Rework (electronics)
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In electronics, rework is repair or refinish of a printed circuit board assembly, usually involving desoldering and re-soldering of surface-mounted electronic components. Mass processing techniques ar
Electronic assembly (PCBA)
X-ray picture of inadequate solder joints
Thermal profile of a lead free solder process
Dispensed solder paste on the pads of a quad flat package chip
Reflow soldering
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Reflow soldering is a process in which a solder paste is used to temporarily attach anywhere from one to thousands of tiny electrical components to their contact pads, after which the entire assembly
Rework (electronics)
…Devices can be recovered from scrapped assemblies for reuse in the same way. Reflowing as a rework technique, similar to the manufacturing process of reflow soldering, involves dismantling the equipment to remove the faulty circuit board, pre-heating the whole board in an oven, heating the non-functioning component…
An example of a commercial reflow oven.