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Offline meshtronTopic starter

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Anyone Have Experience with Neoden T8L Reflow Oven?
« on: January 17, 2024, 10:48:09 pm »
My T937M "cash register style" oven is proving to be a weakpoint - I know you all have your shocked face on!  It works great for small stuff, but I have an opportunity for some decent volume larger boards that are all LEDs so I need accurate, consistent heat over a larger area than I can get anywhere near with this machine.

I'm considering a T8L (or maybe the slightly smaller IN6) conveyor-style reflow oven from Neoden.  Anyone have any experience with these or something similar?  In a theoretical scenario where I assemble/reflow these myself, I'd probably be looking to run something on the order of 50 panels a day, once a week through with a size of 500mm x 240mm with zillions of low/medium-power LEDs on them.  So, not too worried about preheat times and such - more about reliability and consistency so I can get nice reflow without toasting any lenses.

Appreciate any thoughts!

EDIT: Found the thread about IN6 eating elements, that doesn't sound at all interesting to me.  I'm really thinking more about the T8L anyway which is why I didn't do a better search for IN6.  Updated the title to be more accurate.
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Re: Anyone Have Experience with Neoden T8L Reflow Oven?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2024, 05:55:37 am »
I recently acquired an IN6, a huge upgrade from the tray oven I had. I've read about the IN6 needing element replacements more often than expected, but I think that was for folks running it near or at the max temperature of 300 C. I've never heard of the T8L model. The USA distributor does not sell it. I see more folks upgrading from an IN6 to the IN12, which is a very capable machine.
 
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Offline meshtronTopic starter

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Re: Anyone Have Experience with Neoden T8L Reflow Oven?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2024, 02:53:00 pm »
Interesting, thank you!  Glad to hear you've been having good luck with your IN6.  Everything I've read said it's really solid besides the element issue, but perhaps you're right.  I'm using Loctite GC10 on everything so don't see why I'd need to set anything up near 280C+, maybe I'd be just fine with that.  Certainly an easier size to incorporate into my limited space!
 


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