EN120 Equipment Soldering and ESD Procedures
EXPLANATORY NOTES
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Soldering
Codan Communications follows industry guidelines for electronic assembly manufacture and trains all employees
engaged in hand soldering, inspection and testing, rework and repair of our product line to meet the requirements
of Codan acceptable manufacturing procedures.
Codan Communications requires all printed circuit assemblies manufatured or sold by Codan to meet IPC-A-610,
Class 2 (Acceptability for Electronic Assemblies) acceptance criteria. IPC (Association Connecting Electronics
Industries) standards and publications have been developed by representatives of the electronics manufacturing
industry and are designed to serve the public interest through eliminating misunderstandings between manufacturers
and customers. IPC-A-610, Class 2 (Dedicated Service Electronic Components) includes communications
equipment where high performance and extended life is required and for which uninterrupted service is desired.
By training our employees to meet these high quality soldering, ESD, and general workmanship standards, Codan
ensures product reliability, eliminates the causes of defective soldering joints, and minimizes our production and
servicing costs.
Certifi cation in Codan hand soldering and rework program is required by all employees engaged in those aspects of
product manufacture. Individual workmanship is reviewed on an ongoing basis, and re-certifi cation may be required
at any time. This soldering course is approximately one week in length and requires exceptional performance from
the trainees to pass.
ESD
Static Electricity can damage electronic equipment, causing it to stop functioning immediately, or degrading it,
leading to breakdown later. Codan Communications policy requires that all employees use ESD safe practices
when handling electronic components, and all employees attend ESD training of the acceptable procedures for
handling of products in various stages of assembly at Codan.
Static sensitive parts are handled in ESD safe areas by employees grounded with wrist and/or two heel straps and
employees working at workstations wear grounded wrist straps at all times. Codan also requires that all production/
design and development personnel test their wrist straps and/or heel/foot straps at the start of every workday.
All ESD safe areas within the company use ESD safe workstations and static dissipative fl ooring. All workstations in
the factory have a dissipative hard laminate surface and a common point ground where all conductive components
of the workstation are connected. ESD hazards such as plastic cups, pens, bags, and other similar static generating
items are kept well away from static sensitive devices. Transferring of ESD sensitive components to or from
diff erent areas of the company is conducted in ESD safe bags, tote boxes or carts.
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