At present, more than 80% of electronic products adopted SMT in developed countries such as Japan and the United States. Among them, network communications, computers, and consumer electronics are the main application areas, accounting for about 35%, 28%, and 28% respectively. Besides, SMT is also applied in the area of automotive electronics, medical electronics, etc. Since the introduction of SMT production lines for the mass production of color TV tuners in 1985, China’s electronics manufacturing industry has applied SMT technology for nearly 30 years.
The development trend of SMT mounters can be summarized as ‘high performance, high efficiency, high integration, flexibility, intelligence, green, and diversification’, which is also the important seven indicators and direction of the development of SMT mounters. The market of China’s SMT mounter is 21.314 billion yuan in 2020 and 22.025 billion yuan in 2021.
SMT industry is mainly distributed in the Pearl River Delta region, accounting for more than 60% of the market demand, followed by the Yangtze River Delta region, accounting for about 20%, and then various electronic enterprises and research institutions distributed in other provinces in China, accounting for about 20%.
SMT Development Trend:
● Smaller and stronger components.
SMT technology has been widely used in miniaturization and high power ratio electronic devices. In the future development, SMT technology will be further developed to meet the market demand. This means that smaller, more powerful components will be designed and produced.
● Higher product reliability.
The product reliability of SMT technology has been significantly improved due to the application of new manufacturing and inspection technologies. The future direction of development will focus on continuing to improve reliability to meet higher market demand.
● Smarter Manufacturing
Intelligence will be the future development direction of SMT technology. SMT technology has begun to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to automate production. SMT equipment can automatically perform adjustment and maintenance operations to increase production efficiency and reduce labor and time costs.
Post time: Jun-13-2023