Training Calendar 2025

The PIEK training course calendar 2025 for open registration courses is now available. Here you can find a complete overview of all regional and online courses: https://piektraining.com/en/training-calendar/. In 2025, you can choose from training courses at the following locations: Heerlen, [...]

By |2024-10-08T09:03:29+02:0030 September 2024|Categories: PIEK|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Rework, Repair, Touch-up; Do you know the difference?

In practice, many people do not seem to be clear about what is meant when they talk about rework, repair and touch-up. In this article we will try to provide some clarity. A wire in a wiring harness is [...]

By |2024-03-19T09:49:02+01:0029 February 2024|Categories: PIEK|Tags: , , , |

Digital Inspection Printed Circuit Board Assembly

During the Repair and Rework, IPC-A-610 or IPC-7711/7721 training courses quite often we get the question which microscope or magnifier is most suited for the visual inspection of a printed circuit board assembly. An answer to this question is not [...]

By |2022-02-03T09:20:15+01:003 August 2021|Categories: PIEK|Tags: , , , |

IPC-7711C/7721C Rework, Modification and Repair of Electronic Assemblies

With the previous version, the B-revision of IPC-7711/7721 Rework, Modification and Repair of Electronic Assemblies, being published in 2007, one could argue that an update was long overdue. It was therefore very good that in January 2017 we saw the [...]

By |2021-01-12T11:22:33+01:004 January 2021|Categories: IPC, PIEK|Tags: , |

The difference between IPC-7711 and IPC-7721

The difference between IPC-7711 and IPC-7721 is that IPC-7711 contains procedures for so-called rework of assemblies and printed circuit boards and IPC-7721 contains the procedures for repairing printed circuit boards and modifications. However, this is a very short explanation. At [...]

By |2020-01-10T03:31:51+01:006 September 2019|Categories: PIEK|Tags: , , |