IPC-A-610D - Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies -Proposed.pdf

ASSOCIATION CONNECTING
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES ®
IPC-A-610D
Acceptability of Electronic
Assemblies
2nd Proposed Standard for Ballot
IPC-A-610D
November 2004 A standard developed by IPC
Supersedes A-610C 3000 Lakeside Drive, Suite 309S, Bannockburn, IL 60015-1219
January 2000 Tel. Fax

The Principles of In May 1995 the IPC’s Technical Activities mittee adopted Principles of
Standardization Standardization as a guiding principle of IPC’s standardization efforts.
Standards Should: Standards Should Not:
• Show relationship to Design for Manufacturability • Inhibit innovation
(DFM) and Design for the Environment (DFE) • Increase time-to-market
• Minimize time to market • Keep people out
• Contain simple (simplified) language • Increase cycle time
• Just include spec information • Tell you how to make something
• Focus on end product performance • Contain anything that cannot
• Include a feedback system on use and be defended with data
problems for future improvement
Notice IPC Standards and Publications are designed to serve the public interest through eliminating mis-
understandings between manufacturers and purchasers, facilitating interchangeability and improve-
ment of products, and assisting the purchaser in selecting and obtaining with minimum delay the
proper product for his particular need. Existence of such Standards and Publications shall not in
any respect preclude any member or nonmember of IPC from manufacturing or selling products
not conforming to such Standards and Publication, nor shall the existence of such Standards and
Publications preclude their voluntary use by those other than IPC members, whether the standard
is to be used either domestically or internationally.
mended Standards and Publications are adopted by IPC without regard to whether their adop-
tion may involve patents on articles, materials, or processes. By such action, IPC does not assume
any liability to an