INSTITUTION NAME: DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

NAME: PETER MUIGAI NG’ANG’A

REGISTRATION NUMBER: E021-01-1221/2022

SIGNATURE:

DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

COURSE: B.Sc. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

UNIT NAME: WORKSHOP PRACTICE II

UNIT CODE: EEE 2103

TITLE OF THE REPORT: SOLDERING AND DESIGN EXERCISE

TECNOLOGIST’S NAME: MR. ELIAS MBUGUA

EXPERIMENT DATE: 8th JUNE,2023

SUBMISSION DATE: 15th JUNE,2023

 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The aim of the exercise was to practice soldering on a wooden board and construct a soldering circuit on
the wooden board using tack nails and copper wires.

INTRODUCTION

Soldering refers to the process of joining two or more items by melting and putting a filler metal into the
joint the filler having lower melting point than the adjoining metal.

Electrical soldering is the

process by which electronic
components are
connected to the circuit
board using a filler material
called solder to form the
joint between th
Electrical soldering is the process by which electronic components are connected to a circuit board using
filler metal known as solder to form joint between them.

A soldering iron is the equipment used to heat the solder at high temperatures above its melting point
so that it wets the joint and solidify to make the joint strong.

A solder is a fusible metal alloy used to create strong bonds between components. It is melted in order
to wet the joint intended to be connect together after cooling.

Soldering can be done in two ways namely hand soldering and wave soldering. Hand soldering is mostly
used in small scale work by melting the solder with a hand soldering gun. Wave soldering is a large-scale
process used in industries for mass production.
 THEORY

Soldering is the process of joining two or more items by using an alloy with lower melting point than the
items being joined. Soldering is a necessary skill for all electrical and electronic works and is only
acquired through practice.

TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES

Tools

1. Soldering gun
2. Ball pen hammer
3. File
4. Pliers

Accessories

1. Switched socket

PROCEDURES

1. The heads of the 36 tuck nails were cleaned with a file to remove the black paint on them
2. The amplifying electronic circuit was designed on a plain paper and the positions of the tuck
nails indicated using black dots.
3. The designed paper was then mounted on the block board and the tuck nails hammered on the
dots.
4. 2.5mm cable was stripped to obtain one cable strand.
5. The copper strands were soldered on the mounted tuck nails.

DISCUSSION AND DIAGRAMS

Soldering is done to connect components together or to reinforce joints. In soldering process, the joint
to be connected is cleaned first with a file in order for the solder to hold the components together. In
electronic work making sure that the solder joints are made correctly is of most importance. Poor joints
would result to poor functioning of the equipment. The solder should also be properly distributed on the
tuck nail heads.
 RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS

The amplifier was designed on the block board and the solder held the copper cable firmly on the tuck
nails. The circuit was the compared to the design provided and it was concluded that the soldering
exercise was done properly.

SOURCES OF ERRORS

Errors due to failure to properly clean the tuck nail heads which caused the solder to loosen thus holding
the wire loosely.

Applying more solder on some tuck nails led to running out of solder wire thus some cables were loosely
held.

Errors due to poor designing of the circuit due to failure to curve the cables.

CONCLUSION

The concept of soldering and all the processes involved was understood.

RECOMMENDATION

Ensuring that the tuck nail heads are cleaned properly.

Providing more solder wire to prevent running out.

Ensure that the cables are curved appropriately.

REFERENCES

Workshop practice II Lab manual.

https://www.electronics-notes.com

https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pister/42x100sp13/Resources/Lab_1_Soldering_PCBs_2.1.pdf