-
- News
- Books
Featured Books
- smt007 Magazine
Latest Issues
Current IssueBox Build
One trend is to add box build and final assembly to your product offering. In this issue, we explore the opportunities and risks of adding system assembly to your service portfolio.
IPC APEX EXPO 2024 Pre-show
This month’s issue devotes its pages to a comprehensive preview of the IPC APEX EXPO 2024 event. Whether your role is technical or business, if you're new-to-the-industry or seasoned veteran, you'll find value throughout this program.
Boost Your Sales
Every part of your business can be evaluated as a process, including your sales funnel. Optimizing your selling process requires a coordinated effort between marketing and sales. In this issue, industry experts in marketing and sales offer their best advice on how to boost your sales efforts.
- Articles
- Columns
Search Console
- Links
- Events
||| MENU - smt007 Magazine
Copper-protective Coating
December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
The ENTEK CU-77 copper-protective coating system is an alternative to HASL and other metallic PCB finishes. It is designed for coating single-sided PCBs that require one soldering step (glue cure followed by wave soldering). The material delivers a thin coating (200 to 400 Å) and reportedly provides improved storage and handling capabilities compared to anti-tarnishes. PCBs coated with this are said to have up to a 12-month shelf life. The aqueous-based system is composed of a pre-clean cycle and an imidazole-based organic coating. It reportedly produces PCBs that exhibit flat, highly solderable pad surfaces that facilitate solder paste application and fine-pitch component placement.
Enthone-OMI Inc.
New Haven, Conn.