I like that one Rudy... Epoxy based 'magnetic paint' or 'ink' could likely be silk screened on the surface of the board in the same manner the legend is... That might work for you... Bill Brooks PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+ Tel: (760)597-1500 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World Communications, Inc. Vista, California -----Original Message----- From: R Sedlak [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:36 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Ferrous Plating of PCB Unclear if I understand the geometry of what is needed, but there are some nice magnetic oxides, which could be incorporated in a paint, and "painted on"? I know they sell these oxide in hardware stores, to allow you to paint a wall, and stick magnetic notes to the wall. This might be a lot easier than plating. Rudy Sedlak RD Chemical Company John Parsons <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Happy Friday! I have a customer designing a product which incorporates an interrupt switch composed of a Hall IC, magnet and ferrous vane. Currently the vane is made of laser or water jet cut ferrous stainless. They would like to reduce the cost and lead time of producing the vane and are asking if a ferrous material can be plated to a PCB. Does anyone in the group have any thoughts or experience that they can share? Regards John Parsons --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------