Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 29 09:08:21 EDT 2004 | davef
Electrochemical migration under conformal coating: That's possible. Very few conformal coatings are water resistant. So, if you have ionic material on your board, standback. Uncured material under several IC: Materials like yours need moisture fro
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 08 01:19:16 EST 2001 | Mike Moninger
The environment essentially defines the need for coating. "Inside" may mean inside a men's locker room with attendant high humidity or inside a climate-controlled clean environment. Conformal coatings offer protection against moisture, fungus, chemi
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 27 13:20:47 EDT 2004 | DavidB
We are producing boards with Alpha 591S RMA No-Clean paste and are coating after SMC with Dow silicone ( toluene solvent based) conformal coating. We have experienced several failures due to soft shorts ( electrochemical migration?) We have also obse
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 15:01:28 EDT 2009 | mefloump
I currently spray DOW 2620 with my PVA650 without any problems. I do not thin it but I do have a distance between the coating machine and IR oven to provide a flash off period. I notice bubbles only when the flash off time is too short and the coatin
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 17:13:31 EDT 2015 | tombstonesmt
There are factors that manufacturers have taken into consideration when dealing with coating. On/off times, dispense speeds, heights, etc.. Dedicated software with tools to easily map out paths are a godsend. We made our own coating machine with a s
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 04 17:26:17 EST 2001 | Cory
We're going to begin conformal coating a few of our assemblies as required by our customer. We're using Kester No clean paste and will use cotton gloves to keep the boards clean while handling. My question is: Do we need to clean the boards prior to
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 17 10:33:53 EST 2005 | Frank R.
I use conformal coating DYMAX #984-LVUF and I don't know if it's a problem of viscosity but 0805 components are not covered properly. We use a dispensor to applied it and we cured it by UV. Even if I apply a thicker layer, the coating seems to have
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 02 02:46:44 EDT 2008 | tang
Hi Guys, I have few question would like to ask regarding pcb conformal coating: 1. Can I know which masking material is the best for easy apply, fast cure, fast & easy to remove after coating & baking. And no chemical reaction which will whiten the
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 27 13:36:41 EST 2000 | C.K.
You'd more than likely have repairability issues with the Acrylic based one. The acrylic-based finish is alot harder and more brittle versus the silicone. Some of the new silicones, you can just "peel" with your fingernail, while still getting reli
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 13:26:59 EST 2000 | Graham Naisbitt
Terry Sorry, I just re-read your question and failed to answer all your questions: Shadowing only applies to coatings that are UV curable. Neither of these are UV curable. You do not want this technology for 3 dimensional assemblies, it is too expe
