Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 05 20:39:41 EST 2010 | localperm79
I've recently been placed in control of operations of our SCS conformal coat sprayer and I must eliminate problems with wicking of humiseal 1b73 into surface mount connectors while also trying to minimize masking as much as possible. We use a 55:45
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 08:10:26 EST 2010 | davef
Here is a posting by P Kinner at Humiseal ... Typically, there are three main approaches to avoid coating wicking into press-fit connectors (and other keep out areas). Wicking is a phenomenon caused by a combination of low viscosity of conformal coa
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 15 14:31:59 EST 2005 | Samir Nagheenanajar
Back in the days when I was in charge of a Paintline Dip conformal coater, I had the same issue with a non-hermetically sealed Potentiometer. We tried to use rubber boots, but the capillary/wicking action of our silicone-based heat cured coating was
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 19 16:43:05 EDT 2006 | samir
Silicone-based coatings "repel" most foreign,non-compatible materials like peelable solder mask, and rubber or vinyl boots. The result is, uncured material around the vicinity of where the boot was. Trust me. Been there and done that. As a rookie
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 02 08:36:14 EST 2007 | CK Flip
Wow, I cut first cut my teeth in the Industrial motor control industry. My 1st company made motor control products like variable speed drives, solid state overload relays, soft starts, etc. and in our shop, we used nothing BUT Dow Corning silicone p
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 19 11:50:05 EDT 2006 | amol_kane
Hi BJ, Everyone's favourite answer...it depends! If the volume if large, masking boots will save you both, time and money in the long run. Custom boots are relatively expensive to buy, but they pay themselves over time by savings on masking tape. ma
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 06 11:25:48 EDT 2021 | stephendo
You really need your customer to provide a drawing of coated, keep out, and don't care. People new to coating don't realise the importance of having a don't care buffer area around the keep out areas. And conformal coating wicks up leads quite easil
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 09 10:50:59 EDT 2004 | agkettle
Does anyone have any experience with underfill of HD connectors? New customer wishes to underfill 6 HD connectors that have been pressed into PCB. Capillary action is causing the conformal coat to wick up into connector. Material is acrylic.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 20:06:27 EDT 2009 | davef
We doubt that HASS has much to do with your conformal coat peeling. Sure, poor wicking [low surface energy] could cause the issue that you see. Here are links to a couple of good [no formulas or differential equations] articles on surface energy: * h
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 01 09:16:03 EDT 2011 | austinpeterman
Hello, Looking for a solution to silicon conformal coating wicking up into connectors. We build IPC-A-610 class 2. We are using a PVA 650 with Dow Corning 1-2577 conformal coating. We have solder joints that must be coated 1.25mm from the connecto
