Happy New Year to all

Once again I have had a customer say " Oh this board is to be built
to IPC specifications (6012 - Class 3) so we don't need to do any
"group A" type testing"

My question is to the group - WHERE DOES THIS IDEA COME
FROM?????

We are trying very hard to have IPC documents accepted by everyone
including military - and this mentality is not helping.  I would really
like to understand where the idea inititiates that IPC board specs do
not require any testing.

The way I interpret 6012 - when a board manufacturer certifies that his
boards meet the requirements - that means all Conformance testing
has been performed and that the manufacturer has monthly tests
performed.  If not - then why even have the documents.

Susan Mansilla
Technical Director
Robisan Laboratory

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