But I would guess those are for niche applications, or is it part of your
mainline process?
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:24 AM Richard Kraszewski <
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> Doug we have vacuum plasma in several locations.
> For general PCBA applications we use blends of Argon/Oxygen. With oxygen
> as high as 50%.
> For MicroE applications we use primarily use Argon, but sometimes blends.
>
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> I would agree. Every time I have looked at open air plasma, it appears
> that it works well for flat substrates, like bare boards, but not for full
> assemblies with any kind of topography.
>
> Out of curiosity, when you vacuum plasma, what gas are you using? We
> generally use argon so as not to blacken silver parts.
>
> *Douglas Pauls *| Principal Materials and Process Engr | Advanced
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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 1:50 PM lduso - Diamond-MT.com <
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> > Not as a standard procedure on CCAs but a couple here and there. It
> > came about due to poor surface energy tests and it does help. Quite
> > often on metallic parts like stainless steel and nickel before
> > parylene coating. All done in a vacuum. Although I would love to try
> open-air plasma.
> >
> > Lloyd Duso
> > General Manager
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> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 2:42 PM Douglas Pauls <
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> >> Good morning all,
> >> Are any of you routinely treating assembly surfaces with plasma prior
> >> to conformal coating? We do not, except for very niche applications,
> >> but I wanted to see if that was a mainstream process for anyone else.
> >>
> >> *Douglas Pauls *| Principal Materials and Process Engr | Advanced
> >> Operations Engineering
> >>
> >> *COLLINS AEROSPACE*
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> >> 400 Collins Road NE, MS 108-101, Cedar Rapids, IA 52498 USA
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> >> *Tel:* +1 319 295 2109 | *Mobile: *+1 319 431 3773
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