SMT, PCB Electronics Industry News
  • SMTnet
  • »
  • Industry News
  • »
  • Electronics Assembly Standards IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Updated ‘F’ Revisions Cover More Advanced Technologies

Electronics Assembly Standards IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Updated ‘F’ Revisions Cover More Advanced Technologies

Sep 06, 2014

IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released the F revisions of two of the industry’s most widely used standards, IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies, and IPC-A-610, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies. The documents have been updated to include technical advances in solder on plastic surface mount (SMT) components, new criteria for P-style and solder-charged Butt/I SMT terminations, a change to void criteria for BGAs, and enhancements to the language within the documents to provide ease of use and clarity. New photos facilitate further understanding.

The revision process involved dedicated volunteers from electronics companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia. With the mantra, “in data we trust,” IPC committee members focused major changes in areas such as the shrinking sizes of plastic packages that affect solder touching component bodies.

Dispelling past concerns that solder could not touch plastic components for fear of future failure, Teresa Rowe, IPC director of assembly technology, said “We [committee] didn’t find significant occurrences of failures when solder touched the plastic bodies.”

Rowe explains that there was much discussion on this topic and expects that as research in this area continues, the committee will consider it in future revisions.

The chapter on conformal coatings also underwent significant changes. “We revised the way we look at conformal coatings, providing new information on coating thickness,” Rowe said. “We also looked at bubbles, voids and transparency, expanding our criterion for acceptance.”

The standards also cover Class 2 plated-through hole vertical solder fill requirements and Class 2 flux activity criteria.

Often used as companion documents, IPC J-STD-001F and IPC-A-610F each has a unique purpose. Whereas IPC J-STD-001 is a material and process requirements document and is critical for use during manufacturing, IPC-A-610 is a post-assembly acceptance standard.

Translations of the F revisions and training programs based on the revised standards will be released in the coming months. For more information on IPC J-STD-001F, visit www.ipc.org/001; for more information on IPC-A-610F, visit www.ipc.org/610 or contact Rowe at TeresaRowe@ipc.org or +1 847-597-2838.


IPC (www.IPC.org) is a global industry association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 3,500 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Washington, D.C.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore and New Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Beijing, China.

Jun 24, 2022 -

North American EMS Industry Up 9.4 Percent in May

Jun 24, 2022 -

IPC APEX EXPO 2023 Call for Participation Deadline Extended

Jun 24, 2022 -

IPC-1402, Standard for Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing Now Open for Public Review

Jun 24, 2022 -

Industry Groups Urge U.S. Congress to Fix Weaknesses in Electronics Supply Chain

Jun 16, 2022 -

Registration Open for 4th Annual M-EXPO Wire Processing Technology Expo

Jun 16, 2022 -

Higher Costs Continue to Dominate Electronics Industry Narrative

Jun 02, 2022 -

IPC Issues Call for Participation for IPC E-Textiles 2023

Jun 02, 2022 -

North American EMS Industry up 4.3 Percent in April

Jun 02, 2022 -

North American PCB Industry Sales Up 2.1 Percent in April

Jun 02, 2022 -

AirBorn Inc. Requalifies for IPC/WHMA-A-620 Qualified Manufacturers Listing

1289 more news from Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC) »

Jul 06, 2022 -

Offline PCBA Cleaning Machine HJS-7100,rosin flux, non-clean flux,water-soluble flux cleaning machine

Jul 05, 2022 -

Semiconductor Spray Cleaning Machine HJS-9700,Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning Machine HJS-9700

Jul 04, 2022 -

Pneumatic Stencil Cleaner HJS-9000II,dual chamber stencil cleaning machine

Jul 03, 2022 -

Electric Stencil Cleaner HJS-9500, SMT Electric Stencil Cleaner HJS-9500

Jul 01, 2022 -

Screen Cleaning Machine HJS-4600, SMT Screen Cleaning Machine HJS-4600

Jun 30, 2022 -

Electric Fixture Cleaning Machine HJS-6700, SMT pallet cleaning machine, soldering pallet cleaning machine

Jun 29, 2022 -

Waste Water Treatment Machine RWT-1000, SMT Waste Water Treatment Machine RWT-1000

Jun 28, 2022 -

Gen3's Dr Chris Hunt, CTO submits an insightful paper to the journal of Surface Mount Technology

Jun 28, 2022 -

Squeegee Cleaning Machine HJS-3700,SMT Squeegee Cleaning Machine HJS-3700

Jun 27, 2022 -

Solderstar Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

See electronics manufacturing industry news »

Electronics Assembly Standards IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Updated ‘F’ Revisions Cover More Advanced Technologies news release has been viewed 598 times

  • SMTnet
  • »
  • Industry News
  • »
  • Electronics Assembly Standards IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Updated ‘F’ Revisions Cover More Advanced Technologies
Inline Cleaning Machine Hydro-clean Array

MSD Dry Cabinets