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I got a new soldering station. I received the following along with the station. I am not sure what is the purpose of it. Please tell me.

Accessory I received along with soldering station

Update:

Soldering station details:

Aoyue 888A

Product case pic 1

Product case pic 2

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Which soldering station is it? The accessory might be named in the included inventory list. \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ Brand, model, link to user manual? \$\endgroup\$
    – Transistor
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:23
  • \$\begingroup\$ @EugeneSh., I updated my question with details. \$\endgroup\$
    – SKGadi
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:31
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Transistor, It is Aoyue 888A \$\endgroup\$
    – SKGadi
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:32
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    \$\begingroup\$ You have already got the answer, but from the same station sold on amazon, it is listing "1 x IC Popper" among the stuff in the package. \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:53

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It's a chip lifter or pick-up wire.
You can shove it underneath a row of pins from a big QFP to lift it up when heating it. Since tweezers can't usually open that far.

Example video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd8MY9_bDTY

Still frame from video

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    \$\begingroup\$ Interesting, have never seen one of those before. I hope you don't mind that I added a pic from the linked video. \$\endgroup\$
    – JYelton
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:30
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    \$\begingroup\$ They call it "IC Popper" \$\endgroup\$
    – Eugene Sh.
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 20:54
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    \$\begingroup\$ Never seen one before! Much better than flicking it up with a screwdriver! The things one learns lurking in StackExchange. \$\endgroup\$
    – Kartman
    Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 22:54
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    \$\begingroup\$ Neat! Never seen one ether. Could be quite clever, or quite dangerous. As shown on the illustration it could leverage over the PCB edge - that seems like a recipe for lifting pads. Heat + force = lifted pads. If I were to use one of these I would be very careful. \$\endgroup\$
    – Arcatus
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 11:59
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    \$\begingroup\$ my money was on "cheap stand attachment for the iron" but i like this a lot more. @Arcatus agreed, this will give very uneven heating across the IC. \$\endgroup\$
    – Z4-tier
    Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 22:04

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