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Reflow-Process
When the adjustment is complete and all safety precautions
have been taken, place the board with the components in the
middle of the drawer and slide the drawer closed.
Highlight
WELD
in the main menu and press the "
RUN
" key
to enter the soldering menu.
If you press
RUN
again, the cycle starts.
ON
is marked and
the current oven temperature is displayed. The indicator will
turn red to indicate a heating process. In this case the
heating process for the preheat phase (
READY
). The
temperature rises in the display.
When the temperature reaches the set value, the indicator
turns green and starts counting down the preset time. The
indicator light may also flicker in the transitional phase. If the
temperature is set above
5°C
, the fan will switch on to lower
the temperature. Temperature and the power indicator on the
top panel will flash at this time.
At the end of the countdown, the
HEAT
phase begins.
Control light switches back to red, the heating starts,
temperature rises. When the temperature is reached, the
indicator goes green and the next countdown starts.
If you want to stop the soldering process, you can do this at any time by pressing
SET
.
After
HEAT
, the soldering phase
WELD
starts, then the holding time
HOLD
and then
automatically follows the cooling phase
COOL
. The fan turns on and a timer shows the
elapsed cooling time.
When the set cooling temperature is reached, the warning light goes out and a buzzer
sounds.
The message
END
appears on the display. For safety reasons, the fan will continue to
operate until the temperature has dropped to 80 ° C.
