Good Morning and Happy New Year. This is my 1st message to technet. Can you suggest a methodology/systematic approach to final inspection of populated PCBs? Do you check firstly for component orientations, placements or acceptability of the soldered joints? Is the drawings mapped out as to where to start the inspection (topside, bottomside, left/right hand side) Should there be 100% inspection or inspection to some type of sampling procedure? Does IPC have a recommended standard for this and where could I find the information? I would be interested to know what you use. Thanks in advance for any replies. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------