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Heat Gun Product

Overview

A heat gun is a handheld tool that blows a stream of hot air, used for stripping paint, shrinking heat-shrink tubing, thawing pipes, bending plastic, loosening adhesives and reflow soldering. This model is a 2000 W corded unit with closed- loop temperature control: the operator dials a setpoint between 50 °C and 650 °C on the Display & Keypad, and the tool holds it by modulating heater power against the measured outlet temperature. Two airflow stages trade jet velocity against dwell time for delicate versus aggressive work.

Mains current enters through the Power Cord and is gated by the Trigger Switch & Cool-Down Circuit. The Control Board runs the control loop on its MCU, phase-controlling a triac that feeds the Heating Element Assembly element while a separate driver commutates the Blower Assembly motor. Everything sits inside the glass-filled nylon Housing, whose pistol grip keeps the operator's hand clear of the hot barrel.

How it works

Air is drawn in through a screened inlet at the rear of the handle, past the Air Intake Filter Screen, and pressurised by a centrifugal impeller spun by the brushless fan motor in the Blower Assembly. That airstream is forced forward through the Heating Element Assembly assembly, where it passes over a nichrome coil wound on a slotted mica former. The coil glows; the moving air strips heat off it and carries it out the nozzle. Because the heat is convected away as fast as it is produced, the coil never runs away — airflow and power are balanced.

A K-type thermocouple sits in the outlet stream and reports the real air temperature back to the control board. The MCU compares it to the setpoint and trims heater duty cycle through the triac many times a second, so the displayed temperature tracks the dial regardless of how close the nozzle is held to the work. A one-shot Thermal Fuse in the heater circuit opens permanently if the element ever overheats — for instance if the fan stalls or the inlet is blocked.

When the trigger is released, the cool-down circuit keeps the blower running for a short interval after the heater is cut, purging residual heat from the coil and barrel so the nichrome and the Housing are not cooked by soak-back. The fold-out Support Stand lets the gun sit nozzle-up for hands-free work, and snap-on attachments from the Nozzle & Concentrator Set shape the output into a focused jet, a pipe-wrapping reflector or a wide paint-stripping fan.

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Bill of materials

11 top-level lines · 56 rows shown · 183 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 Housing 4 parts heat-gun-housing 1 6 assembly
1.1 Barrel Half Shell heat-gun-barrel-shell 2 part
1.2 Handle Half Shell heat-gun-handle-shell 2 part
1.3 Barrel Heat Shield heat-gun-heat-shield 1 part
1.4 Air Intake Filter Screen heat-gun-intake-filter 1 part
2 Heating Element Assembly 5 parts heat-gun-heating 1 5 assembly
2.1 Heating Element heating-element 1 part
2.2 Mica Coil Former heat-gun-mica-former 1 part
2.3 K-Type Thermocouple heat-gun-thermocouple 1 part
2.4 Thermal Fuse thermal-fuse 1 part
2.5 High-Temp Element Leads heat-gun-element-leads 1 part
3 Blower Assembly 5 parts heat-gun-blower 1 25 assembly
3.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
3.1.1 Stator Core (laminations) stator-core 1 part
3.1.2 Copper Winding copper-winding 1 part
3.1.3 Slot Insulation stator-insulation 1 part
3.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
3.2.1 Rotor Shaft rotor-shaft 1 part
3.2.2 Rotor Core rotor-core 1 part
3.2.3 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 16× 16 part
3.2.4 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 1 part
3.3 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
3.4 Centrifugal Impeller heat-gun-impeller 1 part
3.5 Fan Shroud / Volute heat-gun-fan-shroud 1 part
4 Control Board 6 parts heat-gun-control-board 1 98 assembly
4.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
4.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
4.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 90× 90 part
4.4 Heater Triac heat-gun-triac 1 part
4.5 Fan Driver IC heat-gun-fan-driver 1 part
4.6 Connector connector 4 part
5 Display & Keypad 3 parts heat-gun-display 1 24 assembly
5.1 LCD Panel lcd-panel 1 part
5.2 Membrane Button Pad heat-gun-button-pad 1 part
5.3 Display Driver PCB 3 parts heat-gun-display-pcb 1 22 assembly
5.3.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
5.3.2 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 20× 20 part
5.3.3 Connector connector 1 part
6 Trigger Switch & Cool-Down Circuit 3 parts heat-gun-trigger-switch 1 16 assembly
6.1 Trigger Switch heat-gun-trigger 1 part
6.2 Cool-Down Relay heat-gun-cooldown-relay 1 part
6.3 Cool-Down Timing PCB 3 parts heat-gun-cooldown-pcb 1 14 assembly
6.3.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
6.3.2 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 12× 12 part
6.3.3 Connector connector 1 part
7 Nozzle & Concentrator Set 3 parts heat-gun-nozzle-set 1 3 assembly
7.1 Concentrator Nozzle heat-gun-concentrator-nozzle 1 part
7.2 Reflector Nozzle heat-gun-reflector-nozzle 1 part
7.3 Flat / Glass-Protector Nozzle heat-gun-flat-nozzle 1 part
8 Support Stand heat-gun-support-stand 1 part
9 Power Cord 3 parts heat-gun-power-cord 1 3 assembly
9.1 Mains Cable heat-gun-cord 1 part
9.2 Mains Plug heat-gun-plug 1 part
9.3 Strain Relief Grommet heat-gun-strain-relief 1 part
10 Wire Bundle wire-bundle 1 part
11 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $30–$800 · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
stanleyblackanddecker.com ↗ New Britain, US Tools (DeWalt, Craftsman) 500 units 6–12 wks
bosch-professional.com ↗ Leinfelden, DE Power tools 500 units 6–12 wks
🇨🇳Techtronic
ttigroup.com ↗
Hong Kong, CN Tools (Milwaukee, Ryobi) 500 units 6–12 wks
🇯🇵Makita
makita.com ↗
Anjo, JP Power tools 500 units 6–12 wks
🇨🇭Hilti
hilti.com ↗
Schaan, CH Construction tools 500 units 6–12 wks

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