- Clean heating zones
- Less energy required
- Slash downtime by eliminating filter/heat exchanger cleaning
- No waste
- Higher throughput through less downtime or production interruptions
- The catalyst project began two years ago (2013 )with a wide-ranging laboratory study of different zeolites and granulates. Soon, different catalyst options were included before the test was finished on the lab scale. For the second phase of the project, a large catalyst module was installed in a reflow oven between the heating zones and the flux management system. Flux from solder paste was used in high volumes to accelerate oven contamination for enhanced study of cleaning performance (Study presented at APEX, S05–01 in San Diego, February 2015). The third phase of the project included alpha testing of the catalyst in a 24/7 high volume production line during July 2015. This unit runs in the SMT line of a large renowned well known German manufacturer, where oven contamination is monitored every week.
