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Soldering Techniques for Lead Attachment
to Strain Gages with Solder Dots

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Each connecting wire must be carefully and firmly anchored in place with spring loading against the dot bead, as illustrated below, before soldering the connection. When this is properly done, a one-second touch of a hot iron and fresh solder with flux should complete the process.



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