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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Xyztec Bv, Panningen, NL;
Inventor:
Robert Sykes, Tendring, GB;
Assignee:
XYZTEC BV, Panningen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B23K 3/02 (2006.01); B23K 1/018 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); B23K 1/018 (2013.01); B23K 3/028 (2013.01); B23K 3/029 (2013.01); G01N 19/04 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0296 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning solder from the jaws of a solder ball test device including the steps of heating a gas to a temperature above the melting temperature of the solder and directing the heated has over the jaws of a solder ball test device to remove solder from the jaws, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.