In cooperation with productronica 2021, IPC hosted a hand soldering competition on November 16-19. Skilled competitors — 21 hand soldering experts representing 14 electronics companies — demonstrated their expertise in hand soldering at the first-in-person trade show held in Germany since the onset of the COVID pandemic.

The first-ever IPC Hand Soldering World Championship and Rework Competition was recently held at IPC APEX Expo 2019 in San Diego, Calif. Contestants representing China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand participated in the event. Ryosuke Matsunami of Japan’s PWB Corp. took first place and won $1,000.

Automated stand-alone hot-bar system combines flux dispensing with hot-bar reflow soldering for applications where process automation, production output and product quality inspection are required. 

Sixteen competitors from around the world participated in the Hand Soldering World Championship. IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries hosted the event, in cooperation with productronica 2017, on November 17. 

SMT Hybrid Packaging 2017 will host IPC’s Hand Soldering Competition May 16-18 in Nuremberg, Germany.

Datapaq SelectivePaq uses four thermocouples to take measurements from the electronic assembly as it passes through the preheating and dip-soldering phases.

“PCB Troubleshooting,” a course by IPC – Association for Connecting Electronics Institute, will be held November 2 in conjunction with PCB Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.

Custom-designed ovens are tailored to meet the industrial heating requirements in a range of applications, including annealing, aging, drying, curing, soldering and stress-relieving. Most models also utilize the company’s high efficiency Folded and Formed heating elements.

Pillar Induction, Brookfield, Wis., is celebrating 50 years of business in 2016.

The SMT Hybrid Packaging international exhibition and conference held its first ever Rework Experience Competition to test participants’ skills in reworking a finished printed circuit board.