I have both seen and heard much of this problem. While material compatibility is one factor, some basic factors (not a complete list, I'm sure) are whether the paint is stirred/agitated fully, surface prep, and temp/humidity of environment.
More and more manufacturers are using selective electroless plating (some major cell phone manufacturers included. It's cost effective in volume, offers excellent adhesion (read as longevity), has better abrasion resistance properties, application thickness is uniform (no 'line-of-sight' issues as with spray or vacuum metallization) and conductivity is high. John Juhasz Fiber Options Bohemia, NY > -----Original Message----- > From: Darrell Locke [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Spray-on Conductive Coatings > > > Dear Colleages, > > We have seen an issue lately with spray-on conductive coatings used on the > inside of electronic enclosures. The coating works great for EMC, but > there > seems to be a problem with adhesion and tiny flakes of conductive material > getting in the electronics. I'm thinking that the spray-on type materials > should not be used at all. Has anyone else experienced this problem? > > Thanks > > Darrell Locke > Advanced Input Devices > Coeur d'Alene ID > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
