and JPL
for soldering on the two successful Mars
Rovers launched in 2003.
NASA wrote that the Zephyrtronics system
makes "mounting/removal of through-hole and
surface mount components
easier than routine benchtop methods" and
that it
"minimizes thermal stresses due to
temperature differentials during assembly
and rework"
saying that the ZT-2-MIL
"is a touch-free precision soldering
method." -- NASA 39-Page Report,
January 9, 2004
Non-Contact Reflow
for Fine Pitch Gull Wing QFP's
Easy Reflow of SOJ's,
J-Leaded
PLCC's or SOIC's
Rapid Removal &
Replacement Soldering Chips
Adjustable Air Flow & Variable Temp
Control
Rover 'Opportunity' Launched July '03. Arrives on Mars
Jan
'04
*
* * Photographs Courtesy of NASA * *
*
First
Rover "Spirit" Launched June '03.
Arrives on Mars
Jan '04
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Non-Contact Reflow Soldering for SMD's.
Closed Loop & Zero Cross Switching. Electronic Temperature Control.
Variable Air Flow and Temp Settings.
Self-Contained Air Supply (No
Air Hook-Ups!)
Precision, Pin-Pointed Heated Air Stream. Reflows Individual Component Leads Only.
No Adjacent Component Reflow.
Ultra Light Air Flow Settings to Prevent Unwanted Scattered Solder Balls.
Mill-Spec Compliant
Durable All Metal Construction, Not Plastic
Completely ESD Safe.
Engineered
& Manufactured in the U.S.A.
SPECIFICATIONS
Electrical Rating:
Model ZT-2-MIL-120:120 VAC US,
Canada & Mexico Model
ZT-2-MIL-230:230 VAC
(International)
W x H
x D
6.25" x 8" x 5.75", 16cm x 20cm x 15cm
WEIGHT
5lbs. 8oz.
TEMP
CONTROL
Closed Loop Control & Zero Cross Switching
Variable Temp Control Dial
AIR FLOW SETTINGS
Variable,
Adjustable Air Flow Dial;
With "Ultra-Light" for Tiny Chips
