LCN300 Nitrogen Generator for the Packaging Industry

Brief Introduction to the Process Flow of Nitrogen Generators in the Packaging Industry
Ambient air is compressed and purified to remove oil, water, and dust, then enters a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit consisting of two adsorption towers filled with carbon molecular sieve. The compressed air flows upward through the adsorption towers, during which oxygen molecules are adsorbed on the surface of the carbon molecular sieve, while nitrogen flows out from the top of the towers and enters a crude nitrogen buffer tank. After a period of time, the carbon molecular sieve in the adsorption towers becomes saturated with adsorbed oxygen and requires regeneration. Regeneration is achieved by stopping the adsorption step and reducing the pressure in the adsorption towers. The two adsorption towers alternate between adsorption and regeneration, ensuring a continuous output of nitrogen.

Technical Features of Nitrogen Generators in the Packaging Industry

1. Raw material air is sourced from the environment; only compressed air and a power supply are required to produce nitrogen. The equipment has low energy consumption and minimal operating costs. 
2. Nitrogen purity can be easily adjusted, with purity only affected by the nitrogen exhaust volume. Standard nitrogen purity can be adjusted anywhere between 95% and 99.999%, while high-purity nitrogen generators can be adjusted between 99% and 99.999%.
3. The equipment features a high degree of automation, fast gas production, and can operate unattended. Starting and shutting down require only the push of a button, with nitrogen production beginning within 10-15 minutes of startup.
4. The equipment process is simple, with a compact structure and small footprint, making it highly adaptable.
5. The blizzard method is used for filling molecular sieve, preventing pulverization caused by high-pressure airflow and ensuring long-term use of the molecular sieve.
6. Digital flow meters with pressure compensation and high-precision secondary instruments for industrial process monitoring, capable of measuring instantaneous flow and cumulative calculations. 
7. Imported analyzers for online detection, offering high precision and maintenance-free operation.

Application Scope of Nitrogen Generators in the Packaging Industry

1. SMT Industry Applications
Nitrogen reflow soldering and wave soldering, where nitrogen effectively inhibits solder oxidation, improves welding wettability, accelerates wetting speed, reduces solder ball formation, avoids bridging, and minimizes soldering defects. Hundreds of cost-effective PSA nitrogen generators have been provided to SMT electronics manufacturers, resulting in a large customer base in the SMT industry, with a market share exceeding 90%.
2. Semiconductor Silicon Industry Applications
Atmosphere protection, cleaning, and chemical recovery in semiconductor and integrated circuit manufacturing processes.
3. Semiconductor Packaging Industry Applications
Nitrogen is used for packaging, sintering, annealing, reduction, and storage. PSA nitrogen generators help major manufacturers gain a competitive edge and achieve significant value enhancement.
4. Electronic Components Industry Applications
Nitrogen is used for selective soldering, purging, and packaging. Scientific nitrogen inerting protection has proven to be an essential factor in the successful production of high-quality electronic components.
5. Chemical and New Materials Industry Applications
Nitrogen is used to create oxygen-free atmospheres in chemical processes, enhance production safety, and serve as a fluid transport power source. In the petroleum industry, it is used for nitrogen purging of pipelines and containers, tank inerting, replacement, leak detection, flammable gas protection, as well as diesel hydrogenation and catalytic reforming.
6. Powder Metallurgy and Metal Processing Industry
Applications in the heat treatment industry include annealing and carburizing of steel, iron, copper, and aluminum products, high-temperature furnace protection, low-temperature assembly of metal components, and plasma cutting.
7. Food and Pharmaceutical Industry Applications
Mainly used for food packaging, preservation, storage, drying, sterilization, pharmaceutical packaging, gas replacement, and transport atmospheres.
8. Other Application Fields
In addition to the above industries, nitrogen generators are widely used in coal mines, injection molding, brazing, tire nitrogen inflation, rubber vulcanization, and many other fields. With technological advancements and social development, the application scope of nitrogen generation systems continues to expand. On-site nitrogen generation (nitrogen generators) has gradually replaced traditional nitrogen supply methods such as liquid nitrogen evaporation and bottled nitrogen due to their low investment, low operating costs, and ease of use.