Hey Jay and All, What kind of boards do you make? Check out Humiseal's website http://www.thomasregister.com/humiseal or give them a call (718) 932 - 0800. They are in New York. I'm not sure anyone would do conformal coating unless they absolutely have to. Once you start killing boards because the conformal coating's bad, somebody will ask, 'Why are we doing this if we don't have too?' Hans PS. Gas is over a buck down here now. ~~~~~~~~ Hans M. Hinners WR-ALC/LYPME Bldg. 640 Materials Engineer 380 Second Street, Suite 104 Manufacturing Eng. Sec. Robins AFB GA 31098-1638 912-926-1970 (Voice) 468 - 1970 (DSN) 912-926-7974 (Fax) mailto:[log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: JBosserm [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 01:59 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] No subject given > > My company is debating the value of conformal coating in our > assemblies. We work with high voltages in non-sealed drawer > assemblies. The environment is not too severe, it will be indoors > but > some areas have a fair enough amount of dirt in the air. > > The number one example we can think of is that the entire PC industry > works without coatings, monitors in particular. Does anybody know > where I can get my hands on some studies for or against coating? > > Jay Bosserman > > MCL Inc. ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################