Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 18:41:47 EDT 2003 | davef
In addition to our earlier comments, do not be misled into thinking that silicone materials, being rubbery, will transmit shock less. Nothing is farther from the truth. Many silicone rubbers are almost totally incompressible in the short time scale.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 30 14:12:12 EST 2007 | blnorman
We use nothing but silicones and have for at least the last 7 years. We don't have relays, but we do have motors. No issues with soldering, but our lines are constructed such that the last solder operation is a good distance from the coating or pot
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 | Mon Mar 05 13:22:20 EST 2007 | blnorman
We use (and have for some time) used No-clean on our radio boards with no problems. We also conformally coat with a platinum catalyzed, addition cure silicone coating with occassional problems. These silicones are prone to cure inhibition or retard
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 25 10:21:49 EST 2010 | jdumont
My guess would be that the adhesive used on the dots contains silicone. We use 1B73 which is also acrylic and it hates silicone. We use silicone RTV to permanently mask around some connectors and unless its fully cured before coating it will cause l
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 08 17:23:55 EST 2011 | bandjwet
Has someone had really good experience with the softening of silicone conformal coating using a specific chemical? One of our clients just came in with a board with Dow 1502 silicone coating on it. We generally mechanically remove the coating for re
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 01 09:27:13 EDT 2017 | tmennink
Hi all, We are having a lot of trouble with mis-pick trying to place silicone dome LEDs(3535 package) It seems that the silicone of the LEDs is sticking to the side wall of the carrier tape pocket. The vacuum nozzle would normally suck up the led an
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 26 16:47:35 EST 2007 | electronhose
IMHO I would avoid sprayed silicones like the plague. They can travel around your facility and cause solder wetting issues that you will never know the root cause for. Also found this e-drive article on using silicones around motors and relays. Loo
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 31 17:01:34 EST 2007 | rw
I'm not that concerned about the solderability of the motor. Our customer is concerned about the outgassing of the conformal coat effecting the motor brushes. Silicone will break down into SiO2 and SiC will result from a spark between the brushes a
Electronics Forum | Tue May 27 12:40:50 EDT 2003 | davef
Hi Bill You said, "silicon". We assume by your discussion that you ment to say, "silicone". For background on silicone and soldering, check with Dow Corning [517-496-6000]. They make a OS2 [VOC-free] silicone stripper and should be able to give y