Commonly used items for rework includes:
- Hot air stations: Specialised tool (Hakko FR-810B, FR-811) to melt the solder (reflow) and vacuum pick-up individual components on the board. A hot air handpieces allows for simultaneous melting and picking up of components with the suction pad and vacuum. With a wide variety of nozzle shapes, you can pick up many different shape and sizes of components.
- Pre-heaters: Suitable for double-sided, multilayered or large PCBs, a pre-heater ensures the entire board (or specific segments) is heated up evenly and quickly for removal of components (FR-830-09, FR870B-06).
- Soldering Iron: A soldering iron can be used for small components or simple repairs of 1 or 2 components. Simply melt the solder holding this component, and use a soldering wick or desoldering tool to remove the molten solder. It is also used to reattach new components to the board. (FX-601 and FX971)
- Desoldering Wick: A desoldering braid, or desoldering wick (Hakko FR-150), is a copper braid that sucks up molten solder. Simply place the wick over the solder point, and put a soldering iron top on it. As the wick heats up and the solder melts, the solder will be "absorbed" by the wick.
- Desoldering Tool: A manual solder sucker (Hakko SPPON) or a desoldering tool (Hakko FR-301, FR-400, FR-410) both works to remove molten solder by sucking it up. While you need a soldering iron to first melt the solder in order to use the wick or SPPON, the FR-301, FR-400 and FR-410 are complete tools to melt and remove solder via built in vacuum pump/vacuum system.
- Rework Station: The Hakko Rework Station incorporates soldering and desoldering into 1 station for convenience and ease. The Hakko FR-701 is a dual port station with a soldering iron and a desoldering gun, while the FR-702 is a powerful 4 port station that also includes a hot air handpiece
- Tweezers: for precise handling, removal and placement of components especially micro components
- Magnifying Glass Lamps: For easier viewing of PCB board
- Flux/Flux Remover: Used in both soldering and reflow, flux is used over the original solder joints to remove oxidation, improve wetting and allow for better and smoother solder joints.