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Materials for electronic protection

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Why electronics require protection

Modern electronics - from automotive safety systems to power tools and consumer devices - must operate reliably even when exposed to humidity, chemical exposure, vibration, and thermal stress. To ensure safety and long service life, sensitive components and printed circuit board assemblies are protected and electrically insulated with specialized materials.

ELANTAS offers an optimized portfolio of materials for electronic assembly protection, including conformal coatings, potting/encapsulation/casting resins and thermal interface materials. All products are manufactured across multiple sites and qualified to leading industry specifications (IPC, IEC, MIL, UL).

Purpose & function

Protecting sensitive electronics from failure

ELANTAS materials create dielectric barriers and protective shields around electronics assemblies to prevent short circuits, corrosion, and premature failure in harsh operating conditions.

Typical functions include:

High dielectric strength to maintain insulation integrity
Protection against humidity, chemicals, dust, salt fog, and contaminants
Mechanical damping against shock and vibrations
Thermal management for improved device reliability
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Chemistries

Advanced material science

The global ELANTAS portfolio covers an extensive chemistry toolkit to meet diverse processing and performance needs. These include:

  • epoxies
  • polyurethanes
  • polybutadiene‑based systems
  • silicones
  • alkyds
  • acrylics
  • VOC-free melting resins

These chemistries serve as versatile platforms for a broad range of electronic protection applications, supporting thin‑film and thick‑film technologies as well as potting and encapsulation processes. A wide range of curing technologies, including UV, thermal, moisture/humidity, oxidation, room‑temperature, and hybrid systems, is routinely employed to ensure optimal performance across various processing environments.

Portfolio & applications

A complete protection portfolio for every electronic challenge

ELANTAS offers a broad, globally integrated portfolio of materials designed to protect, insulate, and enhance the performance of electronic assemblies across diverse industries. This ensures customers worldwide receive consistent product performance, processing behavior, and reliability.

The portfolio includes:

  • conformal coatings: thin‑film acrylic, alkyd, urethane, silicone, thick‑film VOC‑free systems
  • potting/casting and encapsulation compounds: filled/unfilled epoxy, polyurethane and silicone systems, including soft gels)
  • thermal interface materials (TIM) for efficient heat dissipation
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Product brands

Clearly defined brands for diverse applications

The ELANTAS electronics portfolio is offered through a range of established product brands supporting electronic protection, insulation, bonding, and curing requirements. These include BECTRON and CONATHANE, as well as E‑KOTE, ELANCURE and ELAN‑GLUE.

ELANTAS products are used wherever electronics must operate reliably under demanding conditions: in transportation, e-mobility, power generation & distribution, industrial and consumer segments.

Discover the different market segments

  • eMobility
  • Power generation & distribution
  • Transportation
  • Industrial
  • Consumer
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Quality & performance

Engineered for reliability in the toughest conditions

ELANTAS materials are engineered for consistent processing through spray, dip, selective coating, dam‑and‑fill as well as robotic application methods, delivering robust performance across wide temperature ranges and challenging environmental exposures.

  • Performance highlights include:
  • Extensive UL qualifications (e.g., UL 94 flame ratings; UL RTI on selected potting systems) and compliance to IPC/IEC/MIL specifications
  • Options spanning thin‑film fast‑cure coatings to soft gels that minimize mechanical stress.
  • Materials optimized for high‑speed production and high-temperature applications with predictable, uniform films
Testing & technical expertise

Proven performance backed by global application labs

ELANTAS supports customers through global technical as well as sales teams offering product selection, process optimisation and qualification to industry standards.

At the same time, specialized dedicated application labs provide validation of electrical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal performance as well as compatibility testing with related insulation materials across the ELANTAS ecosystem.

Global footprint & leadership

Trusted worldwide through decades of innovation

The ELANTAS electronics protection portfolio is manufactured across a global production network, enabling local responsiveness, consistent quality, and resilient supply.
Well‑established brands such as BECTRON®, CONAP® / Conathane®, ELAN‑Tron®, and Conapoxy® have been trusted for decades in various industries, underscoring ELANTAS’ leadership in materials for electronic assembly protection.

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