Episode 99: A Conversation about the IPC Cleanliness Standard & How to Comply with Graham Naisbitt

Today, we're going to talk about cleanliness testing of post-reflowed circuit assemblies. In late 2018, IPC shocked the electronic assembly community by introducing an amendment to section 8 of the J-STD-001G. This amendment radically changed the way industry determines cleanliness. Now, assemblers must prove their assemblies are clean enough not to experience electro-chemical migration events which would cause the assembly to fail. This new process of obtaining objective evidence has been met with a considerable degree of confusion. To help clear up the confusion, I invited Graham Naisbitt to be my guest. Graham is an IEC 1906 Lord Kelvin Award Winner, IEC TC91 WG2, 3 and 10 Maintenance Leader of 4 Standards. Graham is Vice-Chair of the IPC 5-30 Cleaning and Coating Sub-Committee which oversees 15 IPC Standards Development Committees and recipient of 14 IPC Standards Awards. Graham is also a British Standards Institution EPL-501 Member.Graham is a specialist in Surface Insulation Resistance Testing, Ionic Contamination Control, Solderability, Conformal Coating materials and application systems, Cleaning, Inspection and Test. Graham's Webinar:"Predicting Reliability in Electronics" with experts Graham Naisbitt and Chris Hunthttps://iconnect007.com/index.php?cID=854Graham's Book:"The Printed Circuit Assembler's Guide to Process Validation"https://iconnect007.com/my-i-connect007/books/process-validation/Graham's Contact Info:graham.naisbitt@gen3systems.comBe part of our Reliability Matters 100th episode. You can watch it here on this channel on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnA_7G-GRA Or, watch on LinkedIn using the following link:https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6916632834543681536/

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Reliability Matters is a podcast on the subject of reliability of circuit assemblies. Reliability "best practices" and success stories are discussed. This podcast features interviews with experts in the electronic assembly industry.All electronic production segments which effect product reliability are on the table. This includes contamination, coating, cleanliness assessment, inspection, building for harsh environments, reflow, printing, failure analysis, board fabrication, and much more.Your Host:Mike Konrad began his career in the electronic assembly equipment industry in 1985. Mike founded Aqueous Technologies in 1992 in response to the Montreal Protocol and the resulting international treaty banning most popular cleaning/defluxing solvents. Mike is an internationally known speaker on the subject of increasing reliability through contamination removal and cleanliness quantification techniques and procedures. Mike was awarded “Distinguish Speaker Status” with SMTA in 2018 and received the “Rich Freiberger Best of Conference Award” in 2019.Mike is a member of the SMTA Global Board of Directors where he is Vice President of Communications. Mike is also Vice President of Technical Programs for the Los Angeles / Orange County SMTA Chapter.Visit the Reliability Matters Podcast Website:https://www.reliabilitymatterspodcast.com