Successful simulation of airflow in the microenvironment of an assembly automation machine and its implication

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorThongsri, Jatuporn
dc.contributor.authorKhaokom, Adisorn
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:08:59Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:08:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-01
dc.description.abstractToday, the hard disk drive (HDD) industry is using assembly automation machine (AAM) to construct head stack assembly (HSA) from smaller parts. AAM needs to operate in a clean environment with very low particle counts. To achieve this end, fan filter Unit (FFU) is used to supply purified air into the environment by filtering out airborne particles from recirculating air. In this study, we investigated numerically the airflow induced by FFUs inside a microenvironment that houses an AAM in an HDD factory. The boundary conditions chosen for simulation were directly derived from the real ambient conditions in this HDD factory. We found that the FFUs not only filter out airborne particles from the air supplied into the microenvironment but also act as a particle blocker, pushing away the nearby particles in the air surrounding the openings of the microenvironment. The findings from this study can be applied to cases where other kinds of machinery need to be protected from airborne particles. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
dc.identifier.citationAdvanced Materials Research, 931-932, 1063-1067, 2014
dc.identifier.doi10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.931-932.1063
dc.identifier.issn10226680
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-84901503790
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/5524
dc.sourceAdvanced Materials Research
dc.subjectAirflow
dc.subjectAutomation
dc.subjectComputational fluid dynamics
dc.subjectFan filter unit
dc.subjectHard disk drive
dc.subjectMicroenvironment
dc.titleSuccessful simulation of airflow in the microenvironment of an assembly automation machine and its implication
dc.typeConference Paper

Files

Collections

Research