“But the industry was not prepared for a sudden 50% cut in the supply of nitrogen. "Nitrogen is critical to the continuous process electronic production lines, with out which the SMT lines will come to a stop. Oxygen for public health gets top priority, however in manufacturing clusters a minimum number of trucks can be assigned, which can do more nitrogen runs, releasing majority of the trucks for oxygen runs. “However, many of the SMT manufacturers are shifting to more efficient gas generators rather than manually changing cylinders. We will have to access the impact after knowing the dependency of individual factories.”

Source: Economic Times April 28, 2021 03:08 UTC