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Bob Neves of Microtek Laboratories China to Speak at IPC High Reliability Conference
August 17, 2018 | Microtek Laboratories ChinaEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Microtek Laboratories China's Bob Neves, chairman and CTO, will present a technical seminar entitled “Testing the Reliability of Automotive & Transportation PCBs” at the IPC Southeast Asia High Reliability Conferences. The conferences will be conducted at the Eastin Grand Hotel on the 29th of August in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and again at the Grand Fourwings Convention Hotel in Bangkok on the 31st of August. The High Reliability Conferences at each location are free of charge.
Microtek is a world leader in testing CCL base materials, PCBs and PCBAs for the automotive supply chain. Microtek’s commitment to automotive and transportation testing includes the use of 10 thermal shock chambers equipped for “Single Hole” or “Daisy Chain” reliability testing along with 28 humidity and HAST chambers, each equipped with 256 channels of CAF/ECM/SIR testing capability up to 2000VDC.
In addition, Microtek has installed a 13-zone, active-cooled, Heller reflow oven at its Changzhou, China facility to accomplish reflow preconditioning for test samples. The new reflow oven is also equipped to use an inert nitrogen environment for reflow that protects the soldermask and surface finish from degradation due to oxidation during reflow exposure.
About Microtek Laboratories China
Microtek Laboratories China is a leading third-party testing agency, serving the electronics and polymeric materials manufacturing industry world-wide. It is operated in accordance with the ISO/IEC17025: 2005 management system, accredited by CNAS, CMA, and many large OEMs. The lab provides testing and conformance verification to company, national & international standards for automotive, telecommunication, aerospace & aviation, electronic information products, polymeric products and other related industries and suppliers. It is a CQC licensed lab for "Non-metal materials" including printed circuit boards (PCB), copper-clad laminates (CCL) and plastics. The lab is also designated as the product service center for CPCA, an authorized training center for IPC-6012, IPC-A-610 & IPC-A-600, as well as a IPC Validation Services Qualified Test Laboratory for IPC-6012 and IPC-4101. In addition, Microtek Laboratories China has the capability of temperature and humidity calibration as recognized by CNAS.
For further information about Microtek Laboratories China, click here.
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