Steve: Thanks for the detailed response. SME means Subject Matter Expert (Sorry for the acronyms in our small little world of instruction and consulting I assumed (makes and A__ out of You and Me)) . Do you know of a competant Applications Engineer at any of these firms to speak with? Thanks Bob On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Steven Creswick <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Bob, > > Pls forgive me. My brain is toast from the exhaustion of shoveling snow > off > the roof in preparation for the impending rain. It's Michigan, we expect > change... > > What does SME mean? > > You want info on an ink that can be stenciled - correct? > > Ablestik 36-2 could be stenciled [and screen printed], and had good > pot/work > life on the stencil, but it worked better for smaller apertures > [0.010-0.020"], as I recall. > > Ablestik 84-1LMI series also worked fairly well, but the pot/work life > wasn't as good with the TM5011 rated materials. > > Since National Starch bought out Ablestik, and Loctite bought out Henkel, > Hysol, National Starch, QMI, Emerson & Cuming and who knows what else, you > can check with your Loctite Rep. There are a host of newer materials out > there! > > You can also check out EpoTek and a host of others. > > No matter what direction you go in, take a serious look at the data sheet > to > glean whether the rheological properties of the material and it's work/pot > life stand a chance of being on the stencil for more than an hour or two. > > By all means, trust, BUT VERIFY!!! > > Steve Creswick > Sr Associate - Balanced Enterprise Solutions > http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencreswick > 616 834 1883 > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Wettermann > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 8:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Conductive inks that can be stencil printed > > Morning Technetters: > > Can anyone recommend a SME on the topic of conductive inks that I can speak > to on background for an article on the stencil printing of conductors? (ie > not dispensing or screen printing)? > > Thanks! > > Bob W/BEST > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- 1. Bob Wettermann 847-767-5745 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________