NITROGEN APPLICATION:

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

2016 03

Industrial Air Division

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 Global electronics industry in billion euros
GENERAL OVERVIEW 1

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http://www.statista.com/statistics/268398/market-size-of-the-global-electronics-industry-by-country/

Atlas Copco sales by SIC code

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- In Global R&D: United States takes first place,
followed by Japan, Switzerland, Finland, and Israel.
- In Electronics industry: China, United States takes
front, followed by Japan and Germany.
APPLICATION: SOLDERING PROCESSES

 Application:
– Using nitrogen to inert the atmosphere
during soldering process has become a
generally accepted practice in the electronic
assembly industry. Regardless of whether
the soldering process is wave, selective or
reflow, nitrogen improves the process by
enhancing the joint quality and minimizing
defects.
 Benefits of the nitrogen:
– Less dross, fewer voids, better soldering
quality, less errors, less use of flux, less or
no after treatment and better wetting.
OPPORTUNITY
 Current Market: Cylinder bottles Liquid
– Nitrogen from traditional liquid and cylinder;
 Opportunity to customers:
– Become independent of gas supplier
(pricing)
– Reducing gas costs;
– Direct: Solder, flux, working time,
rework/error correction;
– Indirect cost reduction: Time to market,
ability to adjust to customer specifications.
 Technical requirements:
– Pressure: 5-6 barg
– Nitrogen purity: 99,99%
ATLAS COPCO HAS INDUSTRIAL GASES AVAILABLE!
BIGGEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

And small & medium companies.

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS PRODUCTS
PRODUCERS SUCCESS STORY
Customer name: Company Phytec
 Electronic application:
– Wave, reflow or selective soldering
– Produce printplates and other electronic components
they sell to OEM’s

 Technical requirements to N2:

– Flow: 3m³/hr
– Pressure: 6barg

 Atlas Copco Solution:

– NGP21+Complete with filters and N2 storage tank
– Purity: 99,99%

 Key to success:
– Payback < 2 year - pay back vs liquid N2
– Low operating costs
ATLAS COPCO: YOUR ONE STOP SOLUTION

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• Variants
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