Note: Soldering windows to time indicator housings
Objective:
Soldering soda lime glass metal edged windows to steel time indicator housings
End Product:
time indicator housing
Equipment:
Ambrell 1.0 kW induction heating system, equipped with a remote workhead containing one 1.33µF capacitor. An induction heating coil designed and developed specifically for this application
Materials:
Four different size housings: .60” (15.2mm) x .5” (12.7mm) with flange .5” (12.7mm) x .5” (12.7mm) with flange .5” (12.7mm) x .5” (12.7mm) and .70” (17.8mm) x .5” (12.7mm) with threads and flange .024” (.61mm) -.032” (.81mm) thick soda lime glass with metalized edge and solder paste
Temperature:
400-450 ºF (204-232 ºC)
Frequency:
245 kHz
Testing:
The same two turn oval helical coil is used to heat each different sized part. The solder paste is applied to the housing and the window is placed in the housing. The smaller parts took 16 seconds for the solder to flow, the largest part took 80 seconds for the solder to flow. The customer came to Ameritherm through a recommendation from EWI. They had previously purchased a CEIA unit that was not working as well as the customer would like due to a poorly designed coil. The customer is currently soldering these applications using a hot plate to flow the solder. Because of Ambrell’s expert coil designers the customer is now able to use the same coil efficiently for all four different sized housings saving the customer time and money.
Benefits:
Induction heating provides:
• Same coil can be used for all four soldering applications
• Precise controllable application of heat, exposure to rapid heat will separate the metal edge from the glass
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