This first part of the article on supply chain responsibility in IPC documents deals with IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620. If your company is ISO certified, you will probably have heard of supply chain responsibility before, also called chain control or supply [...]
Hello, my name is Frank and I am a trainer working at PIEK for several years now. I perform training in electronics, certification training, and do this in four languages: English, French, German, Dutch. Because I do this in these [...]
The questions that you can ask yourself in this respect are: • Is the ESD programme in conformity with your internal standards? • Is the ESD programme in conformity with the standards of your customers? • Is the ESD programme [...]
Articles and essays about the electronic interconnect industry often use the terms ‘rework’ and ‘repair’ as synonyms. Is this correct or are there differences in meaning? This article will shed some light on this issue, and to do so PIEK [...]
Extend your IPC certificate by 2 years without classroom training and without traveling? In some cases this is possible. IPC Online challenge tests are interesting for people who have up-to-date knowledge and think they can succeed without prior training. In [...]
It also happens to you. You grab a door handle or get into your car and you get a light electrical shock. We are confronted with static charges and discharges on a daily basis, but these do not affect us [...]
Circuit board supplier X approaches PIEK with a question regarding conductor widths of printed circuit boards. He has delivered printed circuit boards, but his customer has a complaint, and claims that the conductor widths do not meet the requirements as [...]
Since the last PIEK COVID-19 update of March 26, 2020, hard work has been done by both IPC and PIEK on the possibilities for remote training and examination. Below you see a status display of the possibilities and the [...]
We are experiencing turbulent times that will undoubtedly go into the history books. The COVID-19 pandemic can impact the health of the people we care about, the companies we rely on, the stability of the global economy and our daily [...]
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, we are living in a turbulent time. It affects us all. Due to all these developments, we have also taken a number of measures: For some IPC and PIEK courses, a remote training solution will [...]
