Industry News | 2010-12-01 14:28:16.0
With hundreds of opportunities for problems to surface during the electronics manufacturing process, it is a credit to the manufacturing and engineering talent of the industry that planes fly, pacemakers keep hearts beating and phones are at the ready to provide Facebook updates or even make a call. To keep these dedicated professionals up-to-date on the latest causes and cures for assembly and solder defects, IPC and the U.K. National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have teamed up to sponsor a free webinar at 12:00 pm (noon) U.S. Central time on January 27, 2011 — a precursor to the hands-on, three-day Process Defects Clinic that will be held at IPC APEX EXPO in April.
Industry News | 2012-01-22 23:16:58.0
More than 350 engineers who attended last week’s IPC webinar, Soldering and Assembly Defects, were polled on their biggest headaches with printed boards, PCB components and PCB assembly process failures. The survey results which identify solder finish, ball grid array (BGA) components and reflow soldering as the greatest challenges, provide webinar co-sponsor, National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the United Kingdom with useful information as it prepares its NPL Process Defect Clinic for IPC APEX EXPO® 2012.
Industry News | 2011-02-09 14:50:49.0
Manufacturing and quality engineers looking for solutions to process challenges will have an additional resource for answers with the new Process Defect Clinic at the IPC APEX EXPO conference and exhibition, April 12–14, 2011, in Las Vegas. Sponsored by IPC and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the free clinic will be held in booth 217 on the show floor to assist event attendees with assembly and soldering process problems, RoHS compliance issues, solderability concerns, field failures and other process-related issues.
Industry News | 2010-10-18 14:10:04.0
Industry-leading associations IPC and SMTA jointly announce the agenda for Session 5 of the High Performance Cleaning and Coating Conference, scheduled to take place November 16-18, 2010 at the Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Industry News | 2016-05-17 18:16:35.0
IPC has released IPC-9121, Troubleshooting PCB Fabrication Processes, an essential resource for anyone involved in manufacturing or purchasing printed circuit boards (PCBs). This new handbook contains more than 650 PCB process defects, with causes and corrective actions for each. It also includes hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating real-world process defects.
Industry News | 2011-12-02 18:36:19.0
Manufacturing and quality engineers looking for solutions to process challenges will find answers at the NPL Process Defect Database Clinic at IPC APEX EXPO®, February 28-March 1, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center. Organized by IPC and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the free clinic will be held in the exhibit hall to assist event attendees with assembly and soldering process problems, RoHS compliance issues, solderability concerns, field failures and other process-related issues.
Industry News | 2013-04-02 17:20:44.0
The SMTA is pleased to announce the program for the 2013 International Conference on Soldering and Reliability being held May 14-17 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Industry News | 2012-07-03 13:28:22.0
The SMTA is pleased to announce that the SMTA Guadalajara Chapter has successfully completed the formation process and is now recognized as an official and active chapter of the SMTA.
Industry News | 2012-12-03 19:52:39.0
Printed Board Assembly Cleaning and Contamination Testing Center marks its debut at IPC APEX EXPO®, February 19–21, 2013, at the San Diego Convention Center.
Industry News | 2011-03-31 11:54:23.0
Over the past few years, pad cratering has become a vexing problem in lead-free assemblies, largely attributed to problems with the resin used to make a printed board. To help industry eliminate the defect and, at the same time, cut costs, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released IPC-9708, Test Methods for Characterization of PCB Pad Cratering.
