Analysis of the Soldering Process to Improve the Occupational Health in the Manufacturing Process of an Electronics Industry in Tijuana, Mexico

Abstract

The generation of sudden temperature changes in the hands can cause health symptoms in people, so it is necessary to avoid exposing your hands to high temperature levels and quickly use cold water for cleaning actions. This can occur in industrial processes in welding process activities in manufacturing areas of the electronics industry, where actions of operational personnel arise when exposed to temperatures higher than 300 °C of the specialized soldering irons used in component welding operations. electronics of the electronics industry. This investigation evaluates manufacturing operations in an electronics industry located in Tijuana, Mexico, which is considered an industrialized city and the time periods of the operating personnel of this type of industrial functions, and the cleaning actions for visits to the bathroom and for the period of eating food and taking breaks during their workday. This caused risk situations in the health of the hands of the operating personnel, such as joint problems, considered as an occupational health analysis. This investigation supported to improve the operative yielding of workers of the soldering activities in the electronics industry evaluated. Fingerless compression gloves were used for workers' hands to avoid overexposure to the high temperatures of the soldering irons in the welding process. An automated system was designed and used as an indicator of overexposure to heat in this investigation, which was made from 2022 to 2023.