Kurtz Ersa North America, a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, announces that it has been awarded a 2014 NPI Award in the category of Soldering Reflow (Convection) for its HOTFLOW 4/26. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, March 25, 2014 ceremony that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO. The Ersa HOTFLOW 4/26 high-end reflow soldering system offers outstanding thermal performance and the best energy balance on the market.

The new HOTFLOW 4 series of systems has been augmented by the Ersa HOTFLOW 4/26. This system, with a process length of more than seven meters split into 26 heating zones and four cooling zones, and characterized by its high energy efficiency, provides a vastly increased throughput while maintaining the customary high process- and soldering quality.

The reduction of operating cost is based on the use of economical and efficient fan motors, which reduce the consumption of power, and on the superior control of the N2 system, which reduces the consumption of N2 by 20 percent. All in all, total energy saving is in the range of 25 percent.

For more information about Kurtz Ersa North America, visit www.ersa.com.