OBO Precision Blog
Engineering guides for dispensing machines, potting systems, materials, applications, equipment selection, and troubleshooting.

Why Do Voids Still Remain After Vacuum Potting?
Vacuum improves conditions, but it does not automatically fix geometry, viscosity, fill-path, or timing problems that still trap air inside the part. In most factories,

Why Do Bubbles Form Around Tall PCB Components During Potting?
Tall components create hidden walls and air pockets that behave very differently from flat boards, which is why localized bubble problems often appear even when

Why Do Air Voids Form in Deep Potting Cavities?
Deep cavities trap air differently from shallow ones, so void problems usually point to a combined issue in fill path, viscosity, venting, section depth, or

Why Does Wrong Ratio Appear After a Material Change in 2K Dispensing?
A 2K line that ran well before a material change can still lose ratio stability because density, viscosity, feed resistance, or purge assumptions changed even

Why Does Uneven Hardness Happen After Potting?
Uneven hardness after potting usually means the part was exposed to non-uniform ratio, mixing, temperature, section depth, or cure timing conditions across the same production

Why Does Over-Cure Brittleness Happen in Resin Encapsulation?
Brittle encapsulation usually means the resin was pushed into a stress condition that the product could not tolerate. The cure may have gone too hard,

Why Does Epoxy Potting Cure Too Slowly in Production?
Slow cure in epoxy potting is often a process-window problem rather than a mystery chemistry problem. When cure timing drifts in production, the likely causes

Why Does a Potting Sample Have a Soft Center After Cure?
A soft center after potting cure usually means the inside of the mass never reached the conditions needed for a complete reaction. The surface may

Complete Guide to Dispensing Process Validation for Mass Production
A good sample is not the same thing as a production-ready dispensing process. Validation begins when a team proves that acceptable results can be repeated
