Hot Air Pencil, Hot Air Soldering, SMD Soldering, SMT, Ceramic Capacitor Soldering

Hot Air Pencil         SMD Hot Air Soldering       Non-Contact      SMT AirPencil Reflow Soldering System

SMD HOT AIRPENCIL ZT-2-MIL
SMT Pin-Point Precision and Non-Contact Soldering Reflow System     . . .Just So Superior™



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1996 "Vision Award" Awarded to Zephyrtronics for
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 "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


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

 

The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil "is a touch free precision soldering method." -- NASA Report, January 9, 2004

An Essential Soldering Tool: Fifteen years on the market, and it is still the most popular touch-free, precision soldering tool on earth! In fact, the patented ZT-2-MIL AirPencil is a benchtop essential SMD soldering tool.

The ZT-2 Hot AirPencil is loaded with premium features including: True closed-loop electronic and dial-adjustable temperature control; a variable air flow control dial with an 'ultra, ultra light setting' for miniature chips; a safe, low 24 volt featherweight hand-piece; an integrated holder for the pencil centered in the design (for right or left handed use), its own self-contained air source (no air hook-ups required) all in an rugged, steel and ESD-safe casing...and a slim-line AirPencil that permits visibility to the soldering unlike other "hot air pencils" that are packaged within existing bulky soldering iron handles that obstruct vision to tiny parts.

"Touch-Free Soldering: The ZT-2-MIL provides a non-contact and safer method of non-contact and safer method of soldering thermally sensitive semi-conductors (QFP's, PLCC's, SOIC's) and delicate and heat-sensitive ceramic capacitors, glass diodes and SMD resistors.

Hot Air Pencil, Hot Air Soldering, SMD Soldering, SMT, Ceramic Capacitor Soldering

 Video: Hot Air Pencil SMD Soldering With Paste

 
 

 

ZT-2 HOT AIR PENCIL

Description

Model

Price

Buy Now

Hot Air Pencil, SMD, Soldering, Paste

The AirPencil
ZT-2-MIL-120
(120 Volt for the U.S., Canada & Mexico)

$899.00

Soldering Ceramic Capacitors

The AirPencil™
ZT-2-MIL-230
(230 Volt For All
Int'l Customers)

$899.00

Hot Air Tips

ZT-2-TPK5
STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP 5-PACK

$98.00

More Details:
 

The Hot AirPencil Presents Many Advantages of the Traditional Soldering Iron: As mentioned above, 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 Air Pencil 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:

 

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a.) There is absolutely no opportunity to bend/deform delicate SMD leads or scratch/damage delicate pads which is a common occurrence with traditional soldering  irons;

 b.) The air pencil, unlike the soldering iron, allows no opportunity for introducing contamination into your assembly such as dirt, grime, residual flux, adhesives and more;

 c.) The air pencil works with either Lead-free (RoHS) or traditional tin/lead solder alloys because it never contacts the pad and/or solder unlike traditional soldering tips which must be carefully segregated between lead-free and tin/lead alloys at the bench;

 d.) With the air pencil, 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 air pencil excels where the traditional soldering iron fails in preparing or "touching up" pads, for while a contact iron can leave unwanted tags or "ice-cycles" which compound co-planarity problems, the hot air pencil hot levels and leaves a smooth pad; and

 f.) A soldering iron can be very damaging to ceramic chip capacitors and glass diodes due to its immediate conductive application of high temperature directly to the leads setting up unequal thermal expansion conditions between the chip and its leads. Unfortunately, soldering irons have been the cause of significant quality issues, with cracking and fissuring caps an diodes. The hot air pencil, with its convective nature, virtually eliminates this problem altogether.

 
   

Touch-Free, Hot Air Soldering Presents Many Advantages Over Traditional Contact Soldering Irons

   

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Ceramic Caps & Glass Diodes Must Always Be Soldered With AirPencils, Never With Soldering Irons, To Prevent Thermal Shock, & Chip Cracking.

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So Many Features! Rewriting all the rules, the engineers at Zephyrtronics pulled out all the stops when designing the ZT-2-MIL AirPencil’s hand-piece/pencil. 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 and pencil-thin hand piece is, to our knowledge, now the lightest and thinnest AirPencil ever, making soldering a joy rather than a drudge.

3) 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 up under IC's. Our unique 3-turn dial puts you in control while you work.

The ZT-2AirPencil Features a Unique 3-Turn Air Velocity Control Dial Putting You In Control When Working With Tiny Chips and When Working With Solder Paste.

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The AirPencil & Solder Paste! What a Great Combination: And because of the extra low adjustment to the air velocity, you can now, at long last, work successfully with solder paste for your high quality reflow creating solder joints replete with fillets at the toes, heels and sides of the SMD's. Wait until you experience the difference!  Did we say solder paste reflow at the bench? Want to see how to use the ZT-2-MIL AirPencil? Just check out our color pictorial process page, "SMD Soldering Made Easy at the Bench".

The Zephyrtronics ZT-2-MIL AirPencil belongs at every work bench where critical SMT rework is being performed. And for enhanced results, it is recommended that the system be used in concert with any of our now world-famous ZT-1 AirBaths for quality thermal profiles through pre-heating.

 
   

 The ZT-2-MIL Belongs at Every Bench Where SMT SolderingIs Performed. This is the Tool You Want to Have at Your Fingertips.

 


All Hot Air Pencils Are Not Created Equal:
  Here is why the ZT-2-MIL is just so superior to other so-called "air pencils" and why it is unique in design and utility:

1.) Zero Level Static: The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil was evaluated by Motorola's ESD Lab and found not only to be ESD-Safe, but 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 Provides Easy Visibility to See The Chip You Are Soldering! The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil has the sleekest, pencil-thin profile of any hot air pencil. Other manufacturers have crudely packaged their "hot air pencils" into essentially their large, bulky solder iron handles which obstruct vision to small components like chip capacitors and resistors and chip scale size packages. You simply can not "see around" these goofy designed tools. Just so superior.

3.) Ergonomic, Feather-Weight Hand-piece! The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil is truly an air "pencil". Its lightweight hand-piece puts all other air pencils to shame and makes soldering a joy rather than a drudge. Just so superior.

4.) Only 24 Volts in the Handle! Again, most all other hot air pencils require technicians to wield high voltages of 120 or up to 240 Volts in their hands. Yikes! But our ZT-2-MIL AirPencil 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. Now, clearly we don't think one should be soldering at those temperatures, but we wanted 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! As mentioned above, 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 up under 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

Tip1

Tip2

Tip3

Tip4

Tip5

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

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Above Right Photo: The ZT-2-MIL AirPencil Is Shown Used In Concert With the Popular Zephyrtronics AirBath Bottom-Side PCB Preheaters for Generating the Optimum Reflow Profile.   Still, the ZT-2-MIL is a Stand-Alone Product.

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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

SPIRIT

ZT2QFP

ZT2PLCC

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OPPORTUNITY

Non-Contact Reflow
for Fine Pitch Gull Wing QFP's
  Easy Reflow of J-Leaded SOJ's, PLCC's, SOIC's

Rapid Removal & Replacement of Components   Adjustable Air Flow & Variable Temp Control The Rover, "Opportunity" Launched July 7, '03. Arrival on Mars: Jan. 24, '04
 * * * Photographs Courtesy of NASA * * *
First Rover "Spirit" Launched June 10, '03. Arrival on Mars Jan. 3, '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.
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SPECIFICATIONS 

Electrical Rating:
Model ZT-2-MIL-120: 120 VAC (U.S.A., 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 With Zero Cross
 Switching Variable Temp Control Dial

 AIR FLOW
 SETTINGS

 Variable, Adjustable Air Flow Dial;
 With "Ultra-Light" for Tiny Chips

 HAND-PIECE

 Safe, Low 24 Volt

 AIR SUPPLY

 Self-Contained, Internal Air Pump

 RECOMMENDED

 Optimum: Use With ZT-1 AirBath Preheat

 WARRANTY

 One Year Limited Warranty Parts & Labor

    For even further information, refer to our Technical Papers, "The Hot Air Pencil: History & Theory of Making High Quality Solder Joints at the Bench" and our color pictorial process page "Quality SMD Soldering at the Bench".

                 Fully MIL-Spec Compliant and Approved for Space Applications!

 

ZT-2-MIL AIRPENCIL

Description

Model

Price

Buy Now

ZT-2-MIL-120 AirPencil
Our 120 Volt Model for U.S.A. , Canada & Mexico
INCLUDE
S
(Stainless Steel SMT Tweezers &
Oval Tip Included)

ZT-2-MIL-120

$899.00

ZT-2-MIL-230 AirPencil
Our 230 Volt Model for International Customers
INCLUDE
S
(Stainless Steel SMT Tweezers &
Oval Tip Included)

ZT-2-MIL-230

$899.00

 

 

A C C E S S O R I E S

Description

Model Price Buy Now

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
      "OVAL"
(Standard Tip)
Air Opening ID .125" x .040"
ZT-2-002 $19.99

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
"ROUND"
Air Opening ID .095"
ZT-2-003 $19.99

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
"ANGLED"
Air Opening ID .095”
ZT-2-004 $24.99

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
"FINE (JET)"
Air Opening ID .040"
ZT-2-005 $19.99

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP
"FAN"
Air Opening ID .300" x .040"
ZT-2-006 $24.99

STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP 4-PACK ZT-2-TPK4 $79.00

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STAINLESS STEEL AIR TIP 5-PACK ZT-2-TPK5 $98.00

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STAINLESS STEEL SMT TWEEZERS ZT-2-010 $12.00

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REPLACEMENT HOSE (3 FEET) ZT-3-002 $13.99
 

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