SMART Group provides all types of training medium to assist the electronics industry and to support its regular seminars and workshops.

In these difficult times the use of traditional and multimedia methods are essential to ensure engineers are trained to an acceptable standard. The Group is always keen to receive feedback from industry and the resultant range of training products has received wide acclaim. As well as a packed diary of public seminars and workshops, SMART Group also offers in-house training at on site facilities.

SMART Group is therefore delighted to release three new training products: two CD-ROMs and a Poster Guide. All cover Conformal Coating.

Conformal Coating Inspection and Defect Guide Price £99 plus VAT

The CD-ROM provides a simple guide to the use of coatings, their application and process, product benefits, inspection and quality control. A practical defect guide session will also allow delegates to examine coated boards using different materials and inspect the coating application. A unique feature of the CD is a number of engineers answering questions on coating processes, process defects and quality control in manufacture.

Conformal Coating Inspection and Defect Guide Posters Price £45 plus VAT

A separate 24 page colour poster guide is available. The photographic guide is ideal as a reference source for operators, inspection and training departments and is provided as an Acrobat pdf file. The individual sheets can be printed as A4 for bench top reference or as A3 colour posters for reference in manufacture. Alternatively they can be viewed on a PC with each page featuring three images illustrating points to examine or steps in the inspection process. Currently the guide features over 20 individual pages for on site printing and display.

Conformal Coating Photo Album Price £99 plus VAT

A photo CD-ROM album featuring over 290 colour images available to allow engineers to create their own training material, PowerPoint files, process documents and standards. The photo CD covers many defects listed and is one of over 15 of CD-ROMs available. The photographs can also be used in marketing and advertising material or in technical articles provided the source is credited. They can be simply pasted into any Word or PowerPoint document for in-house company use. Photographs are provided in either Tiff or jpg file format. The images are not all one resolution but a mixture of high and low resolution.

Attached is a complete listing of SMART Group Training Products, including Package on Package (PoP) Inspection & Process Defects Wall Charts, together with some images that the press may find useful to illustrate this release.

For more information contact: Tony Gordon, SMART Group Secretary, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   Tel: +44(0)1494 465217