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 | Tue Feb 18 13:08:05 EST 2014 | hegemon
Paralene, Paraxylene, or other vacuum deposited coating will require this method to remove the coatings. UR and Acrylics have solvents, as Rob above has mentioned. Plastic bead media and wheat chaff are ones that I know have been used for Paralene
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
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 10:17:47 EST 1999 | LeeAnne
I have boards coated with Humiseal 1B73. At a late point mfg. site we need to remove a series of 0603 resistors for optioning purposes. I have been trying to determine the fastest, easiest way to re-coat the pads after removal. Drying time of the coa
