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Wednesday 29 January 2014

Significance of Circuit Board Repair Kit


There are various kits available in the market for repairing PCB  otherwise known as the printed circuit board. In this article, we are describing the significance of circuit board repair kit that is widely used by electronics technicians. The kit consists of  a variety of tools and materials for the repair of both SMT and throughhole component locations. There are two methods of mounting the electronic items to PCB. The first and the most common method of attaching the components today is through the surface mounting process. In this process components are placed by a robot into printed solder paste located on pads on the PCB and then reflowed or melted.  

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Thus, when the component is mounted in this fashion it is called a surface mount device. These components have flat contacts, short pins, leads or array of solder balls which enables attachment to the printed circuit board. In the second throughhole technique device leads are pulled through and soldering is done on the opposite or secondary side on which they are mounted. The assembly operation is much slower in this method, but it provides mechanically rigid connections and is done when components are massive or when the components will force applied to them such as a person connecting a cable.

A PCB repair kit is used when there is a PCB board physical defect and the assembly was already deployed in service or there was a defect induced in the manufacturing process. Generally, a circuit board repair kit is used when there is some of type of defect and the board may suffer from some physical damage. Thus, in case of such situation, the technicians need to repair the printed circuit board with the utmost excellence and accuracy. This can be done by using different kinds of soldering tools that are included in repair kit. Sometimes, repair kit manufacturing companies design their kit by using different kinds of assembling methods. When both throughhole and SMT parts are intermixed on a PCB it is know as a mixed technology board. Some manufacturers design and produce a circuit board repair kit for  mixed technology boards. 

The versatile circuit board repair kit includes all sorts of tools for repairing PCBs. They are used for solving or repairing a multitude physical damage of boards. The kit includes varieties of circuit traces, stencils and many other important components that are necessary for repairing the circuits. It has a variety of materials required for repair of solder mask and laminate. In addition to these materials, it also includes resin or harder epoxy for circuit replacement tasks of various tracks and pads. It also includes knives with a variety of blades for getting precise cutting amongst many other electric components.

Thus, if you are in need of circuit board repair kit, then you must rush procure such kits including all kinds of soldering tools.