Market Segmentation
Electronic devices are growing in demand and shrinking in size, requiring manufacturing and packaging technologies to dispense new varieties of materials in microscopic amounts with ever-increasing speed and accuracy. As a result, fluid dispensing has grown from the early use of a small nozzle manually pushing fluid out of a syringe to today’s sophisticated computer-controlled devices. Traditional fluid dispensing methods are hampered by slow speed. Non-contact jet dispensing offers speed, precision, and a lower cost of ownership. While the best method is ultimately determined by the material and application at hand, jetting provides superior technology and a wide process window. The growing electrical, and electronics industry in Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa is anticipated to boost fluid dispensing systems demand in semiconductor packaging and circuit assembly. Fluid dispensing systems play a major role in electrical & electronics owing to their accuracy and consistent dot placement. Emerging economies in Asia Pacific are anticipated to present lucrative opportunities for product growth owing to the high demand for electronic appliances. Subsequent adhesive equipment demand is expected to arise from these regions to create comfortable, high-quality products while increasing product line speeds.
The automotive industry is one of the largest consumers of fluid dispensing systems owing to the huge demand for applications such as metering units, controls, dispense valves, bulk unloaders, and other system components. Fluid dispense systems are used for the automotive industry including sealing, structural bonding, joint bonding, structural reinforcement, weatherproofing, vibration reductions, and gasket filling in automotive assembly and component manufacturing. These systems find a wide application scope in the automotive industry that involves dispensing of adhesives and sealants for structural bonding and other automotive assembly and component manufacturing operations. The global automotive industry has been enjoying a period of relatively strong growth and profitability with annual sales reaching pre-recession levels in some regions. Over the recent past, there has been a positive outlook in the automotive sector across various regions that range from developed markets such as the U.S. to developing markets such as India. Economic growth resulting in higher disposable income and better living standards is expected to be the key factor in ascertaining the growth of the automotive sector. Other factors such as the young population and sources of finance play a major role in ascertaining the growth of the automotive sector.
Pneumatic fluid dispensers, popularly known as time-pressure dispensers were once the dominant means of delivering small quantities of adhesives and solder paste for electronics assembly. They are simple in design and consist of primarily a plunger, or piston, and syringe. These systems are relatively inexpensive, however, this advantage is overshadowed by many other distinct disadvantages. For instance, the pulsed air supplied to the syringe stresses the material, and turbulence created by the blasts of air heats the adhesive in the syringe which causes the viscosity to decrease. With pre-mixed and frozen syringes, the thawing process begins to cure the adhesive, increasing viscosity and making dispensing difficult. The pneumatic fluid dispensing process is still deployed across various end-use industries. However, air-driven dispensers are on a decline due to reliability and quality control problems including variations in viscosity and dot size, dripping and waste of the material, and changes in homogeneity. These conditions challenge the accuracy and repeatability of fluid dispensing systems. Advanced technologies such as jet dispensing and pico-liter fluid dispensing are gaining wide popularity among various end-use industries such as electrical and electronics, automotive, and medical devices. They offer superior precision, control, and metering quality and are suitable for evolving industry requirements. However, they are expensive in comparison to pneumatic dispensers and will take time to settle in the market.
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Market size, estimates, and forecast from 2018 to 2030
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Regional market size and forecast for application segments up to 2030
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