Thermal Expertise from Pilot to Production
Fully Customized Solutions | Superior Process Control — Continuous belt furnaces from BTU are known for long-term reliability, superior process performance, and service excellence. In partnering with BTU, manufacturers can expect a customized solution that will exceed expectations, not only for process performance, but also for reliability and usable lifetime.
Read MoreThermal Processing Expertise Reaches Across Industry Boundaries
USTech – July 2018 – Michael Skinner of USTech visted BTU’s USA Headquarters, where custom belt furnaces have been manufactured for nearly 70 years. The article covers BTU’s capabilities for high temperature, controlled atmosphere processing as well as BTU’s history in the reflow oven industry. Decades of Thermal Processing Expertise The ability to carefully control…
Read MoreThermal Profiles – Why Getting Them Right is Important
Presented at ACI Technologies – Dec 2011 — In this presentation, Fred Dimock, Manager Process Technology, gives a comprehensive overview of thermal profiling including: recipes vs. profiles, material properties, TC acccuracy, profilers and test vehicles, process window, heat transfer and oven control.
Read MoreOven Adjustment Effects on a Solder Reflow Profile
Circuits Assembly Magazine – Aug 2009 —- This paper investigates the effects of variations on belt speed, static pressures, and zone temperatures on peak temperature, time above liquidus (TAL) and thermal uniformity.
Read MoreGlass to Metal Sealing by a Single-Atmosphere, Single Firing Process
The International Journal for Hybrid Microelectronics – July 1988 — A process is described whereby strong and hermetic matched seals can be fabricated in a single furnace pass.
Read MoreTechnical Bulletin: FCU Control Modules, Windows® XP and Windows ® 7
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 than 2 decades ago as the main communications network for all our furnaces. These units, along with computers operating on Windows® XP and Windows® 7, are no longer available and…
Read MoreMaking A Case for Continuous Furnaces
Industrial Heating Magazine – Sept 2002 — A continuous furnace is ideal for processes requiring high production volumes, process consistency,and precision control. This overview discusses some of the newer temperature and atmosphere capabilities of continuous furnaces and addresses the various components that make up a continuous furnace.
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