‘Lead Free Initiative for Electronic Assembly: What the Designer Needs to Know’

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | Hunter Technology

Hunter Technology in Partnership with the IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries is please to announce an upcoming Industry Event ‘Lead Free Initiative for Electronic Assembly: What the Designer Needs to Know’  in Santa Clara, California on May 5th and 6th 2005. 

Topic:  ‘Lead Free Initiative for Electronic Assembly: What the Designer Needs to Know’

Location:  Hunter Technology Corporation   2921 Corvin Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95051

Contact:   (408) 245-5400           www.hunterpcb.com

Who Will Benefit:         Anyone designing printed boards, packaging and reliability engineers, assembly process or manufacturing engineers.

Date: May 5th and 6th 2005

The “Lead Free Initiative for Electronic Assembly: What Designers Need to Know” workshop will provide an awareness of the lead free changes taking place. The discussions will address the increasingly sophisticated PCB fabrication technologies and how they will incorporate the lead free materials and performance requirements. Challenges include managing the interconnection of both through hole and surface mount at the bare board level. The tolerance characteristics that make sense using the capabilities of today's manufacturing equipment will also be discussed. Attendees will have a unique opportunity to obtain first-hand information on design issues that impact lead free manufacturability.

Designing printed boards today is more difficult than ever before because of lead free in manufacturing. Not only has the density of the electronic assembly increased, but there are also many changes taking place throughout the entire supply chain regarding the use of hazardous materials and the requirements for recycling. Much of the change is due to the European Union (EU) Directives regarding these issues. Those RoHS directives have caused many suppliers to the industry to rethink their materials and processes. Thus, everyone designing or producing electronics will be affected.

Discussion Leaders:  Dieter Bergman, IPC's director of technology transfer, will conduct the workshop with selected staff from Hunter serving as discussion leaders. Dieter has instructed PCB designers for more than two decades and was instrumental in the development of IPC-2221 and many other IPC design standards.