IPC-A-610 Electronic Assembly Acceptability is a worldwide standard for the inspection of electronic assemblies published by the IPC. This certification program will help you meet customer requirements as well as develop any company engaged in ISO-9000 or other quality assurance initiatives.
IPC-A-610 Training and Certification provides IPC Certified Trainers with training materials and detailed plans to train Application Specialists (CIS), including those in quality, management, procurement, program management, and others. It allows both suppliers and buyers of electronic assemblies to “get on the same page” with respect to the outgoing quality level of assemblies.
Many topics are covered in the IPC 610 course. They are listed below from the IPC 610 class for CIT:
- Introduction
- Roles and Responsibilities of IPC Registered Instructors
- Terms and definitions
- Preface
- Handling of electronic assemblies
- Discrete Wiring Assembly
- Component Installation Orientation/Location
- Welding
- Mechanical Assemblies
- coatings
- Laminate conditions
- Surface mount assemblies
- Qualification
- Cleaning
- Review of instructor skills and effective use of instructional materials
The typical class for an instructor is taught in a classroom setting and takes 4 days to administer and test. While manual soldering or wire preparation skills are not taught in this class, there are many examples that walk the student through the meaning of the specifications, drawings, and tables found in the standard. The class itself is lecture-based and interspersed with photos to highlight some of the specs for illustrative purposes. At the end of each teaching module in the IPC 610 course, a review consisting of sample problems helps students and instructors see how well IPC 610 instructor candidates are taking in the material. the IPC-610 class is conducted online with almost half of the questions in open book format and the other half in closed book format. Instructors passing the IPC 610 class consists of a copy of the specification, an instructor’s guide, a set of slides from the teaching materials, and a copy of the IPC-TM50 that reviews terms and definitions.
The IPC-A-610 Acceptability of electronic assemblies is a worldwide standard for the inspection of electronic assemblies published by the IPC. This certification program will help you meet customer requirements as well as develop any company engaged in ISO-9000 or other quality assurance initiatives.
In the IPC 610 class for Application Specialists (CIS candidates), modules that are useful in the particular business are taught alongside the required background modules. The core modules for the IPC 610 course are modules 1 and 2 which deal with program administration, EOS/ESD guidelines, terms and definitions, as well as things like the magnification range required for inspection of the assemblies. The company then “picks and chooses” other modules that are appropriate for the business. For example, if a business is building wire harnesses, perhaps only the sections on soldering and cables/terminals are instructed and tested in the IPC 610 class. If the business is a contract manufacturer building circuit board assemblies, perhaps only IPC 610 class sections on soldering, through hole and SMT are useful in business. If the company only makes ten wire wraps, perhaps the module on wire wrap is helpful in getting it out of IPC 610 class.
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