2nd that... nice stations. regards, - Graham -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Parylene Coating Removal Hi Sue! The best way I've found is micro-abrasion. The system I used was from a company called CCR Co. Here's a brochure of the station I used: http://www.ccrco.com/ccr_bro.pdf Here's a good download about the different techniques of removing all types of coating including parylene: http://www.ccrco.com/study.pdf Sure, it's biased towards their stations, but they're very good stations, and they address the ESD issues that you normally see with micro-abrasion. With their stations, parylene is probably one of the easiest coatings to remove. The toughest is freshly cured urethanes... Steve Gregory -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Powers-Hartman Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Parylene Coating Removal What is the best way to remove parylene coating? Right now the operators are scraping the coating off the joint enough to allow access with a solder iron. We would like to find a better way. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 15.0 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 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------