Much time, energy, and resources go into designing, building, and manufacturing various electronic components. How can technologists protect critical components that operate in adverse environments? The answer is conformal coatings. Written by Phil Kinner of Electrolube’s Conformal Coatings Division, this micro eBook addresses a myriad of conformal coating materials and process considerations for achieving reliable performance in harsh environments. Kinner simplifies the many available material types and application methods, and explains the advantages and disadvantages of each. This handy eBook is a must-read for anyone in the electronics industry who wants a better understanding of conformal coatings. ISBN: 978-0-9982885-5-0

Phil Kinner, Electrolube's global business and technical director (International Conformal Coatings Division), has more than 16 years' experience within the conformal coating industry covering both materials and equipment. Using his wealth of knowledge, Phil specialises in new product development and has master's degrees in both chemistry and business administration. Phil is also an active member of the IPC Conformal Coating Task Group, a regular speaker at IPC and SMTA events, and a member of the technical committee of the UK SMART group.

Electrolube is a global manufacturer of specialist chemical solutions for the electronics industry. With our expansive range of formulated chemical products, we supply leading manufacturers of electronic, industrial, and domestic devices for a variety of industries worldwide.

As a leading manufacturer, we strongly emphasize both research and collaboration, and are constantly developing new and environmentally friendly solutions for our customers. Our product groups include conformal coatings, thermal management solutions, encapsulation resins, contact lubricants, cleaning solutions, and maintenance and service aids thus offering the complete solution at all levels of production.

Electrolube products are integral to the manufacture and maintenance of electrical and electronic components and assemblies in many different sectors including LED, automotive, military, aerospace, marine, telecommunications, industrial electronics and more. All our product ranges are manufactured at our BS EN ISO 9001, 14001, BSI-AS9100, IATF 16949:2016 and OHASA 18001 accredited factories in the UK, China, and India.