Introduction to Hand Soldering

This course is the basic primer for hand soldering learning. Students are introduced to proper workstation practices, personal safety considerations, ESD prevention. Soldering iron types, temperature selection, tip types, and applications are introduced. Other topics covered include heat transfer principles, how to avoid thermal damage, flux theory, low residue fluxes, wetting principles. This course also covers PTH solder joint acceptance requirements as found in the IPC-A-610 standard.