Characterization of Pb-Free Alloy Alternatives Initiative

Chair:  Greg Henshall (Hewlett-Packard)
Co-chair:  Stephen Tisdale (Intel Corporation)

Statement of Work and Project Statement (PDF files)

This new initiative is a follow-on to the Pb-Free Alloy Alternatives Project.  The project team is now working on characterization of Pb-free alloy alternatives, with two main thrusts:

• The first is to characterize the thermal fatigue and acceleration behavior of alternative alloys through accelerated thermal cycle testing. 
  
  
• The second is to develop a set of test data requirements that will allow OEMs and others to evaluate alloy properties against their requirements.

These requirements and recommended testing methods will be proposed to the IPC Solder Products Value Council to consider for standardization.

The Project team is well into planning discussions on the follow-on effort.  The list of possible activities has been narrowed to a handful, and the team is currently in the process of down selecting those judged to be of highest interest and value.  The team is meeting weekly to identify the elements and finalize the SOW.

Steps for joining the project
On June 15, 2009, the iNEMI Technical Committee approved the SOW and Project Statement, thus beginning the corporate sign-up period for this project.  The project will officially begin as soon as two iNEMI members sign the project statement. The period for becoming a founding member for this project will close on July 24, 2009.

      For iNEMI members:

• Complete and sign the project statement
• Fax the completed statement(s) to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org

      For non-members:

• Discuss annual membership fees with Jim McElroy in North America (jmcelroy@inemi.org), Haley Fu in Asia (haley.fu@inemi.org), or Grace O'Malley in Europe (gomalley@inemi.org)
• Complete the iNEMI membership documents. (Click here for the required forms.) http://www.inemi.org/cms/join/memag.html   
• Fax the completed documents to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org
  
• Complete and sign the project statement
• Fax the completed statements to +1 (703) 834-2735 or scan and email to infohelp@inemi.org

For further information, contact:
Jim Arnold
+1 480-854-0906
jim.arnold@rissastudios.com