Patent ID: 6580050
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A soldering station comprising:control unit; and a soldering iron having a replaceable soldering tip, said soldering iron being connected to the control unit by a power cord for receiving electrical power from said control unit; wherein the control unit comprises a housing containing circuitry for controlling the temperature of the soldering iron at said tip by adjusting a supply of power to a tip heater of said soldering iron, a temperature selector for enabling selection of a temperature to which the soldering iron is to be heated by a user, a calibration temperature sensor connected to said circuitry and exposed for enabling engagement of the tip of the soldering iron therewith; wherein said circuitry has a calibration mode and a heating mode; wherein, in said calibration mode, said circuitry is adapted to compare a temperature sensed by the calibration temperature sensor and produced by contacting of the soldering iron which has been heated to a temperature selected with said temperature selector with the calibration temperature sensor and for adjusting the power supply to the tip heater so as to bring the temperature sensed by the calibration temperature sensor into conformance with the temperature selected with the temperature selector.