IPC launches online training course, and is working on a machine data interface standard
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IPC has launched a new online training course, IPC Essentials, designed to enhance knowledge of IPC standards, the standards development process and how standards can be used on the factory floor. The course is now available on the organisation’s online learning platform, IPC EDGE, and was developed for new factory-floor personnel as well as operators seeking certified IPC specialist (CIS) status.
Through animation and live video footage, Stella, an animated factory operator, navigates students through a brief history of IPC, the electronics industry, and how standards are used in printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing from design concept to a finished product and steps in between. Students will also learn how IPC standards are developed, revised and documented, and how to get involved in the standards
development process. Knowledge checks throughout the two-hour course are provided so students can review materials within each course module, prior to the final test. Students receive a certificate of completion if they achieve a grade of 80% or more.
Progress on machine data interface standard
Representatives of industry’s leading manufacturers, machine, device, sensor and software companies that comprise IPC’s 2-17 Connected Factory Initiative Subcommittee have made significant strides in developing a machine data interface standard, called Connected Factory Exchange or CFX, that would enable manufacturers, equipment, device and software suppliers to achieve Industry 4.0 benefits.
The subcommittee’s charter states that the standard will support the goal of true ‘plug-and play interoperability’ of devices, systems and machines in the factory. The standard would provide for a baseline required transport mechanism to support plug-and-play, but also allow for optional transport methods. However, to achieve the goal of plug-and-play interoperability when one purchases a machine or system compliant with the standard, a baseline transport would be necessary.
The subcommittee plans to have the baseline foundation established in time for the IPC APEX EXPO in February 2017.
For more information visit www.ipc.org
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