The Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC), has launched a certification for RoHS Lead-Free Electronics Assembly Process Capability Program that involves an audit of a facility’s processes and procedures to determine whether, if followed and applied consistently, the facility is capable of producing lead-free assemblies. Based on a 100-item questionnaire, the audit follows the assembly process and examines 12 areas, including repair and rework, test and inspection, materials declaration, and materials.
IPC notes that while certification does not guarantee that product will be lead-free, it is an excellent way to verify that your facility has procedures in place to produce lead-free product.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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