IPC/WHMA-A-620 Revision C

What’s Changed
What’s New
How can you participate?
Presented by
Donnie Hill
President, Precision
Mfg. Co., Inc.
WHMA Vice
Chairman
What Changed
When the final redlined document was
completed, 40% of the document had
changed between Revision B and
Revision C
IPC has a video course called
IPC/WHMA-A-620 Redline that details
all of the changes
$50.00 – IPC Member
$65.00 – Non-member
What Changed - Synergy
A dedicated synergy committee was
formed to align the three most used
standards in our industry:
IPC/WHMA-A-620
• Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and
Wire Harness Assemblies
IPC-A-610
• Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies
J-STD-001
• Requirements for Soldered Electrical and
Electronic Assemblies
What Changed - Synergy
For this revision, there was a conscious
effort to remove unintentional conflicts
between the three standards
What Changed – 620 Standard
Mirrored Accept & Defect Clauses
Where possible, the committee aligned the
Acceptable and Defect clauses
This eliminates any assumption that the
lack of defect criteria means the part is
acceptable and vice versa
What Changed – 620 Standard
More pictures to clearly define all
criteria
A dedicated Graphics Team has been
created to review pictures and present the
best / clearest to the committee for
inclusion into the standard
Expanded tables
Many tables were reviewed and refined to
convey more information in tabular form
What’s New
Section 1 – General
This entire opening section was re-
organized to be similar in style and content
to Section 1 in the upcoming revisions of
IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001
Part of the synergy project
What’s New
Section 2 – Applicable Documents
Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12
Inclusion of applicable documents from
additional organizations like IEC, NAS, EIA
and IEEE
What’s New
Section 4 – Soldered Terminations
New Table 4-1 : Solder Connection
Anomalies
• Summary of the various solder anomalies with
inspection criteria by Class went from bullet
points to tabular form
What’s New
Section 5 – Crimped Terminations
New Section 5.1.7 – Stamped and Formed
– Open Barrel – Individual Wire Seal
• Criteria for application of an individual wire seal
onto a terminated wire (Example Delphi’s
Weather Pack Seal)
New Section 5.5 – Shrink Sleeving – Wire
Support – Crimped Terminals
• Criteria for placement of heat shrink onto a
crimped terminal
What’s New
Section 9 – Connectorization
General update & re-organization of
Sections 1, 2 & 3 for greater clarity
What’s New
Section 17 – Finished Assembly
Installation
New Section 17.2.3 Safety Wiring
• Criteria for the installation of safety wire
New Section 17.2.4 Safety Cable
• Criteria for the installation of safety cables
What’s New
Section 17 – Finished Assembly
Installation
New Section 17.3.6 Raceways
• Criteria for the installation of bundles of wires
and cables into raceways
New Section 17.3.7 Grommets
• Criteria for the installation of bundles of wires
and cables thru grommets both when sealing is
required and not required.
What’s New
New Section 20 – High Voltage
Applications
This section in only applicable when
specified in drawings and/or thru the
procurement process
High Voltage is as defined by the customer
Provides unique criteria for high voltage
soldered connections
What’s New
Appendix A – Terms and Definitions
Added several new definitions
Expanded definition of Electrical Clearance
with a table defining distances based on
voltage.
What’s New
Appendix C – Guidelines for Soldering
Tools and Equipment
All new, included as part of synergy project
based on a similar section in J-STD-001
Why Participate?
In order for the standard to truly
represent our industry we need input
from wire harness manufacturers who
represent all three classes of
manufactured products
How to Participate - Adopt
Adopt the standard
Support the standard and WHMA’s efforts
by adopting the standard for use within
your company
Promote using the standard as a neutral
third party when interacting with your
customers
Become the “expert”, have someone within
your organization become certified to the
standard
How to Participate - Join
Join a committee
There are several committees associated
with the 620 standard :
• 7-31f IPC/WHMA-A-620 Task Group
• 7-31fs Space Electronics Assemblies
Addendum Task Group
• 7-31ft IPC/WHMA-A-620 Technical Training
Task Group (and a European Training Task
Group)
• 7-31h IPC/HDBK-620 Handbook Task Group
How to Participate - Join
Committee Meetings are typically held
twice a year
In San Diego in conjunction with APEX, in
February
In Chicago in conjunction with SMTA , in
October
This year, there will be a special 3 hour
meeting held during the Milwaukee Wire
Harness show
How to Participate - Submit
Help update the standard
In the back of the standard is a submittal
form to suggest additions or changes.
The form can be submitted by mail or
email to IPC directly – anyone can submit.
WHMA members can email either Bud
Bowen, Co-Chair (b.bowen@winchesterelectronics.com )
or Cathy Hanlin, Vice-Chair
(hanlincj@precmfgco.com) and they can submit for
you.
How to Participate - Submit
The committee may contact you for
further information
Submission does not necessarily mean
that the proposal will be accepted but
the committee will look at it, assign
someone to further research if needed,
discuss the pros and cons of the
submittal, and, as a group, vote to
accept or reject the submission