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ECA Soldering Technology Committee Meeting

AGENDA

Soldering Technology Committee October 7, 2003
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

1 Introductions and Roster Modifications

2 April Meeting Minutes Approval

3 Old Business

3.1 Review/status of ANSI J/STD-001-C

ANSI J/STD-001-C was published March 2000. New revision activity kicked off in New Orleans last November. A working draft is being prepared for ballot/comments. Status of working draft for review by the STC will be discussed.

4 New Business

4.1 Review of ANSI J/STD-002-B

4.1.1 J-STD-002B Status

Dave Hillman reported that the IPC 5-23b committee has voted to begin work on the J-STD-002C revision effort. The 3 areas of focus for the revision are review/dispostion of J-STD-002B comments, Pb-free solderability parameters, and validity of the wetting balance test method. The committee will discuss status of this DOE activity and plans for work. Inclusion of Pb-free solders/parameters a key area for the team to address.

The wetting balance test method is currently listed in ANSI/J-STD-002 under the section "Tests without Established Accept/Reject Criterion". Input from Dave Hillman was that the IPC committee discussed the options of either validating or removing the wetting balance method as an accepted method. Bill Russell will briefly review the STC historical data and position on wetting balance test.

4.2 Consolidation of Mil 883/2003 and Mil 750/2026

JEDEC JC-13 is balloting a proposal for consolidation of Mil 883/2003 and Mil 750/2026 into 1 specification that references J-STD-002. JEDEC JC-13 is balloting a proposal for this consolidation now that J-STD-002B has been published. The JEDEC JC-13 committee will review the ballot status at the upcoming JEDEC JC-13 meeting in May in Colorado Springs.

4.3 Possible replacements for steam pre-conditioning

Committee members have agreed that an area for future work is the replacement of steam pre-conditioning. Investigation of industry data and other pre-condition methods in use will be needed. Mr. Hillman has indicated that he will support this activity.

5 Next Meeting

6 Adjournment

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