Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 22 21:29:05 EST 2005 | davef
Josh: Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) is Dow Corning's trade name for it's family of silicone cure sealants. RTV is about the worst kind of coating there is. Its chemistry is highly ionic and it requires atmospheric humidity absorbed to "complete
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 19:08:15 EST 2007 | Peter
Hello, I would like to ask for opinion on an epoxy application. We apply RTV to bond and secure 2 electronic devices on a PCB. But after noticing the RTV bond breaking off during vibration test, our customer has specs in a 5min 2-part epoxy (made
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 31 14:07:24 EST 2007 | electronhose
Material, fumes, cured or uncured, all are suspect. Silicone gets on an operator's hands, that operator handles components ( even a day or more later ) silicone is transferred to the solder connections = contamination. Process and workcell control
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 11 12:02:47 EST 2010 | plaiming
We have temporarily switched to an RTV for the vibration reincforcement, but it is not compatible with acrylic conformal coating and we really do not want to switch conformal coatings to a silicone based. Additionally we are testing the product in h
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 20:26:54 EST 2007 | davef
Peter: The above link to the the picture of the assembly is broken. Comments are: * Yes, RTV is completely useless for applications like you describe. Epoxy is a much better choice. * Dave G, in an archived thread on SMTnet, talks about using 3M Jet
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 17:35:07 EDT 1998 | Brian Stumm
Steve, I know it is tempting to go for the cheapest method of applying conformal coatings but I must warn you. If you are a contract manufacturer then you don't want to limit yourself in the types of coatings you can work with. Just as soon as you se
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 17:44:03 EDT 1998 | Brian Stumm
| Steve, | I know it is tempting to go for the cheapest method of applying conformal coatings but I must warn you. If you are a contract manufacturer then you don't want to limit yourself in the types of coatings you can work with. Just as soon as yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 24 06:50:58 EDT 1998 | Wayne
| Hey youse guyz... | We're finally getting our first real job at the start-up I'm working at. It's actually a pretty unique little board too. Simple as all get out, but unique. You're not gonna believe what this goes into...guess? (I bet ya' you'll
