ACE Production Technologies, in response to customer requests, has introduced a new Service Cart that speeds and simplifies the swapping or change-out of solder pots for its KISS family of Selective Soldering machines. Use of the stable cart makes solder pot exchange simple, fast, safe, and requires minimal effort. Since the new pot is already pre-heated via a built-in warmer, the solder can be molten and ready to run in only a matter of minutes once set in place inside the soldering machine.

New ACE Service Cart for solder pot exchange (above left), shown docked with a KISS-103 Selective Soldering Machine.

In making the announcement, Al Cable, President of ACE, said, "Changing or swapping solder pots is a necessary but occasionally tricky operation for selective soldering equipment users."

"Customers had asked if it might be possible to facilitate solder pot change-outs. Many of our customers (CMs) are using multiple solders to meet a variety of customer specifications. Thus, the faster those change-outs can be accomplished, the faster the selective soldering machine can be back in production. Even though the ACE solder pot is comparably light (30 lbs.) and attractive for that reason, it is still necessary to maintain good safety and stability, as well as prepare the exchange solder pot for use as soon as possible. For this reason, ACE designed a Service Cart that also pre-heats the solder to a nearly liquid state prior to swapping into the machine."

About ACE Production Technologies Inc.

ACE Production Technologies is a designer and builder of simple, affordable selective soldering systems suitable for lead-free electronics assembly. ACE's line of rugged, reliable selective soldering systems includes the KISS 101, KISS-102, KISS-103 and the KISS-104 models. All of these flexible systems feature lead-free compatible solder pots and are ideal for low to medium volume assembly, prototyping and rework, post-reflow offline assembly and other soldering applications, such as odd-form devices. For more information about A.C.E., including sales and technical, contact ACE Production Technologies, INC., 3010 N. Industrial Park, 1st Street, Spokane Valley, WA 99216; Tel. 509-924-4898, e-mail sales@ace-protech.com; http://www.ace-protech.com/.