Patent ID: 7649159

Claim:
An apparatus for soldering at least one part to a board, comprising: a board; an induction coil that has an inner space penetrating the induction coil along the longitudinal direction; a conveyor passing through the inner space of the induction coil and disposed at an approximate central region of the inner space within a cross sectional plane of the induction coil, wherein the conveyor conveys the board supporting the part via a solder material along the longitudinal direction of the induction coil and positions the board; a pallet disposed on the conveyor; a heat generator disposed on the pallet and conveyed along the longitudinal direction of the induction coil while supporting the board from below, wherein the heat generator generates heat due to a current that flows in the heat generator when the heat generator is disposed in an alternating magnetic field; and a controller for applying alternating current to the induction coil, and thereby heat and melt the solder material and solder the part to the board.