Quality-assessed printed wiring

Quality-assessed printed wiring

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remove the offending product from the stand or force the exhibitor to display a notice stating that it is not to be sold in Germany-not a very good sales point, even if the product was not primarily intended for the German market I Two THE engineers who know the German Equipment Safety Law inside out will be on hand to advise sponsoring UK exhibitors about its implications on their products and help them avoid the pitfalls that some companies have fallen into at previous exhibitions.

New Journals

received

by the Editor:

Engineering

Vuoto (in Italian, the official organ

(BOC

Physics

(in Russian),

Vol 30, No 5 (1976).

but with two papers in English), of the Italian Vacuum Society.

Le Vide (in French), organ of the French group

La Termotecnica

No 181 Vacuum

(January-February Society.

newspaper),

(in Italian),

Vol8,

No 119,

April

the official

(1976).

Vol 30, No 4 (1976).

Union for Vacuum Science, Technique (IUVSTA), New Bulletin, No 57.

Cape

(a publication

Review

No 4 (1975),

1976),

International Applications

by Cape

Industries),

and

Spring

(1976).

Prace Okodka Badawczo-Rozwojowego Elektroniki Prdzniowej (in Polish), Results of activities at the Vacuum-Electronics Research Centre, Unitra Obrep (Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Technizce Rok 4, No 7, Warsaw, 1976).

New catalogues manufacturers ‘Pro-file’

(Pye

and other

Unicam/Philips

data from

Analytical

GEC Machines Ltd, publication concerning IEA-Electrex Exhibition, 3-7 May 1976. Vacuum

Circle

number

Technology

Instruments) GEC stand

at

Reference standards and designers

Standards Institution Enquiry Service card

Quality-assessed

for clean

printed

wiring

Detail specifications for printed circuits using various base materials, with holes either plated through or not, are in preparation. However, this standard provides general rules for drafting detail specifications by BSI Technical Committees or by component manufacturers. Although printed circuit boards are made in considerable quantities there are numerous variations in patterns with the consequent tendency to purchase only small quantities of any particular pattern. This calls for different approval procedures from those applied to most components dealt with in the BS 9000 series BS 9760 specifies tests and procedures for visual, electrical, mechanical and environmental conditions. British Standards Institution Circle number 50 on Reader Enquiry Service card

managers

Part 2 Guide to the construction and installation of clean rooms, work stations and clean air devices offers advice on the selection of the various classes of clean room, pointing out that in some cases it may be more cost effective to use unidirectional flow clean work cabinets within an existing or planned clean room of a lower class rather than to build a clean room to the higher standard. General requirements for construction and fitting out are outlined, including information on layout, entryways, lighting, windows, ventillation work benches, contained work stations, fire precautions, services, vacuum cleaning equipment, furniture and anterooms. Part 3 Guide to operational procedures to clean rooms, work stations and clean procedures necessary to ensure that the environmental cleanliness are achieved clean room is in operation.

by Balzers.

Just published by BSI, BS 9760 Printed wiring of assessed quality is the generic specification for printed wiring in the 9000 series of standards for electronic parts of assessed quality.

room

BS 5295 Environmental cleanliness in enclosed spaces is published in 3 parts by the British Standards Institution. Part 1 Specification for controlled environment clean rooms, work stations and clean air devices sets out in detail, the requirements to which clean rooms, work stations and clean air devices are to conform in order to be certain of achieving the necessary standard of cleanliness. Methods of test and of monitoring to demonstrate these levels are given, together with details of procedures and methods of working which will enable the levels to be maintained.

Circle

304

British 49 on the Reader

literature

Journalof

Pennant

THE is a service of the British Standards Institution and was set up in 1966 to help UK manufacturers understand the tangle of overseas technical requirements which threaten the innocent exporter. Manned by a team of specialist engineers, THE has technical data at its fingertips that would cost a company a good deal of time and money to research for itself.

NDT centre

products

number

new

and disciplines applicable air devices deals with specified levels of and maintained while the

British 51 on Reader

Standards Institution Enquiry Service card

literature

Two new publications have been produced by the Nondestructive Testing Centre at Harwell. They will be of considerable interest to managers and engineers concerned quality assurance and inspection. . The one is a brochure, reviewing Centre and some of its interactions

the 10 year history with industry.

with

of the

The other is an information pack, which describes the aims and objectives of the Centre and the services it offers. It incorporates 4 leaflets, each dealing with one distinct area of the Centre’s activity. The leaflets cover ‘Contract Research’, ‘Systems Design ‘Advanced Applications’ and ‘Information Services’. The NDT Centre was established at Harwell in 1967 as a ‘national centre’. It aims, with the support and encouragement of the Mechanical Engineering and Machine Tools Requirements Board (MEMTRB) to promote the wider use of NDT techniques throughout industry as an aid to improved quality assurance.