conformal Coating Dipping made Easy with the DS101 Conformal Coating Dip System

The DS101 Conformal Coating Dip System is a precision built, floor standing, conformal coating dip machine for medium to high volume batch processing of printed circuit boards.

Operating completely on compressed air and utilising an air over oil pneumatic system, the DS101 dip coating system offers total precision regulated speed control to allow a wide range of conformal coatings to be correctly coated and an unparalleled repeatable high tolerance of coating thickness to be achieved.

Being entirely pneumatic the machine is safe to use with flammable materials, and the automatic dip cycle process provides a smooth immersion and withdrawal rate which eliminates air entrapment and ensures an even film.

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Conformal Coating Dipping Video and Presentation

Video on DS101 Conformal Coating Dip system showing vertical and horizontal dipping of PCBs in conformal coating material.

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Conformal Coating Dip technique: Horizontal dipping

 Automatic Dip Coating is one of the most efficient methods for application of conformal coatings and is excellent for all volume production whether large or small.

The process of dipping a circuit boards into a conformal coating material contained in a tank ensures complete coverage, including underneath components and around difficult large 3D boards and there is no over spray or material wastage

The technique of horizontal dipping allows certain components not to be masked. This conformal coating dipping Video showing the DS101 Conformal Coating Dip system explains vertical and horizontal dipping of PCBs in conformal coating material.

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Conformal Coating Dipping Technical Bulletin

The May technical Bulletin on dipping conformal coating materials is now available.

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Dip Conformal Coating Video for DS101 Conformal Coating Dipping System

Video on DS101 Conformal Coating Dip system showing vertical and horizontal dipping of PCBs in conformal coating material.

The DS101 Conformal Coating Dip System is a precision built, floor standing, conformal coating dip machine for medium to high volume batch processing of printed circuit boards.
Automatic Dip Coating is one of the most efficient methods for application of conformal coatings and is excellent for all volume production whether large or small.

The process of dipping a circuit boards into a conformal coating material contained in a tank ensures complete coverage, including underneath components and around difficult large 3D boards and there is no over spray or material wastage

Click here for the conformal coating dip video.

Conformal Coating Dip video showing horizontal dipping technique

Video on DS101 Conformal Coating Dip system showing vertical and horizontal dipping of PCBs in conformal coating material.

Automatic Dip Coating is one of the most efficient methods for application of conformal coatings and is excellent for all volume production whether large or small.

The process of dipping a circuit boards into a conformal coating material contained in a tank ensures complete coverage, including underneath components and around difficult large 3D boards and there is no over spray or material wastage

Click here for the conformal coating dip video.

Conformal Coating Vertical and Horizontal Dipping Video

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Can the capacity of the DS101 conformal coating dip system tank be reduced?

SCH can make the tank any size you want. However, there is a ratio of surface area of the tank to depth that is important. If you have too little volume of coating in relation to the surface area, the evaporation of the solvent will change the viscosity of the tank too quickly and you will constantly be monitoring it. We have no formula for this but making it too shallow could be a problem.

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How is the height of the conformal coating material in the tank controlled on the DS101 dip coating system?

On the DS101 dip conformal coating system there are two parts to the tank. These are the dipping area and the sump, which are separated by the weir edge. The material is pumped into the tank, over the weir into the sump. Therefore, the weir edge holds the height constant and the weir sump drops with material use.

Monitoring the weir sump depth is crucial again to learn how fast it is drained. We recommend a 25mm (1”) edge difference between the top of the weir and the sump material and keeping the material close to that avoids a wide evaporation area over the weir which means more solvent evaporation. This can also be critical with materials that do not re-dissolve into the material when dry like water based coatings. If they do dry /cure then these bits float around in the sump and then eventually could clog the pump. We would recommend using a stainless steel basket which we have designed to catch these bits like a sieve and any other bits floating (or even PCBs dropped!).

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DS101 Conformal coating Dip system automatic viscosity control and top up system

Automated viscosity control on a conformal coating dipping system such as the DS101 is a sophisticated process reserved for companies who are going to process a lot of PCBs and change the viscosity of the tank a lot of times in a shift or for companies who want a totally closed loop process without manual adjustment.

The viscosity system is an inline viscometer with feedback monitoring the tank constantly. There is a dosing system that would adjust the coating as required, feeding back into the conformal coating tank either conformal coating material or conformal coating thinners.

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