Mold cleaning/moistening tape is a new type of mold cleaning and lubricating material widely used in the semiconductor field

Mold cleaning/moistening strips are a type of rubber product used to clean, protect, and lubricate molds. The mold cleaning strip refers to a synthetic rubber material that cleans the mold and can quickly and efficiently remove contaminants during the resin encapsulation process; the mold moistening strip refers to a synthetic rubber material that protects and lubricates the mold. , can effectively improve the corrosion resistance, wear resistance and anti-adhesion properties of the mold.

Compared with the traditional method of cleaning molds using machinery and dry ice, the method of cleaning and lubricating molds using mold cleaning/moistening strips has the advantages of no preheating, high convenience, high cleaning efficiency, thorough cleaning effect, and minimal mold damage. It has been widely used in semiconductors, optoelectronics, rubber, plastics, metals and other fields, and the market demand prospects are good.

Among them, semiconductor is currently the main application field of mold cleaning/moistening strips. In this field, it is mainly used in semiconductor packaging mold cleaning scenarios, which can effectively remove stains formed in the cavity during the epoxy plastic resin encapsulation process. In recent years, with the increasing trend of the global semiconductor industry moving to China, my country has gradually become one of the world’s major semiconductor producers, with a large demand for semiconductor materials.

According to the “2023-2028 Mold Cleaning/Model Wetting Strip Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center shows that the domestic semiconductor materials market size will reach US$13.42 billion in 2022. As a kind of semiconductor cleaning material, the market demand for mold cleaning/moistening strips continues to grow. In 2022, the domestic mold cleaning/moistening strip market size will be approximately US$5.976 million, a year-on-year increase of approximately 5.2%.

Mold cleaning/moistening strips are a new type of semiconductor cleaning and lubricating material. The industry is still in its early stages of development, and the number of companies in this field is still relatively small. At this stage, the companies that are laying out the mold cleaning/moistening tape market in my country mainly include international companies such as South Korea’s Unience Co, South Korea’s NARACHEM, and Japan’s ANTT, as well as Shenzhen Shuolite Technology, Taixing Letong Microelectronics, Yantai Hengdike Energy Technology, and Chizhou Local companies such as City Dinghong Semiconductor Technology and Tianjin Degao Chemical New Materials.

Among them, Korean and Japanese companies have been in the field of mold cleaning/moistening strips for a long time, and their product technology level is relatively high. At present, they have occupied a dominant position in my country’s mold cleaning/moistening strip market. However, my country’s mold cleaning/moistening strip industry started relatively late, and local companies still occupy a relatively small share of the domestic market, and there is still huge room for improvement in the future.

Industry analysts said that mold cleaning/moistening strips are different from mechanical cleaning and dry ice cleaning New mold cleaning materials have the advantages of strong cleaning ability and fast cleaning speed. They have been widely used in semiconductor, optoelectronics and other fields. In recent years, with the rapid development of the domestic semiconductor industry, the market penetration rate of mold cleaning/moistening strips has continued to increase, and my country has gradually become one of the world’s major consumer countries. However, the domestic market demand for mold cleaning/moistening strips still relies on imports, and the production capacity of local enterprises is still relatively weak. There is broad room for domestic substitution in the future market.