Requirements for a room with SMT equipment

Talk to the sales person that sold the equipment. If it is new equipment talk to the manufacturer.

You will need electrical power and air. You will want the room to be clean and dust free. You will need to vent oven air to the outside. You will probably need air conditioning.

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Some requirements to consider are:

* Humidity and temperature controlled according to J-STD-001

* Electro-static discharge (ESD) control program according to ANSI/ESD-S-20.20.

* Soldering technicians are trained and certified according to J-STD-001

* Solder flux requirements adhere to J-STD-004.

* Solder paste purity requirements adhere to J-STD-005.

* Solder purity requirements adhere to J-STD-006.

* Requirement for cleanliness of assemblies is in accordance with J-STD-001.

* Moisture Sensitive Devices (MSDs) to be handled according to J-STD-033.

* Base board PCBs are specified according to IPC-A-600.

* Maintain operating procedures for setup and the proper operation of soldering equipment in accordance with J-STD-001.

* Use Statistical Process Control (SPC) to control soldering processes in accordance with J-STD-001.

* Inspect bottom terminated components to assure good process control in accordance with J-STD-001.

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Might i suggest reading the IPC-610-F (or any recent revision). Even if you are not going to build to it, you should get some idea of what your product should look like and some basic requirements.

A good experienced SMT Engineer sounds like a good 1st investment.

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One thing that most of the sites I've worked in did NOT have was a room dedicated to SMT and the result is almost always a potentially dirty environment, even if you try hard to keep it clean.

The one place I worked where they built a room specifically for SMT was always clean except for when we removed the blasted oven exhaust filters for maintenance.

HVAC dedicated to your room and designed to produce positive pressure as well as consistent temperature and humidity is a wonderful thing.

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Yeah, I think Stephen suggested the most efficient way. Or call the manufacturer's service hotline, they customer service will tell all the things you need.

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