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Working with Recipes
Creating a new Recipe:
1.)
Click on the “Edit Recipe” button from the Main Screen
2.)
Select
File
>>
New and
then select a recipe template. (A default recipe template
default.rct
comes
with the software. You may create your own templates from any recipe using the
Save As
file
options.)
3.)
Edit the recipe parameters as desired.
4.)
Save the recipe.
Teaching and Running a Recipe:
1.)
Open a recipe and check that the parameters represent the rework profile you want to achieve.
2.)
Plug a thermocouple into the left-hand port on the front of the machine and attach the exposed
junction to a solder joint on the component to be “taught.” It plots on the graph as the
Part
Thermocouple.
3.)
Plug a thermocouple into the right-hand port on the front of the machine and attach the exposed
junction to an area of the circuit board
away
from the target component. This is the thermocouple
which will be used to control the “Start Preheat at” temperature as specified in the Board Heater
section of the recipe. It plots on the graph as the
Board
Thermocouple.
4.)
Insert the proper nozzle into the machine and align with the target component.
5.)
Select
Teach
and either
Install
or
Remove
from the main control screen (Fig. 1). It is
recommended to teach recipes in Install mode, since you can see the effect of the cooling and the
teach thermocouple remain in place at the end of the run, making it easier to make adjustments to
the recipe heating profile.
6.)
Run the recipe using the
Start
button. The system will keep track of the time required to reach
the target temperatures programmed into the recipe. The picture below illustrates the machine
operating in “Teach Mode.”
7.)
If satisfied with the results, save the recipe after teaching. If you want to make adjustments to
slow down or speed up heating, etc., Edit the recipe parameters, cool the board down, and re-
teach the recipe.
8.)
When a recipe has been successfully taught and saved, it can be run in
Run Mode
without
thermocouples. Run Mode will use the Preheat Soak and Reflow times learned in Teach Mode.