6.6 SOLDERING METHODS
There is a lot of similarity between soldering and brazing processes. The major
difference between them is less heat and lower temperature is required in case of
soldering. The different processes (methods) used in soldering are touch soldering,
furnace soldering, resistance soldering, dip soldering and infrared soldering. All the
above methods are common to both soldering and brazing processes. There are some
more methods used in case of soldering only, these are hand soldering; wave soldering
and reflow soldering. These methods are described below.