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SMART Group - A Special & Significant Lead-Free
Seminar
Plus 'Question Time' & Table-Top Exhibition
Tuesday November 1st Wycombe Football Club Conference
On November 1st SMART Group organised a special lead-free seminar featuring eight top class speakers who agreed to give short presentations on their specialist topic and then to participate in nearly 2 hours of debate in two 'Question Time' sessions. The attendance for this significant event was an unprecedented 218 delegates and 20 exhibitors.
The day opened with a legislation update from Steven Andrews, DTI. This was followed by the 'enforcers', National Weights & Measures Laboratory, who put 'their heads above the parapet' with Chris Smith giving an overview of their enforcement approach. Ron Lasky, Senior Technologist from Indium USA reviewed and compared techniques for demonstrating RoHS compliance in an electronics product. A practical example of how a contract manufacturer is implementing RoHS was presented by Nick Mair from JJS Electronics.
Equipment manufacturer Speedline Technologies provided the second USA speaker with Joe Belmonte advising on the latest wave, reflow & screen printing technologies. AFDEC Council member and Farnell's Head of Product Market Strategy, Gary Nevison, represented the component industry with 'RoHS & WEEE - Impact on Distribution'. Martin Morrell from Circatex updated on printed circuit board technology and advised on how to provide a rapid implementation for RoHS compliance.
Finally Dr. Chris Hunt from National Physical Laboratory updated the audience on the reliability work that has been carried out over recent years, much of this being DTI funded.
The response during the day and since has been complimentary, urging the SMART Group to repeat & update the event for its 8th Annual Lead-Free event in February.
A copy of all the presentation are available to download in the Members Area of the web site.
Exhibitors involved in the table top exhibition included:
A&D Automation
Almit Technology
Altus Group
APP Ltd
Astro Technologies
Chiltern Connections
Circatex
Dage X-Ray Systems
DKL Metals
Fraser Cleaning Technologies
Henkel Technologies
Heraeus Materials
Indium Corporation Europe
Parkheath
Process Support Products
Reed Exhibition Companies
Rohm GmbH
Senju
Solder Connection
Soldertec
