I doubt you could screen Ablebond 163-4 . Check with them but I don't think the rheology is correct. Basically you need a thixotropic and cohesive material. SMT adhesive or a silver conductive material as used for solder replaement would most likely do. If you screen/stencil this rather like in intrusive paste reflow it should wet into the hole and cure there. Adjust screen/stencil thick to give appropriate volume, which you can caluclate easily enough (Pi r squared and all that stuff). Check compatibility of surfaces as well whilst speaking with Ablestik - most epoxy materials don't bond very well to tin or tin containing surfaces (eg solder). As, if not more, importantly 163-4 work life is only around 45 minutes, this does not give you very long to set up and print before you will have to remove the material and junk it. I guess the idea is that it is a cheap(compared to silver filled) conductive material, but unless you print an awful lot of assemblies very rapidly you will loose any price economies in material wastage and clean up time. You might consider dispense as you could pick a syringe size to keep within the limited work life. Mike Fenner BSP (UK) Tel: +441 295 720631 Fax::+441 295 720 937 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- From: [log in to unmask] Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: via hole filling with epoxy (ablebond) does anyone have any information on how to apply Ablebond 163-4n copper filled epoxy into via holes by means of screening or stencil? this is the liquid epoxy type. need any suggestions or info i can get. thank you. *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************