In a message dated 12/18/2000 6:26:32 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Please, selective robotic coating does NOT eliminate masking - maybe you
are
 the lucky one, ask others who have such systems. >>

I will agree that it is design dependent.  I have put in selective coating on
several production lines that have totally eliminated masking, and some that
have greatly reduced but not eliminated.  With proper DFM work, elimination
is actually quite easy.

Jon Moore

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