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An ever-widening variety of components and denser board features are creating a gap for new equipment. Just as stencils are moving to multi-thickness panels for complex applications, soldering hardware is evolving to become more precise and integrated into the entire manufacturing line. Jeanine Norlin and Roberta Foster-Smith, representatives of Nordson Electronics Solutions, discuss the current state and implications of selective soldering, including a case study of a customer that made a change. How will selective soldering fit into your future?
Nolan Johnson: Jeanine and Roberta, let’s start by talking about the case study you conducted concerning a customer transitioning from traditional wave soldering to selective soldering due to industry trends.
Jeanine Norlin: Our customer, Kamstrup, which is known for precision and smart energy solutions, needed a major production upgrade. They were concerned with being able to meet their UPH requirements, and how to upgrade with limited floor space. In automotive electronics, customers are finding that wave soldering is unable to meet their throughput requirements and precision needs.
That's where our division does well; we're proud of the groundbreaking selective soldering solutions we offer to automotive electronics and manufacturing.
Kamstrup—or any customer upgrading to advanced selective soldering—positions themselves to handle more flexible projects at scale.
Johnson: You mention UPH and floor space concerns as constraints, but we also have constraints in component and feature sizes. How does selective soldering help meet those conflicting needs?
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