Is a hot plate for screen removal the way to go?

The heat Plate is normally use by a lot of us that have store.The trick with the heat plate is to put temperature around 75/80 grades (iPad Power off) and facing the glass with the heat plate.You put your timer max 8 minutes and that will not cause any issues on the battery and logic board or other components.About the LCD I believe that the iPad Pro Display is one piece (like iphones displays) but for sure he can count that display will not have any issues.

About the Adhesive remover I need to clear up that is not a SOLVENT is call PDI PADS with is use in the medical world to remove the adhesive on patients.Something that I did forget is that to remove that adhesive you can use your nylon spudger or you can use a putty knife if the flat heat slow so you don't scratch the frame and going on the outside direction so you can protect the battery and logic board.

Any help @g4ran let me know no problem with that :)

Actually Dan, using a heat pad is the current Best Practice for removing iPad screens. As @gadgetboxrd says, as long as you don't forget the iPad on the heat pad over lunch, they work great. As a side note, iFixit now sells a t-shirt press to re-adhere the screen and activate the adhesive which goes to show that the screen can take a sustained amount of heat, as long as it is uniformly applied. That's where the heat gun approach can be problematic as it takes a steady hand and a certain experience level to get right.

@refectio - I was thinking of a heating plate for a teapot or kitchen griddle ;-}

An iOpener, heat gun (used carefully) or a small heat pad (used by people with arteritis) that focuses the heat to the edge of the glass are all OK for a DIY.

It's the heating of the full glass that needs to be monitored as overheating will damage the LCD screen.

The heat pads in your URL link will work as they are temp controlled. And, the IFIXIT heating press is also OK as it has a thermal sensor but thats not something a DIY person would buy for fixing their own iPad.

I agree, I didn't spend a whole lot of time thinking about "those" kinds of hot plates. When I started, I used a magic bag (some kind of grain inside, like the iOpener but bigger). It covered the whole screen and would get it up to about 60C. It worked but it required several re-heats.