Some assembly trends end quickly, while others last many years and become standard practices for manufacturing quality products. It’s safe to say that the need for manufacturers to dispense smaller and smaller amounts of various materials belongs in the latter category.
“The first dispensing system from the mid-1950s could only dispense dots at widths of fractions of an inch, whereas today’s equipment easily dispenses them in nanoliters,” explains Jay Richardson, sales director for Ellsworth Adhesives. “This need for smaller amounts has significantly increased since the consumer electronics boom of the 1990s, and it’s not done by any means. The amounts must keep getting smaller as product miniaturization continues.”