Leading Provider of IPC certification, IPC training and solder training to IPC A 610, J STD 001, IPC A 600, IPC A 620 standards for PWA, PTH and SMT technologies. Rework including BGA to IPC 7711 and PCB repair to IPC 7721. Training and education in soldering, lead free, ESD, circuit repair and cable and wire harness assembly.
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Mark A. Pilkington
President
EPTAC Corporation
8025 South Willow Street
Manchester, NH 03103
Phone: 800.643.7822 http://www.eptac.com eptac@eptac.com
Robert Heckman Honored by the IPC for Fiber Optics Standard
Manchester, NH -- March 22, 2006 -- Robert Heckman of EPTAC Corporation was presented with the Distinguished Committee Service Award from the IPC for acting as Chairman for the development and release of the IPC standard IPC-8497-1 "Cleaning Methods and Contamination Assessment for Optical Assembly".
The standard describes the methods of inspecting and cleaning all optical interfaces so that interconnectivity integrity of the optical signal is maintained. The information provided focuses on techniques and methods to accomplish maximum quality of the interface and describes methods of contamination prevention.
Mr. Heckman served as Chair to the Committee to develop this standard from his extensive involvement in fiber optic cleaning and handling. "We are very please to have Bob as one of our Master IPC Instructors and we look forward to his further contribution to our training efforts." says Mark Pilkington, President of EPTAC Corporation. "Bob has continued the long standing tradition of EPTAC in actively participating in setting many standards in the electronics industry."
IPC-8497-1 has been released and is currently available in hard copy, CD-Rom, by Site or Global license through the IPC or EPTAC Corporation's product division, Planettraining.com.
EPTAC Corporation has been providing training, certification and consulting in the electronics assembly industry for almost 20 years. The firm specializes in the training, consulting and certification of personnel in the electronics assembly industry. EPTAC Corporation is currently the leading provider of certification to commercial standards such as IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-7711/7721, IPC-A-620 and IPC-A-600.
EPTAC clients range in size from startups to the likes of Solectron, Raytheon, Sanmina Corporation, Texas Instruments, Celestica and Lucent Technologies.
