In today’s market place, where ‘Better, Faster and Cheaper’ is the standard, you and your colleagues have to be able to concentrate on your company’s core business. This includes designing, producing, assembling and repairing Printed Circuit Boards. Other core [...]
In 1965 Jo and Liesbeth Walls, the parents of the current Managing Directors, founded PIEK International Education Centre. Jo Walls´s specialisation was electrical engineering, and he noticed early on that courses in the field of electronics were much in demand. [...]
IPC-2591 version 1.1 provides updates to several CFX messages since the original IPC-2591 version release. IPC-2591 standard establishes the requirements for the omni-directional exchange of information between manufacturing processes and associated host systems for assembly manufacturing. IPC-2591 standard applies to [...]
All around the world there is at least one recall action in the automotive industry every day. If we add all the recall actions in other industries, more than 100 million products are involved every year. Manufacturers would rather avoid [...]
Both documents the IPC-6012 and the IPC-A-600 are made for the so-called bare printed circuit boards. The difference is that IPC-A-600 is the document for the inspection. So, when a printed circuit board is ready, it is inspected before it [...]
Yes, you do meet this requirement, but it is not that simple. You can of course say, in a contract a client has written: "everyone who inspects my product must be IPC-A-610 certified". You can include: "anyone who solders to [...]
IPC has changed its terms and conditions. As from 1 January 2020 it will no longer be possible to get a temporary extension of your IPC certification. Re-certification can be done up to six months before the certification expires. Example: [...]
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 [...]
Fifteen years ago, IPC introduced the terms CIS and CIT. CIS stands for Certified IPC Specialist and CIT for Certified IPC Trainer. The abbreviations have become concepts within the electronics world. We have years of experience with these two certifications. [...]
IPC regularly researches companies in the electronic interconnect industry. Recent research among 549 companies reveals the following facts. 98% of SMEs in the electronic interconnect industry states that their employees are better able to understand IPC standards and apply them [...]
