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Probably because your smarter than I am and did not first go to "dumb".

Looking up the Taconic TLY material, it is a PTFE based laminate.  Every 
time I have done dyne pen testing on such laminates, not specifically this 
one, I got values lower than 20-25.  Is the surface you are dealing with 
the unmodified surface, or are you plasma etching the surface to get 
better surface energy?  An aggressive plasma treat may be able to bring 
your surface energy up to better coating levels, at least for a short 
while.

Doug Pauls



From:   "Braddock, Iain (UK)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:   02/12/2014 09:44 AM
Subject:        RE: [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal 
Coating Adhesion



Doug,
 
Hmm?.now why did I not think of that?
 
The trouble is I am working on a special project that requires expensive 
complicated processing so I was hoping to steal a lead from someone with 
experience in this area - not being one for reinventing the wheel.
 
                Iain
 
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Subject: Re: [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal Coating 
Adhesion
 
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Iain, quite simple.  Start with a bad level for the material then improve 
it until it is not bad anymore.  That will be your good level. 

I love being helpful. 

Doug Pauls 



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Date:        02/12/2014 04:24 AM 
Subject:        Re: [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal 
Coating Adhesion 
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Hi all,

On the Dyne pens theme, does anyone had an idea what would be a good value 
for a Taconic TLY3 double sided laminate that has had one side of Cu 
etched away.

Regards,
                Iain

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Sent: 11 February 2014 08:05
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Subject: Re: [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal Coating 
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Hello,

Thank you for the clear information provided.
As a supplement, I would be interested in someone could give the reference 
of the mentioned ASTM standard for surface energy measurement by Dyne 
Pens.
Also wondering why there is no IPC standard or guideline on this topic, as 
conformal coating adhesion on solder mask is a quite common concern within 
the industry.
It looks like indications given by Doug are acknowledged as good practice 
and therefore could be introduced within IPC standards.
Best regards,

Arnaud Grivon

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mardi 4 février 2014 07:26 À : [log in to unmask] Objet : Re: [TN] [COM] 
Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal Coating Adhesion

Hi Arnaud

I agree with Doug on this on using Dyne Pens although with no clean 
processing generally you are lucky if you can get close to the range of 
35-40! We tend to be working in the lower range of this. 

It's also solder resist / coating dependent. Don't dismiss the energy 
value out of hand immediately. There is no logic sometimes to selection. 
We found one case where we tried absolutely any coating we could find to 
stick to a solder resist and only one did. No idea why and none of the 
chemists could explain.


Best Regards

Lee Hitchens


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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: 03 February 2014 17:01
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Subject: Re: [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal Coating 
Adhesion

Arnaud,
I think you are asking about surface energy rather than surface tension. 
We use the readily available Dyne Pens which have solutions calibrated 
back to an ASTM standard.

I generally use this rule of thumb regardless of the coating used.

Under 30 dynes/cm:  Coating adhesion will be poor
30-35 dynes/cm:  Coating adhesion will be slightly better, but you can 
expect more frequent cases of delamination.
35-40 dynes/cm:  Coating adhesion generally good, but can have some 
periodic delamination or adhesion issues.
40-45 dynes/cm:  Coating adhesion is good and only rarely will you see 
delamination problems
45+ dynes.cm:  Good adhesion.

Of course, there will always be special cases but this is a good starting 
point.

Doug Pauls



From:   GRIVON Arnaud <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:   02/03/2014 10:48 AM
Subject:        [TN] [COM] Solder Mask Surface Tension for Conformal 
Coating Adhesion
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Hello TechNet,

I would like to sense the best practices in terms of solder mask surface 
tension with respect to conformal coating adhesion :

-          Which standard/test method are you using?

-          Which requirement (e.g. minimum value in dyn/cm²) would you 
accept for the various CC types (acrylics, urethanes, silicone, parylene)?
Thanks in advance for the insights.
Best regards,

Arnaud Grivon


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