ESD prevention in a car audio system manufacturer
Case Study – AKIMist®“E” Dry Fog Humidification System in the electronics industry for automotive usage
Every electronics manufacturer needs to provide zero-defect high-quality products to their customers. Therefore, the factory must ensure an optimum production condition, keeping the humidity on a certain level for each product.
As the factory is running 24 hours and 365 days a year, providing the required product quality is essential to satisfy the car manufacturers, to ensure good productivity and good ROI, and to avoid lost with defect products.
But how can a car audio system factory ensure a 24 hours production site with a 100% quality rate?
Benefits of AKIMist® Dry Fog humidifier
- Better product quality
- Sales increased
- Reduced waste
- Increased efficiency
The problems the customer was facing
- Product defects rate increased
- Mounting errors increased
- Potential fire ignition in a sensitive environment
- Lower quality of the end product
- Lost in revenue from a high defect rate and repairs
The solution
Humidity control
Choosing the right humidifier is crucial to protect the production site and help solve the issues. As there are many humification systems on the market, we recommend to use a humidifier that doesn’t wet. This is especially important in the electronics industry where machines and surfaces cannot get wet.
Non-wetting
Our Dry Fog humidifier AKIMist®“E” sprays a non-wetting fog that humidifies indoor environments. It represented the perfect solution for a factory that can’t afford to have water puddles and water droplets on its devices.
Installation of the system
In order to reach a relative humidity of 50%, a total of 46 units of AKIMist®“E” were installed in the production process. This also includes the SMT lines and inspection lines.
Results of the AKIMist® Dry Fog Humidifier
Our humidification system can be installed to be used 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in an automatic mode. Therefore, it ensures a full production process without any disturbance of ESD.
The results often exceed expectations as it helps to reach the level of humidity required without endangering the machines with water droplets.
As it can be installed for ambient humidification but also spot humification directly above the machines, our solution provided flexibility to the client with the installation.
System used for this application
AKIMist® Dry Fog Humidifier
Our AKIMist®“E” spreads a Dry Fog that humidifies indoor environments without wetting. It represented the perfect solution for Annie, who needs a humid environment
Benefits received by the customer
- Better working conditions
- Higher humidity level to prevent ESD
- Cost reduction compared to a steam system
- Environmental benefit with a significant decrease in CO2 emissions
- Flexible installation for spot and ambient humidification with the use of adaptors on the nozzle to fit the factory layout
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