Compound in Power Supplies

Please help me find this product. It is used in power supplies between the case and transformers. I read that it is a dielectric with a heat sink. The substance is a little soft.
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Hi panov.vitaliy

Welcome to the TechForum.

That would be some sort of thermally conductive paste or putty meant to possibly help stabilize parts and definitely to help pass heat to the heat-sink frame along the sides of your supply. You would find them in this category:

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Hi panov.vitaliy, David’s list is a good place to start. There is a wide array of possible options, but it’s safe to say this is a thermal compound as described. They are going to vary in viscosity and thermal conductivity, but at the end of the day quite a few of these will end up being appropriate for the application at hand.

Without knowing the exact specifications of the original material you’ll simply have to use your best judgement.

Thank you very much. I will choose something from you today. Tell me if you have flux for soldering stainless steel and aluminum? acid?

Well I do not see anything that tells me what type of flux you can use for each applicaton. I can provide a link to what we sell.

I started to look through data sheets and they do not provide this information either. Hopdfully someone can help on this one.

DigiKey does not carry flux materials that would be suitable for soldering aluminum/stainless steel. Such materials are quite different and more aggressive than those used in the electronics industry served by DK.

this substance in the power supply is solid. a little soft if you press on it with your finger. like rubber. it seems to me that what you wrote to me is a heat-conducting paste. like for computer processors.

See also the the Glue, Adhesives, & Applicators family. This is where products more focused on adhesion and mechanical properties (as contrasted with thermal interface) are found.

A non-corrosive RTV silicone product such as P/N 234325 might be the sort of thing that was used, or something with similar properties.

Within the link of parts I previously provided, these epoxy-type products might also be similar.

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Hello.
Can you help me to find this part PSMN030-150P?
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Hello,

The part PSMN030-150P is obsolete, but our page for that part shows some alternate options.

PSMN030-150P,127 Nexperia USA Inc. | Discrete Semiconductor Products | DigiKey

all of " Similar" fit?

Hi panov.vitaliy,

None of them are “exact” matches, so one can only get to “similar”, and the best choice would depend on the specific characteristics of your particular circuit. Because of that, we have no way to know which parameters would be most important in your application.

Just comparing across a number of characteristics, the following would seem to have a fairly high likelihood of doing well in your circuit, but there is no way to know which would be best, or if another part not listed has a better key spec to replace your part.