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Wave soldering method using lead-free solder, apparatus therefor, and wave-soldered assembly

US7048173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 2002
Grant dateMay 23, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/625
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wave soldering method and a wave soldering apparatus using lead-free solder comprising a wave soldering step in which the lower side of a substrate with leads of component parts inserted in through-holes formed in the substrate from the upper side is wave soldered by contact with a molten lead-free solder blowout at a wave soldering portion provided in a chamber, and a cooling step in which an inert gas in the chamber is recirculated and cooled and is blown to the lower side of the substrate wave soldered with the lead-free solder in the wave soldering step and being conveyed, to cool the lower side of the substrate, at a blowing portion provided adjacently to the wave soldering portion in the chamber, and an apparatus therefor.

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