To All, I looked up the titles in the IPC fall catalog:- IPC-600E is Acceptability of Printed Boards IPC-A-610B is Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies Alan Shaw > ---------- > From: Ian Squires[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 1998, October 28, Wednesday 13:11 > Subject: Re: IPC - A - 600 > > John > Possibly you are refering to ANSI/IPC-A-610...not 600 > In our case (i'm UK like yourself) its an industry requirement...that is > to say, we, as an OEM who subcontract our PCB manufacture to CEM's must > specify an acceptance criteria for our product....contract doesn't cover > anywhere near the amount of info needed....so when the CEM cocks up (or > not) we have a written standard that both sides agreed to as an > arbitor.....our CEM's actually prefer this as it stops most debate as to > what is or isn't acceptable...they know their job and the requirements > expected of them...everyone wins! > I will try and dig out some information on our training provider and > costs, will send them of forum later. > > > Regards > Ian Squires > Senior Production Engineer > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Graseby Dynamics Ltd > A Smiths Industries Company > Park Avenue, Bushey, Watford, Herts, WD2 2BW > Web Site: www.gradyn.co.uk > Phone: 01923-228566 xt 295 > Fax: 01923-221361 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > Registered in England no. 480992 > Registered office: > 765 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8DS > ------------------------------------------------------- > ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################