Conformal Coating Height Inspection

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What is the best/most economical way to check the thickness ... - Oct 06, 2005 by jdumont

measure the board thickness before coat by a screw gauge, an... - Oct 06, 2005 by

Humiseal 1B73 Acrylic, thanks for the suggestion. ... - Oct 06, 2005 by jdumont

Put a known thickness gage next to your boards to be coated.... - Oct 06, 2005 by

A wet film gage works best. ... - Oct 06, 2005 by URL

URL: Who are some suppliers of "wet film gage"? ... - Oct 06, 2005 by davef

There's a ton of em'. We used the one from Paul N. Gardner ... - Oct 07, 2005 by URL

jdumont

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

What is the best/most economical way to check the thickness of conformal coating after being processed. Would a standard height gage do? Thanks in advance...

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Amol

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

measure the board thickness before coat by a screw gauge, and then after, when the coating has fully cured. this works well for a single side coat.

once your wet to dry thickness is down, you can spray to a particular thickness wet and be reasonably sure that the dry thickness is within specs. BTW what kind of coating is this?

Amol

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jdumont

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

Humiseal 1B73 Acrylic, thanks for the suggestion.

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SuMoTe

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

Put a known thickness gage next to your boards to be coated. Then coat it in the same pass as your boards. Measure the "new" thickness of your gage and subtract the difference. That will be your coating thickness. This is assuming your coating your own boards.

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URL

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

A wet film gage works best.

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davef

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 6 October, 2005

URL: Who are some suppliers of "wet film gage"?

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URL

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Conformal Coating Height Inspection | 7 October, 2005

There's a ton of em'. We used the one from Paul N. Gardner Company, part # WF-CCD. They cost 0.95 each, so if someone decides the gage looks better in their garage, it's not that big of a deal. We set up a program that puts down 4 stokes on a test board and then measure.

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