View Full Version : a little opinion about the handheld
candra_yus
09-04-2007, 04:25
after i'm trying the handheld about 1 month, i realized that the tornado infra handheld is useless without the preheater, although i ve tried to combine preheater from lukey is not effective, may be i should also buy the preheater,en btw tornado infra heater is not using infrared, instead using some kind of spiral like a fire from oven so in my opinion the name "tornado infra station" doesnt match with the criteria, maybe it should be naming with "tornado flame station"!hehe!
Ceramic Infrared elements are used since long time allready in a lot of industrial and also medical aplications.
But, as you say: the earth is plane and the ceramic element is only a owen element .... and there are also no electrones in the atoms ... etc...
You're right Gobi. Candra is probably dont know or forgot ceramic emit infrared when heated. :)
@candra_yus
The preheater is essential and very useful when working on lead free and glued IC's. You have to preheat first your PCB/IC at around 100 degrees Celsius then use the handheld station to rework it. This preheater is available for sale, just contact your reseller about this.
The tornado infra station uses ceramic infrared radiators that produces heat at high temperature and dissipates towards the reworked medium(PCB/IC).
More informations here: http://tornadoinfra.com/eng/specifications