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BTU International, a leading provider of advanced thermal processing equipment, unveiled its latest innovations in wafer bumping reflow technology at the China Semiconductor Executive Assembly ...

Learn more about BTU's Aqua Scrub Flux Management technology. This unique system employs a non-toxic, water-based rinse agent to clean flux from reflow oven process ...

REFLOW IN A NEW LIGHT — Aurora is leading the way to the factory of the future by seeing reflow in a new light. Aurora, ...

Provides real-time monitoring of convection to reduce yield loss. This is accomplished by monitoring the zone static pressure with a differential pressure switch. If a ...

SMT Reflow — Oven to Oven Repeatability:  How to adjust an oven so a single recipe will work across multiple ovens for an individual product.

This upgrade provides closed loop convection rate adjustment via the WINCON™ operating software. This is accomplished by monitoring the static pressure in the heating and ...

Designed for today’s most demanding materials applications, BTU’s muffle furnaces meet the processing needs of glass to metal sealing, stainless steel brazing as well as ...

Reduces cooler maintenance frequency by trapping solid flux residues. Some flux chemistries create excessive build-up of solids on the cold heat exchangers in the cooler. ...

Photovoltaics International - Nov 2009 --- A paper by David Jimenez of Wright Williams & Kelly, Inc., uses a standarized cost of ownership analysis to ...

Circuits Assembly - July 2004 --- The transition to lead-free processing is discussed including the lead-free process impact and whether a new reflow oven is ...

BTU’s Energy Pilot software enables tremendous energy savings by dynamically adjusting oven settings during gaps in production. BTU’s superior thermal control allows for quick recovery ...

Capacitor and Resistor Technology Symposium (CARTS) - Mar 2001 --- This paper discusses a new method available for achieving atmosphere convection, separation and closed loop ...

BTU’s Fast Fire furnace was developed with the process rigors of Thick Film processing in mind.  The Fast Fire offers unsurpassed thermal uniformity and the ...

SMTAI - 2020 - Described in this work, is a novel method of capture which separates flux from the recirculating furnace gas using an aqueous ...

Reduces maintenance on facility exhaust and increases yield — For reflow ovens with or without flux management, the Flux Trap Lip Vent provides a way ...

The International Journal for Hybrid Microelectronics - July 1988 --- A process is described whereby strong and hermetic matched seals can be fabricated in a ...

Do you own an older BTU system?  You are not alone.  There are tens of thousands of BTU ovens and furnaces still operating in the ...

Circuits Assembly - Feb 2002 --- The final part of the three-part series on using SPC to improve the reflow process.

Circuits Assembly - Dec 2001 --- First of a three-part series on using SPC to improve the reflow process. In this article analytical tools are ...

Circuits Assembly - Jan 2002 --- This is the second article in the three-part seiries on using SPC in the reflow process. This article describes ...

WINCON™ is an advanced windows-based software system for controlling the operation of BTU thermal processing equipment. WINCON is used in conjunction with BTU’s proprietary INTELLIMAX™ ...

Advanced Packaging - Sept 2004 --- A discussion on the transition to lead-free processing for wafer bump reflow with a focus on process control.

Reflow ovens are among the largest energy consumers in the SMT process, with nearly half of their operating time spent in non-processing modes such as ...

Industrial Heating Magazine - Sept 2002 --- A continuous furnace is ideal for processes requiring high production volumes, process consistency,and precision control. This overview discusses ...

Reprinted from Global SMT & Packaging Magazine - Jan 2004 --- The effects of convection rate on process repeatability, peak temperature and thermal uniformity are ...

Allows faster start-up and recipe change over times through increased gas flow rates — The Nitrogen Fast Purge option allows users to return to production ...

In this presentation BTU's Fred Dimock explains the operation and configuration of an inline vacuum reflow oven. Included in this presentation is the preliminary voiding ...

Circuits Assembly Magazine - Aug 2009 ---- This paper investigates the effects of variations on belt speed, static pressures, and zone temperatures on peak temperature, ...

Global SMT & Packaging - Oct 2004 --- A discussion on the oven requirements for lead free solder. This article discusses issues like oven length, ...

Dual-lane reflow ovens have been available for years, permitting two boards to be run at the same time in parallel. Until recently, circuit board manufacturers ...

Profile Guardian pairs a thermocouple probe at product height with software to monitor temperature deviation from baseline – independent from control TCs. The redundant process ...

Profile Tracer supports Industry 4.0 capabilities by acquiring data sets, enabling data communication, and increasing database analysis using In-One-Pass (I-O-P) technology. Profile Tracer software is ...

Download user manual for Profile Tracer software.

The Pyramax family of reflow ovens has long been the performance-leader in solder reflow with their unparalleled combination of thermal performance, versatility, and value. Pyramax ...

Pyramax reflow ovens have a long and successful history in semiconductor packaging applications such as flip chip, curing, reflow and die attach applications. Requirements for ...

BTU’s Pyramax Vacuum reflow oven is a leading choice for manufacturers that need to minimize solder voiding. Solder voiding can be a life-limiting defect in ...

Are you tired of waiting for your reflow oven to heat-up or cool-down?   With the Pyramax ZeroTurn you can have your next process already at ...

RecipePro is the industry’s first recipe generator to include convection rate as part of the generator algorithm. Competitive solutions ignore convection rate, a key heat ...

US Tech - May 2019 - In this article Thomas Tong and co-authors explain the use of the TrueFlat reflow oven technology to keep very ...

Presented at SMTA San Diego - Sept 2013 -- In this presentation, Fred Dimock, Manager Process Technology, discusses 10 methods that can be used to ...

SMT Magazine - Aug 2004 --- Part of SMT Magazine's "step by step" series. The "Step 7" article covers soldering including a discussion on lead-free ...

In this article Fred Dimock, BTU’s Manager Process Technology, explains oven-to-oven repeatability across multiple SMT reflow oven process lines using a single process recipe. learn ...

BTU’s older furnaces (from 1988 – 2002) utilized an FCU control module to communicate from the computer to the furnace. This technology was release more ...

Fully Customized Solutions | Superior Process Control — Continuous belt furnaces from BTU are known for long-term reliability, superior process performance, and service excellence. In ...

USTech - July 2018 - Michael Skinner of USTech visted BTU's USA Headquarters, where custom belt furnaces have been manufactured for nearly 70 years. The ...

Metals and metal alloys are often thermally processed to join parts, form components with a particular shape and dimensional tolerances, or to change physical properties ...

Presented at ACI Technologies - Dec 2011 -- In this presentation, Fred Dimock, Manager Process Technology, gives a comprehensive overview of thermal profiling including: recipes ...

Advanced Packaging Magazine - July 2003 --- The article discusses the benefits of relflowing bumped wafers in a reducing atmosphere.

SECAP - 2005 --- A collection of papers on wafer level packaging and flip chip bumping covering a range of topics including plating, UBM, photolithography, ...