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Repair catalog

Equipment most workshops turn away.

Seven categories cover what our bench handles every day. If your equipment doesn't fit cleanly into one of them, call the workshop — chances are we've still seen something like it.

Technician in uniform repairing an opened computer system
No. 01★ Specialty

Mission-critical systems

Defense, naval, metro, locomotive, and aircraft electronics — where downtime isn't an option.

  • Defense & naval electronics

    Repair of specialty electronic boards used in defense equipment, Indian Air Force systems, and naval ships.

  • Metro & electric locomotives

    CPUs, HMIs, and control electronics for metro rakes and electric locomotives.

  • Aircraft entertainment systems

    Repair of in-flight entertainment and cabin systems for commercial aircraft.

Recovered BGA chips after reballing
No. 02

Semiconductor recovery

Production halted for want of one chip? We recover it from your rejected boards — reballed, re-tinned, and ready for the line.

  • Chip recovery from rejected & scrap boards

    Controlled removal of ICs and BGA packages from rejected, surplus, or end-of-life boards — so scarce and obsolete parts get back into production.

  • Cleaning, inspection & testing

    Recovered parts are cleaned of old solder and residue, inspected, and tested before they leave our bench.

  • BGA reballing

    Fresh solder balls on recovered or stored BGA chips, so they place and reflow like new parts on your assembly line.

  • Leaded → lead-free alloy conversion

    Reballing leaded BGA chips with lead-free solder, so older parts can go onto lead-free (RoHS) assembly lines and meet export requirements.

  • Re-tinning & re-alloying for long-stored parts

    Components that have sat in storage for years can lose solderability. We strip and re-tin their terminations so they solder reliably again.

Read more about semiconductor recovery
Laptop motherboard with BGA pads cleaned and ready for a chip, at the SOFT-AID workshop
No. 03

Board-level engineering

BGA, SMT, and micro-SMT rework. Prototype boards and small-batch runs that don't justify a factory line.

  • BGA, SMT & Micro-SMT rework

    Reballing, reflow, and replacement of BGA, SMT, and micro-SMT components on single- and multi-layer boards.

  • Prototyping & small-batch production

    Hand assembly and rework for prototype boards and small production runs that don't justify a factory line.

  • Power supply repair

    Repair of switched-mode and linear power supplies across every application domain we service.

  • Parts design for printers, printheads & ATMs

    In-house design and development of precision parts and sub-assemblies for printers, print heads, and ATM mechanisms.

Wall of industrial monitoring displays in a control room
Industrial touch-screen panel
Panel-mount industrial PC display
Assorted HMI operator panels
Wall-mounted medical-grade display
No. 04

Industrial & medical equipment

Drives, HMIs, and diagnostic instruments — kept running long after the OEM has moved on. LED conversions for legacy backlit displays.

  • Medical instrumentation & diagnostics

    Repair of medical diagnostic and instrumentation equipment, including specialty monitors and conversion of legacy backlit displays to LED.

  • Industrial automation

    Drives, CPUs, HMI touch screens, keypads, and monitors used in factory and process automation systems.

Dual-socket Dell server motherboard
Technician unscrewing components inside an opened laptop during repair
No. 05

IT hardware & large displays

Servers, laptops, projectors, interactive whiteboards, kiosks — chip-level repair to full refurbishment.

  • Servers, storage & networking

    Board-level repair of servers, storage arrays, switches, routers, and other networking equipment.

  • Laptops, tablets & peripherals

    All major brands of laptops and tablets, plus projectors, plotters, and printers — from chip-level repair to full refurbishment.

  • Large-format displays

    Repair of large televisions, interactive whiteboards, digital signage, and self-service kiosks used in schools, retail, and corporate settings.

Printhead refurbishment bench
No. 06★ Specialty

Print head refurbishment

Our 1989 specialty. India's only professionally managed printhead refurb operation — and the world's largest stock of flex cables.

  • Impact & dot-matrix printhead refurbishment

    Complete refurbishment of impact and dot-matrix printheads — precision parts like pins and guides are replaced and aligned to match new-head output.

  • Flexible cables for printheads

    World's largest stock: 300+ models of flexible cables for printheads available off the shelf and exported worldwide.

  • Printhead parts — export

    Refurbishment parts and consumables shipped to printhead specialists across 20+ countries.

  • Consultancy — set up your own refurbishment unit

    Advisory and technology-transfer support for organizations establishing their own printhead refurbishment operations.

Illustration of a BGA rework training session with trainees at microscopes and rework stations
Hands-on BGA rework on an infrared rework station, the kind of setup we train teams on
BGA chip being placed onto a circuit board by a rework head
No. 07

Consultation services

When equipment can't leave your premises, we bring the expertise to you — training your team and setting up your own BGA repair capability.

  • Manpower training

    Hands-on training for your engineers and technicians in BGA rework, reballing, and board-level diagnosis — the same methods we use at our own bench.

  • Set up your own BGA repair facility

    Guidance on planning and setting up an in-house BGA repair setup: equipment, workspace, and working procedures.

  • For equipment that can't leave your site

    Ideal for defense, secure, and regulated sites. The expertise comes to you; your equipment never leaves your premises.

Got something we can fix?

Call the workshop. We'll tell you on the phone whether it's worth bringing in.

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