Power Integrations' factory-coated door controllers reduce inventory costs, lead time, and total cost of ownership by eliminating the need for manufacturers to ship boards to subcontractors for cleaning and coating.
Power Integrations uses an advanced acrylic lacquer, widely used in the industrial and automotive sectors. The highly automated process is qualified according to IEC 60068-2 testing and is followed by 100% optical inspection to ensure consistent quality. The conformal-coated SCALE door driver cores are UL® Recognized components.
Initially, the 2SC0106T, 2SC0108T, 2SC0435T, 2SP0115T, and 1SP0335 door driver families will be offered with conformal coating, followed by the 2SD300C17, 2SC0535T, 2SC0635T, 2SP0320, and 1SP0635V series in the near future. All future products will also include factory coating as an option.
Comments from Michael Hornkamp, senior director of marketing for gate controller products at Power Integrations: "Customers of wind inverters, traction inverters, HVDC MMC stations, photovoltaics, and industrial units that are routinely found in harsh environments benefit from a factory coating process. By testing, cleaning, and coating the boards in our facility, we reduce the chance of the units becoming contaminated before coating, and we eliminate the time, cost, and inconvenience of using third-party subcontractors.".
