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What Can Be Parylene Coated?

January 4, 2022

We often receive the question “what can be Parylene coated?” With over 50 years of applications experience, the list of potential products and substrates that can be coated is virtually endless! A quick look at some of the different items that SCS has coated with Parylene over the years reveals, more often than not, that Parylene coatings are a value-add to numerous products across industries. Literally, the sky is not a limitation for Parylene conformal coatings.

  • Printed circuit boards
  • MEMs
  • LEDs
  • Catheters
  • Stents
  • Magnets
  • Paper
  • Needles
  • Prosthesis
  • Drones
  • Cameras and electronics for the International Space Station
  • Ferrite cores
  • Metal components
  • Optical lenses
  • Implantable devices
  • Sensors
  • Valves
  • Electrosurgical tools
  • O-rings
  • Tubing
  • Silicon wafers
  • Keypads
  • Stoppers
  • Seals
  • Ocular implants
  • Mandrels
  • Molds
  • Motor assemblies
  • Power supplies
  • Backplanes
  • Photoelectric cells
  • Cochlear implants
  • Forceps
  • Charred or waterlogged documents
  • Robotic devices
  • Test tubes
  • Probes
  • Fiber ptic components
  • Pacemakers
  • Bobbins
  • Batteries
  • And many more…

This is far from a comprehensive list of items that can be (or are) coated with Parylene coatings, but it certainly provides an idea about how many different applications could benefit from the coatings’ protective properties.