Blundell Blog

The humble soldering iron is a tool that often gets taken for granted in electronics assembly, but it is still a widely used tool and it pays to review the hand soldering process from time to time. Many older irons are fat and cumbersome. Slim bodied soldering irons have been available for some time from other suppliers but they previously had the disadvantage of having the heating element as part of the tip, so when the tip failed, you had to purchase a combined element AND tip, which was expensive. Ersa have changed all that with the slim ICON by making the tip separate from the 150 watt heating element, so you don’t have to replace both, and replacement costs are low. Recovery from standby to soldering temperature takes just 3 seconds. It has a motion sensor to detect when not in use, and you can pre- program it from a USB memory stick. For more information contact Paul Cooper on 07980 546380 or Keith Gummer on 07770 615405.