What are conformal coating masking boots and why do they save you money?

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Reusable conformal coating masking boots are a highly cost effective alternative masking material to masking tape.

Many components on printed circuit boards must remain uncoated when applying conformal coating. The purpose of masking is to prevent migration of the conformal coatings into components and keep out areas.

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The use of masking tapes, dots and liquid latex can be an effective process in protecting components from ingress of conformal coating. However, the application of the masking can be labour intensive, especially in higher volume applications.

Custom made masking boots can offer a labour saving alternative in both the masking and de-masking stages of the coating process.These completely reusable masking boots are applied over the components such as connectors,

These completely reusable masking boots are applied over the components such as connectors, plugs and sockets that require protection from the conformal coating applied. They can be simple boots that fit over the top of a connector or a more sophisticated design such as the examples below.

They provide reliable protection for many different types of components for all the conformal coating application techniques that include batch and selective robotic spraying (as an alternative to difficult technical programming), vertical and horizontal dipping and vapour deposition of coatings such as Parylene.

Three reasons to switch from tape to reusable masking boots for conformal coating masking

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These simple reasons can save you up to 80% of your costs compared to masking tape:

1. The masking application time is reduced. Masking boots can be 4-5 times quicker than masking tape.
2. The de-masking (removal) time is reduced. Again it is much quicker to remove boots compared to masking tape.
3. It is much less likely that the masking boot will leak and the component requires rework. Masking boots don’t leak and tapes can.

This means you can save a lot of money very quickly when switching to conformal coating masking boots compared to masking tapes.

Want to find out more about masking printed circuit boards before applying conformal coating?

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How do conformal coating masking boots save money in your production process?

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Three reasons conformal coating masking boots save you money

Here are three reasons that can save you up to 80% of your costs compared to masking tape:

  1. Masking time is reduced. Masking boots can be 4-5 times quicker than masking tape.
  2. De-masking time is reduced. Again it is much quicker to remove masking boots compared to masking tape.
  3. Masking boots don’t leak. Masking tape has to be carefully applied. Any gaps will allow leaks. Boots don’t leak as easy so less repair.

This means you can save a lot of money very quickly when switching to masking boots.

Find out how we can help you with your conformal coating masking boots now.

Contact us to discuss your needs and let us explain how masking boots could work for you.

Or go directly to our website and see how you can get a quote on our conformal coating masking boots.

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Find out how one company saved 60% of their process costs by changing to custom conformal coating masking boots

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Diamond MT, a conformal coating and Parylene coating service provider in the USA, found they saved more than 60% of their current masking costs by switching to the SCH range of conformal coating masking boots.

Sean Horn, Diamond MT, explains how they did it.

“We had initially wanted to try SCH’s conformal coating masking boots for price savings. However, once we began to work with Lee on our specific masking application, we realised that we could extend the life of our boots over 200%. We switched immediately!

We then realised the importance of working with someone who understands coatings. We will not being going back to our previous supplier.”

Sean Horn, Director, Diamond MT, Parylene and conformal coating subcontract service provider.

Diamond MT saved more than 60% of their current masking costs by switching to the SCH range of conformal coating masking boots.

Diamond MT saved more than 60% of their current masking costs by switching to the SCH range of conformal coating masking boots.

So why did Diamond MT switch to our range of masking boots?

When the analysis was completed, it was found pricing for our conformal coating masking boots was lower by 30% compared to their current supplier.

This made a significant saving to Diamond MT and immediately a trial production run was started.

What was really interesting was after using them in the first month, Diamond MT found the masking boots lasted twice as long as their original boot from the alternate supplier.

This meant that now Diamond MT has halved the volume of boots they order and this has reduced their costs by 60% for the year.

This meant what started as a simple trial led to a huge saving to Diamond MT as a partner with SCH.

Need to know more about using conformal coating masking boots in your application process?

Contact us now and we can discuss how we can help you.

Give us a call at (+44) 1226 249019 or email your inquiries at sales@schservices.com

 

What are conformal coating masking boots and how can they save you money?

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The use of masking materials such as tapes, dots and liquid latex can be a highly effective process in protecting components from ingress of conformal coating.

However, the masking process can be labour intensive, difficult and time consuming.

Using reusable, custom masking boots offers a labour saving alternative in both the masking and de-masking stages of the coating process.

This can save you lots of time and money.

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Three simple reasons why conformal coating masking boots can save you money

  • Masking time is reduced. Using masking boots as an alternative can be 4-5 times quicker than masking tape.
  • De-masking time is reduced. Again it is much quicker to remove masking boots than tape
  • Masking boots don’t leak as easily as tape. So there is less chance of a need to repair or remove leaked coating.

This means you can save a lot of money very quickly when switching to custom masking boots.

How Diamond MT saved nearly 60% of their process time switching to masking boots

Diamond MT, a conformal coating and Parylene coating service provider, found they saved 60% of their current costs by switching to the SCH range of conformal coating masking boots.

Sean Horn, Diamond MT, explains how they did it.

“We had initially wanted to try SCH’s conformal coating masking boots for price savings. However, once we began to work with Lee on our specific masking application, we realised that we could extend the life of our boots over 200%. We switched immediately!

We then realised the importance of working with someone who understands conformal coatings. We will not being going back to our previous supplier.”

Sean Horn, Director, Diamond MT, Parylene and conformal coating subcontract service provider.

Find out how much you can save by switching to custom boots

We are happy to provide a quotation for our masking boots so you can see for yourself how much you can save.

Just provide us with three pieces of information:

  • Provide a picture of the board you wish to test
  • Identify the components you need to mask
  • Provide the component identification codes (manufacture details etc)

Contact us now to request your quotation for conformal coating masking boots.

Call us on +44 (0) 1226 249019, email your requirements on sales@schservices.com

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