Needle Usage (Materials/Fluids)
Needle/Tip Recommended Usage
The following table provides recommendations for a number of applications/usage.
The information provided is not exhaustive and customers should always carry out appropriate testing to ensure compatibility for their specific usage/requirements.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Recommended | ✓ |
| Acceptable | – |
| Not Recommend / Incompatible | ✘ |
| Usage/Application | Stainless Steel | Tapered | PTFE Lined | Flexible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adhesives/Glues | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| >> UV-Cure Adhesives/Glues | – | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| >> Light-Cure Adhesives/Glues | – | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| >> Fast-Curing Adhesives/Glues | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Beading/Striping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Conformal Coatings | – | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| Cyanoacrylates | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| >> Gel Cyanoacrylates | – | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Depositing in Recesses / Cracks | ✓ | ✓ | – | |
| Easily Scratched Substrates | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Epoxies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ |
| >> Silver Epoxy | – | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Greases | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ |
| Low Viscosity Fluids | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Metal Reactive Fluid | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microdot Deposits | ✓ | ✘ | – | ✓ |
| Oils | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Paints | – | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| Particle-Filled Pastes | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| Sealants | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✘ |
| Solder Masks | – | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Solder Paste/Braze Pastes | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spreading/Smearing | – | ✓ | ✓ | – |
