Southern Compliance Association News Bulletin


	EVENTS & BOOKS

	EVENTS The events listed below are a very small selection of upcoming events taken from our events database. This database can be freely searched by date for at least 12 months in advance at the SCA Website. World Recycling Forum • Shanghai ’07, Dates - Tuesday 13th - Friday 16th November, 2007 Venue - Hotel Shangri-La, Shanghai, China During the event, leading recycling experts from around the world - including manufacturers, collectors, processors, legislators and policy-makers - will meet to discuss: car electronics & battery manufacturers' recycling activities latest developments within the recycling industry best available technologies plants and processes collection and take-back programs the international market outlook legal and regulatory developments. More information can be found at: http://www.icm.ch/pdf/worldrecycling07_shanghai.pdf Design and Testing to Meet Global Automotive EMC Standards Dates - Tuesday 13th November 2007 Venue - Silverstone Technology Park, Northants, UK The seminar covers the design and testing of electronic circuits for applications in the automotive environment such as engine management units, telematics, body controls etc. and will appeal to electronic circuit designers, layout engineers, design managers and test engineers operating in the supply of design services and electronic products to the automotive vehicle makers and their suppliers. The seminar will also examine the vehicle EMC environment and how to optimise design choices of component selection and layout to maximise probability of passing EMC tests. Specific techniques for high field and ESD immunity required for the vehicle environment are covered, including the impact on power lines and data busses used in automotive applications. The final section of the seminar looks at the plethora of standards that exist in the world, which are the most difficult to meet, what the vehicle manufacturers own standards and test methods are and how the above techniques will help meet these test requirements. More information can be found at: http://www.3ctest.co.uk/UserFiles/Files/3C-Seminar-detail.pdf EMC China 2007 Dates - Wednesday 21st - Friday 23rd, November 2007 Venue - Shanghai, China This is the largest EMC & Safety exhibition in China. More information can be found at: www.emcexpo.com/siteengine.php?do=about_en IPC/JEDEC International Conference on Lead Free Electronics Dates - Monday 3rd - Wednesday 5th December , 2007 Venue - Austin, Texas, USA With the RoHS directive in place, the demand for advice and solutions is increasing dramatically. To give the electronics industry answers to the challenges of implementing lead-free processes, IPC and JEDEC are holding an International Lead-Free Conference, December 3–5, 2007 in Austin, TX. More information can be found at: http://www.pb-free.org/ IEEE EMC Society UKRI Chapter AGM Dates - Wednesday 12th December 2007. Venue - Kings College London Annual General Meeting and afternoon technical meeting. Location: Kings College London http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ Morning AGM, 10:30 - 12:00. Room 2BA and Afternoon Open Technical Meeting, content: TBA, 13:30 - 17:00. Room 2C Further details to follow shortly. The UKRI EMC Chapter website can be viewed at the UK IEEE site http://www.ieee.org.uk/emc.html

	BOOKS The small selection of recently published books below can be purchased directly from this page or the Product Compliance Book Store, where more detailed descriptions can be seen.
		Lead Free Electronics The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) announced publication of Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing. The book is based on the results of iNEMI’s more than six-year study into lead-free electronics, and it provides full coverage of the issues surrounding the implementation of Pb-free solder into electronic board assembly. The movement to lead-free electronic assembly represented one of the greatest challenges ever to the electronics industry. For well over 50 years, eutectic tin-lead (SnPb) solder has been studied, categorized and optimized for electronics manufacturing applications. In a few short years, Pb-free solder assembly had to be put into wide-scale production, disrupting the status quo. “The iNEMI book is the first practical, primary reference to cover lead-free solder assembly as well as the analysis and reasoning behind the selection of tin-silver-copper as the recommended lead-free solder,” said Jim McElroy, iNEMI CEO. “Data from several large reliability studies, including rework on standard and large boards, demonstrated the manufacturability of the recommended solder. This book is a 'must read' for assembly professionals.” Lead-Free Electronics: iNEMI Projects Lead to Successful Manufacturing features chapters by some of the industry’s leading experts on Pb-free processing and covers such topics as solder material properties, reliability testing, lead-free rework, tin whisker mitigation strategies and more. “This book is the result of the commitment and dedication of many iNEMI members,” said McElroy. “It represents contributions from several hundred researchers at more than 100 companies, universities and government agencies. Hardcover, 472 pages CLICK HERE for more details

	PRICE £52.95


		Improving Product Reliability If product reliability is falling short of customer expectations and warranty costs are out of control then changes are needed to the reliability process. Practical and easy to understand, Improving Product Reliability offers invaluable advice to designers, engineers, managers and CEOs who wish to develop better products but are unsure of what to do and how to go about it. This book presents a time-tested reliability process which has been refined over the years and can be readily transferable to any organization. Incorporating the whole product development and product life cycle process, this book: * explains why product reliability is a requirement for competing in the 21st century * covers reliability concepts and how to develop a practical reliability toolbox for your business * addresses why businesses are unsuccessful at improving product reliability and a strategy for implementation based on company size * describes a three step process for successful implementation of a reliability program * provides guidance in selecting and hiring: consultants, reliability engineers and establishing a reliability lab * presents tutorials to promote a deeper understanding of the more complex concepts This book can be understood and applied by designers, engineers, business managers, consultants and product development teams who must develop reliable products. Anyone involved in this work will appreciate the time-saving, cost-effective, and result oriented techniques described. Hardcover, 342 pages CLICK HERE for more details

	PRICE £80.00


		Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety A practical guide to identifying hazards using common hazard analysis techniques Many different hazard analysis techniques have been developed over the past forty years. However, there is only a handful of techniques that safety analysts actually apply in their daily work. Written by a former president of the System Safety Society and winner of the Boeing Achievement and Apollo Awards for his safety analysis work, Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety explains, in detail, how to perform the most commonly used hazard analysis techniques employed by the system safety engineering discipline. Focusing on the twenty-two most commonly used hazard analysis methodologies in the system safety discipline, author Clifton Ericson outlines the three components that comprise a hazard and describes how to use these components to recognize a hazard during analysis. He then examines each technique in sufficient detail and with numerous illustrations and examples, to enable the reader to easily understand and perform the analysis. Written to be accessible to readers with a minimal amount of technical background, Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety gathers, for the first time in one source, the techniques that safety analysts actually apply in daily practice. Both new and seasoned analysts will find this book an invaluable resource for designing and constructing safe systems-- in short, for saving lives. Hardcover, 528 pages CLICK HERE for more details

	PRICE £50.50