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At the April meeting of the IPC TG responsible for IPC-SM-817 "General Requirements
for Dielectric Surface Mounting Adhesives" there was general discussion as to
applicability of the document.  Currently J-STD-001B makes reference to it as "meets
SM-817".  Two of the major US suppliers at the meeting (Loctite and Ciba) indicated
that they are generally not asked to provide certification of their products to
SM-817.  The task group decided to send an informal survey to industry with the
questions below.

Based on the feedback the following potential actions are anticipated:
-SM-817 will be retired
-SM-817 will be changed to guideline document
-SM-817 will be updated as little as possible and reissued

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Question for SUPPLIERS of adhesive material used in surface mount assembly processes:
 Do you certify your product(s) to IPC-SM-817 or would you if requested by your
customer?
 [  ]  Do not certify to IPC-SM-817
 [  ]  Certify or use document, leave unchanged
 [  ]  Certify or use document and would like to revise/add the following test
methods (provide suggestions):


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Question for USERS of adhesive material used in surface mount assembly processes:
Do/Are you:

 [  ]  Use IPC-SM-817 and Assume that vendor certifies
 [  ]  Use IPC-SM-817 and ask for certification
 [  ]  Aware of IPC-SM-817 but don't use. (Please share your reason:     )
 [  ]  Don't use and do not plan on using
 [  ]  Don't  use as a standard, it would be more value to me if the document was
changed to "guideline".

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I join task group chair Larry Crane, Loctite, in thanking you for taking just a few
seconds to respond to this survey. PLEASE CHECK YOUR "To:" FIELD AND REPLY ONLY TO
[log in to unmask] OFFNET. Please do not reply to the Forums.  THANKS!!

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