SMCBA conference at Electronex

A one-day seminar on designing for manufacture, a course on EMI control and a review of PCB technologies are among the events at the Surface Mount 2010 conference that is being held in conjunction with Electronex in Sydney.

The new electronics industry expo is a dedicated trade show organised by Australasian Exhibitions and Events (AEE) and the Surface Mount and Circuit Board Association (SMCBA). The event is from 7-9 September at the Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney.

This first Electronex will be open to all sections of the electronics industry. Key buyers and decision-makers will have the opportunity to see an extensive range of products, services and solutions in a face-to-face business environment.

The conference will provide an opportunity for engineers, designers, quality engineers and inspectors, production managers, supervisors and other key operational staff to access the latest information on electronic design and manufacturing from international speakers.

The keynote presenters are Martin Cotton, director of technology, Sanmina-SCI in Britain; Rick Hartley, senior principal engineer at L-3 Communication, Avionics Systems in the US; and Neil Douglas from New Zealand, who has 22 years’ experience in manufacturing involving SMT. Topics on several issues including SPC, DFM, signal integrity for high-speed circuits, EMI control through grounding and PCN design and ESD control will be covered.

An IPC-ESD certification course will be held and the first IPC-A-610 certification course in Australia, based on the new revision E of the standard, will be presented by the SMCBA’s master IPC trainer, Terry Clitheroe.

Cotton will give a one-day seminar on PCB design technologies on Tuesday, while the subject of statistical process control will be covered in an all-day workshop by Douglas. Day one of a three-day IPC certification training program also begins on Tuesday.

The following day, Cotton will hold an all-day seminar on design for manufacturing and Hartley will hold a one-day course on signal integrity in high-speed circuits.

On Thursday, Hartley continues his EMI theme, this time talking about control through grounding and PCB design. Douglas will take delegates through a half-day workshop on SMT; ESD control program with IPC certification is also running on this day along with part three of the acceptability of electronic assembly training course.

The IPC standard on electronic assembly acceptability, the most widely used standard internationally, the A-610, has just been released as the new revision E and accordingly the training materials for the IPC courses have been revised. Clitheroe will deliver the first 610 course to be conducted to revision E.

All enquiries about Electronex to Anthony Doran, ph: (03) 9676 2133 or email: adoran@auexhibitions.com.au and all enquires about the conference should go to Andrew Pollock, ph: (03) 9568 0599 or email: pollock@smcba.asn.au.