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Desoldering

In electronics, desoldering is the removal of solder and components from a circuit board for troubleshooting, repair, replacement, and salvage.

Tools

Desoldering with a desoldering gun.

Desoldering tools and materials include the following:

• Solder wick

• Heat guns, also called hot air guns

• Desoldering pump

• Removal alloys

• Removal fluxes

• Heated soldering tweezers

• Various picks and tweezers for tasks such as pulling at, holding, removing, and scraping components.

• Vacuum and pressure pumps with specialized heater tips and nozzles

• Rework stations, used to repair printed circuit board assemblies that fail factory test.

Terminology is not totally standardised. Anything with a base unit with provision to maintain a stable temperature, pump air in either direction, etc., is often called a "station" (preceded by rework, soldering, desoldering, hot air); one, or sometimes more, tools may be connected to a station, e.g., a rework station may accommodate a soldering iron and hot air head. A soldering iron with a hollow tip and a spring-, bulb-, or electrically-operated suction pump may be called a desoldering iron. Terms such as "suction pen" may be used; the meaning is usually clear from the context.