-
- News
- Books
Featured Books
- design007 Magazine
Latest Issues
Current IssueLevel Up Your Design Skills
This month, our contributors discuss the PCB design classes available at IPC APEX EXPO 2024. As they explain, these courses cover everything from the basics of design through avoiding over-constraining high-speed boards, and so much more!
Opportunities and Challenges
In this issue, our expert contributors discuss the many opportunities and challenges in the PCB design community, and what can be done to grow the numbers of PCB designers—and design instructors.
Embedded Design Techniques
Our expert contributors provide the knowledge this month that designers need to be aware of to make intelligent, educated decisions about embedded design. Many design and manufacturing hurdles can trip up designers who are new to this technology.
- Articles
- Columns
Search Console
- Links
- Events
||| MENU - design007 Magazine
Defect Clinic Solves Mysteries at IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and the Designers Summit 2007
November 6, 2006 | IPCEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries(R) announces the U.S. premiere of the "Process Advice & Defect Clinic" at its upcoming Printed Circuits Expo, APEX and the Designers Summit 2007, February 20-22, 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif. With a twist on the old whodunits, the clinic will provide the opportunity for attendees to get free and unbiased help and advice on vexing board assembly and process mysteries. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Sherlock Holmes may have been a savvy English gent, but his compatriot Bob Willis, Electronic Presentation Services, clinic coordinator, has the edge when it comes to the electronics industry. When the exhibition opens on February 20, visitors will have access on the show floor to Willis' expertise and special inspection and test equipment to discover solutions to process problems. Alternatively, Willis will be collecting questions in advance via e-mail at processadviceclinic@ipc.org with the answers available during the show.
"The process defect clinics we have held in Europe have proven to be very popular, so we're excited about bringing it to the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />U.S. for the first time, and especially to premiere it at APEX," comments Willis. "Our experience tells us that participants find the clinics as a great way to get to the heart of a problem. Practical solutions to engineering problems are always the best, and we'll be ready to assist attendees in better understanding the process problems and suggested recommendations."
To encourage participation, the clinic will reward the most interesting or perplexing process problem or question. A set of interactive lead free training materials, X-ray inspection and defect guide, plus sets of inspection and quality control wall charts will be awarded to the winning entry, and all visitors to the clinic will receive a "Process Defect Guide."
In addition, each month leading up to the show there will be a "Defect of the Month" feature on the IPC show website, www.GoIPCShows.org under Special Events. Free to download as a PDF file, the feature will illustrate common problems found in manufacturing and the causes and cures for each.
The Process Advice and Defect Clinic is sponsored by Global SMT & Packaging, DAGE, Kester and RMD Instruments.
About IPC
IPC (www.ipc.org) is a global trade association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 2,400 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics interconnect industry, including design, printed circuit board manufacturing and electronics assembly. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $3.4 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Garden Grove, Calif.; Stockholm, Sweden; and Shanghai, China.