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Two-Tiered Product Line Meets Market Segment Needs
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ortable electronics needs equip - ment that has high uptime, excellent repeatability and reli-
ability. This is even more important to high-volume manufacturers be - cause they have multiple lines that produce large volumes of boards within one factory or even across dif- ferent factories. Repeat ability is criti- cal to ensure good, stable quality of end products across the lines, reduc- ing scrap. Maximizing reliability and uptime increase the number or rate of products produced by a line, increas-
ing output. Meanwhile, consumers expect
their new electronics to do more and cost less. In the Portable Electronics segment, cost is a major factor. As a result, many manufacturers are try- ing to get by with reflow ovens that only offer low initial cost and end up with an unreliable machine that does not provide a stable process. In the late 1990s, BTU Inter -
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national introduced the Pyramax convection reflow oven. At that time there was significant market growth in communications infrastructure, with the Internet and mobile commu- nications driving much of that growth. Customers needed both per- formance and flexibility. They want- ed to run “any board, anytime, any- where”, and some of those boards
A new reflow platform from BTU has been
designed to meet the needs of portable electronics manufacturers.
Model 6000
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included very heavy and wide back- plane boards. For this reason, Pyramax was developed with 24-in. (610mm) width capability. In addi- tion, the company’s exclusive Closed Loop Convection Control provided a major benefit for global customers, allowing them to have the same con- vection performance regardless of geography. Over the years, Pyramax has been upgraded and new features have been introduced. By industry consensus, it is the best performing reflow oven currently in the market. However, the market has gone
Models 1500 and 500
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through significant changes in some segments during the last few years. Today, one of the fastest growing seg- ments of the market is Portable Electronics. We have all noticed the meteoric rise of the tablet and that the Smartphone is taking over the mobile phone market; however, many do not realize that Portable Elec - tronics has different production needs from electronics for industrials (serv- er, military, medical, power, etc.) and semiconductor packaging. Portable electronics is the market that relies on production quality and efficiency, with low cost of ownership.
Lower Cost Requirements BTU saw an opportunity to devel-
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op a high-quality reflow oven with the necessary quality and process perform- ance, but one that met with the lower cost requirements for portable elec- tronics manufacturers. In response, it developed the Dynamo convection reflow oven, bringing portable elec- tronics manufacturing the repeatabili- ty and reliability it needed. Dynamo’s main benefit is value. Customers receive the company’s reliability and performance for less money than they expect for a quality BTU product. This is accomplished by combining innova- tion and simplicity. Dynamo provides exceptional
thermal performance for portable electronics manufacturing. Unifor - mity across the process chamber is superb. Repeatability on the same system across different days, as well as repeatability across ovens is a spe-
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