neazoi
Advanced Member level 6
Here is my idea of a soldering iron construction with embedded fume extractor. I focus on the iron mechanical construction, not on the extraction or electronics controlling circuit.
My experience with soldering irons is that the closer the tip to the handle the best the accuracy with hand soldering.
Also fumes extraction systems like this **broken link removed** work well but the sucking tube gets quite a lot on the way when soldering.
My idea is shown in the crude diagram. The handle goes all the way up to colose to the tip, to allow for more precision work to be done. The horn shape of the handle, in combination with a small embedded fan at the back, form a small fumes sucktion system, that does not get in the way when you try to solder. The handle does not get hot, because it is continuously cooled by air sucktion. Since The opening is wider and the tip is close to the opening, a good sucktion force should be allowed without the use of expensive vacuum pumps that usually try to **** the air through a small tube openning. The larget extraxtion tube helps in that too. It can be made out of silicon for more heat resistance and flexibility.
This scheme may not be too power efficient however, since the heater might be more cooled so the the tip may need more frequent pulses of power to compete with that cooling and stay at the same temperature.
How do you find my idea?
Why these big companies haven't thought it and they tend to stay on the same techniques even on their expensive models?
My experience with soldering irons is that the closer the tip to the handle the best the accuracy with hand soldering.
Also fumes extraction systems like this **broken link removed** work well but the sucking tube gets quite a lot on the way when soldering.
My idea is shown in the crude diagram. The handle goes all the way up to colose to the tip, to allow for more precision work to be done. The horn shape of the handle, in combination with a small embedded fan at the back, form a small fumes sucktion system, that does not get in the way when you try to solder. The handle does not get hot, because it is continuously cooled by air sucktion. Since The opening is wider and the tip is close to the opening, a good sucktion force should be allowed without the use of expensive vacuum pumps that usually try to **** the air through a small tube openning. The larget extraxtion tube helps in that too. It can be made out of silicon for more heat resistance and flexibility.
This scheme may not be too power efficient however, since the heater might be more cooled so the the tip may need more frequent pulses of power to compete with that cooling and stay at the same temperature.
How do you find my idea?
Why these big companies haven't thought it and they tend to stay on the same techniques even on their expensive models?