The FlexiProbe™ has been DISCONTINUED
A similar product would be the Temprobe™

FlexiProbe™ is designed to be used in place of a fine gauge wire thermocouple to easily and accurately sense the temperature of solder joints near the perimeter of a BGA during the reflow or rework process. The business end of FlexiProbe™ is the 0.010" (0.25mm) diameter thermocouple tip. Inside this thin stainless-steel sheath are the two tiny, insulated thermocouple wires, which form the thermocouple junction at the sealed end of the probe. This thermocouple tip extends out of the end of a larger diameter flexible stainless-steel tube, which provides a convenient way of handling and positioning the thermocouple tip. The electrical connector can be plugged into any Type K thermocouple readout or thermal profiler.

USING YOUR FLEXIPROBE™ IS AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3, 4!

STEP 1. Use your fingers to bend the larger diameter positioning tube to a shape that makes it easy to slide the thermocouple tip under the BGA and have the positioning tube lying flat on the board so it can be taped. Important: Avoid kinking the positioning tube or bending the thermocouple tip.

STEP 2. The thermocouple tip, though delicate, is much stiffer than a 36 gauge thermocouple, so you can gently probe beneath a BGA until you feel it make contact with a ball. Hold it in this position and secure the positioning tube with a piece of Kapton® tape.

STEP 3. Tape the positioning tube again, near its back end, to serve as a strain relief.

STEP 4. Plug FlexiProbe into your thermocouple readout and run your profile.

®Kapton is a registered trademark of L.E. DuPont de Nemours & Co.