Best Practice: Titan + Ersa

System supplier Ersa, which offers probably the most comprehensive product portfolio on the global market in the world of electronics manufacturing, was approached with these requirements around two years ago. The growth curve of the Titan business has developed dynamically over the past few years – which enabled the company to add a further reflow system to the machine park. The Titan “wish list” included points such as top temperature transmission for all kinds of flat modules, intelligent control of energy management, cooling and process gas cleaning. “During the evaluation phase, Ersa quickly came up on our radar thanks to their in-depth know-how in the field of electronics production equipment. During system tests, we were very impressed with the openness and expertise with which the Ersa service engineers explained the system features of the soldering machines to us – at the end of the day this was the deciding factor, alongside the performance of the machine itself,” says Shireesh Phal, who has worked in manufacturing for 21 years, the last 11 of which have been spent exclusively in electronics manufacturing. Titan had already had experience with Ersa products. Several Ersa soldering stations and soldering irons were in use for manual soldering, for example.

The Ersa reflow soldering system HOTFLOW 3/14 was able to score with arguments such as “on the fly” maintenance for increased machine availability, Ersa Process Control (EPC) for continuous process monitoring and the Ersa auto-profiler for the immediate determination of temperature profiles. “We decided in favour of the reflow oven from Ersa because in our variant mix we also fall back on nitrogen-based soldering – with the HOTFLOW 3/14 Ersa offered us the unique option of simply switching between O₂ and N₂,” says Shireesh Phal, explaining the decision. The third generation of the reflow system HOTFLOW 3/14, which has been available since 2015, has a continuous process tunnel for optimised heat transfer despite reduced energy and nitrogen consumption, improved cooling and optimised process control. It sets the industry standard for the ratio between productivity and footprint, which significantly increases productivity through double or four-fold transport options – advantages which are also brought to bear in India. With the Ersa HOTFLOW 3/14 Titan has since been offering its customers two independent, fully automated SMT lines for flexible manufacturing, which cover all customer requirements from prototyping through to large production batches. One highlight of the products manufactured is technology which saves lives every day: Titan Time Products Limited produces electronic capsules which can be used to diagnose malaria and tuberculosis – a method used for examining patients within the depths of the Indian jungle without a doctor being present and for looking after them via the internet. “A special temperature profile is required for this application; our special heat transfer has proved outstanding and in this case even helps to save lives. It goes without saying that the proverbial Titan excellence and the sturdy, reproducible quality of our Ersa reflow system is more important then ever here. The low consumption and low heat radiation of our HOTFLOW 3/14 also contribute to sturdy, cost-efficient production – an important point when the high temperatures in India are considered,” explains Ersa Area Sales Manager Christian Ott, who was one of those who initiated and expanded the business relationship with Titan. On the back of good experience with Ersa tools, the HOTFLOW 3/14 is the first reflow soldering machine to be installed at the Titan location. If the quality-oriented business of the electronics manufacturer Titan continues to develop as positively as over the past few years, the first Ersa machine, which has proved itself in every way since on-site commissioning, could soon be followed by a second …

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