Hi Peter,
The answer is: Not likely, maybe, yes.
Board shops are not likely to perform any tests on PCBs, unless so specified 
and included in the quotes.
There are 2 test methods, IST and HATS, both of which show degradation of the 
PCB reliability as the result of soldering processes. These tests are 
IPC-TM's, but they are not 'standardized' in terms of what the results mean as to 
reflow conditions.



Werner
Future workshops:
Reliability Issues with Lead-Free Soldering Processes, June 17, London
Interconnect Failures and Design for Reliability for PCB PTHs, June 17, 
London
Pb-Free Soldering Processes—Survival, Quality, Reliability, August 18, 
Orlando
Reliability Issues with Lead-Free Soldering Processes, September 22, 
Schaumburg
Failure Mode and Root Cause Analyses Reliability (Fatigue, Brittle Fracture, 
ENIG), September 22, Schaumburg



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