Call for Supplier Participation in Manual Soldering Iron Round Robin Testing IPC Task Group 5-22c (Manual Soldering Task Group) will be conducting a Round Robin on proposed Test Methods 2.5.33 series (Measurement of Electrical Overstress from Soldering Hand Tools) in support of ANSI/J-STD-001. The round robin will be conducted at the EMPF <website - http://empf.arl.psu.edu/ > Indianapolis Indiana, on July 28th with July 29th scheduled as an additional day if needed. July 27th has been designated as a day for equipment set-up and for suppliers to evaluate and test the as-received condition of supplied equipment. As of May 15th the following soldering equipment suppliers have agreed to supply equipment for the round robin: Hexacon Electric Company OK International PACE Incorporated Other interested suppliers are invited to participate by supplying equipment and to participate in the test method evaluation. Copies of the Test Methods and Round Robin test plan are available from Jack Crawford <[log in to unmask]> (847) 509-9700 x-393. Interested parties needing additional information should call Jack or Task Group chairman Dave Robertson <[log in to unmask]> (908) 245-6200. Registered suppliers providing equipment need to ship their items to arrive at the EMPF between July 15 - July 24. Ship all equipment to: Mr. Jon Wiener (317) 655-3673 x-106 Attn: IPC Round Robin EMPF 714 N. Senate Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46202-3112 Jack Crawford, IPC Project Manger - Assembly 2215 Sanders Road, Northbrook IL 60062-6135 [log in to unmask] http://www.ipc.org 847-509-9700 x 393 fax 847-509-9798 ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################