Dow Corning Electronics Launches Optimized Manufacturing Process Program for Cost-Competitive LED Overmolding
22 Setembro 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Equipment Partnership Program Streamlines the Integration of LED
Production Processes Using Dow Corning's Silicone Materials
MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Corning
Electronics' LED materials group today announced it has launched an
"Optimized Manufacturing Process" program, partnering with capital
equipment providers to develop integrated light-emitting diode
(LED) overmolding processes designed to help LED makers reduce
their overall production costs. This unique partnership program
streamlines the integration of manufacturing equipment and
processes with Dow Corning's extensive portfolio of silicone
encapsulants, coatings and lens materials, setting the stage for
producing better LED products and achieving faster time to market.
LED makers use a variety of overmolding processes -- such as
transfer molding, compression molding and injection molding -- to
form silicone resin-based materials into lenses and other optical
elements that improve the lighting efficiency of LED devices. Dow
Corning has been working closely with a select group of equipment
partners to develop optimized production processes that are easy
for LED makers to implement in their factories. Using this
knowledge, Dow Corning can work with LED suppliers to develop and
implement a production process to meet their individual needs.
"With LED prices declining, LED makers are striving to increase
manufacturing volume and lower production costs," said Billy Han,
Dow Corning's global market manager for LED and light management
products. "This new program is designed to help our customers
address these twin challenges while remaining competitive and
profitable through sustainable growth." Silicone materials' optical
clarity and thermal stability makes them particularly useful in
high-brightness LEDs and in high-reliability applications. Those
qualities are helping silicone make inroads into a variety of
fast-growing LED markets, including automotive interior lighting,
cell phone flash modules, general lighting and especially emerging
liquid-crystal display (LCD) backlights. For more information on
Dow Corning Electronics' full range of LED materials and services,
visit
http://www.dowcorning.com/content/etronics/etronicsled/default.asp.
About Dow Corning Dow Corning Corporation is a globally integrated
provider of materials, application technology and services, and is
focused on providing innovative technologies that help its
customers to invent the future. For more information on Dow
Corning, visit http://www.dowcorning.com/. Dow Corning Corporation
is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) and Corning
Incorporated (NYSE:GLW). More than half of Dow Corning
Corporation's sales are outside the United States. DATASOURCE: Dow
Corning CONTACT: Linda Coughlin of Dow Corning, +1-989-496 3475, ;
or, Bruce Hokanson of Loomis Group, +1-360-574-4000, Web site:
http://www.dowcorning.com/
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