National Physical Laboratory,
London - December 2002

The National Physical Laboratory at Teddington, Middlesex, UK has been running extended trials, over a period of some nine months on a T-Track Reflow Chamber .

The tests have been designed to examine the wetting performance of solder produced under the effects of a very low oxygen content (below 50 ppm Oxygen).

Dr Chris Hunt, of NPL says of the product,

"We are very pleased with the performance of the T-Track oven. The controlled oxygen level trials have gone very much to plan, with no unexpected hitches. This has been mainly due to the performance of the T-Track oven. We probably could not have accomplished this work in any other way.

As an oven the T-Track considerably outperforms our conventional 5-zone oven, and we prefer to use the T-Track rather than the 5-zone, even when we do not require inert atmospheres. We think the T-Track is an excellent product."