<< Any one out there can spell out for me on MIL-2000 , as to what this standard is for , eg, whether it is for Product or for process or for product qualification etc. etc. ?? I'm really stuck with this, need your help. Thanks in anticipation Vishal Gupta >> Vishal, MIL-STD-2000 was a military standard used to define the requirements for high reliability military electronic assemblies. In essence, it was a "world" soldering standard for many years. It defined what a good and bad solder joint was, how many you could have, what needed to be inspected in an assembly process, how often, etc. It was very detailed and told you exactly what you needed to do. Appendix A of that document told you what you had to do in order to qualify a new manufacturing process. I use the past tense in this writing as MIL-STD-2000A was cancelled without replacement in June of 1995. It is still in force for many existing contracts throughout the world. A more recent alternative to that standard is ANSI J-STD-001. The B revision is now current, but the A revision had more information for the novice. All of that "how to" type of information was removed from the A revision into a Handbook that is presently being drafted. If you have military contracts, or commercial contracts requiring MIL-STD-2000 compliance, then you should be concerned about this specification. If you are going after new contracts, MIL-STD-2000 is obsolete and your time would be better spent on J-STD-001. The J-Standards are available through the IPC. Doug Pauls CSL [log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************