Diamond MT has been a member of the IPC since January 2012.

Its objective is standardizing assembly and production requirements of electronic components, including those for interconnecting and packaging electronic circuits and assemblies. Headquartered in Bannockburn, IL (USA), with offices throughout the United States and the world, IPC, the Association Connecting Electronics Industries, is a recognized and respected standards-development organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However, NASA standards are far more applicable to aerospace projects. For example, someone who manufactures printed circuit assemblies (PCAs) for standard commercial usage, will be best served using the IPC-610 standard for their conformal coating. End-users providing conformal covering are confronted by problems with coating selection or application that can generate difficulties including mismatched coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs), trapped moisture, outgassing, corrosion, abrasion or future rework/repair. In this context, different specifications for conformal coating have been devised to identify and account for differences in operational and material conditions. Designers and users of conformal coatings should be aware of the properties of various types of conformal coatings and their interactions with the parts/materials they cover, to protect the products in their respective end-use environments for the expected design-life of each component.

Understanding the characteristics of various conformal coating types, and their interactions with the extreme range of products and materials to which they are applied, ensures optimal function, performance reliability and product-life.

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