DesignfortheEnvironmentPrintedWiringBoardProject-IPC.ppt

Design for the EnvironmentPrinted Wiring Board Project Presentation of the Surface Finishes Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment (CTSA) Results Acknowledgments This seminar presents the results of the Surface Finishes Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment (CTSA), written by Jack Geibig, Mary Swanson, and Rupy Sawhney of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies. Valuable contributions to the project were provided by the project’s Core Group members not already mentioned above, including: Kathy Hart, EPA Project Lead and Core Group Co-Chair; Holly Evans and Christopher Rhodes, formerly of IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries, Core Group Co-Chairs; Dipti Singh, EPA Technical Lead and Technical Workgroup Co-Chair; John Sharp, Teradyne Inc., Technical Workgroup Co-Chair; Michael Kerr, BHE Environmental Inc., Communication Workgroup Co-Chair; Gary Roper, Substrate Technologies Inc.; Greg Pitts, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation; and Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. We would like to acknowledge Ron Iman (505/856-6500) of Southwest Technology Consultants and Terry Munson of Contamination Studies Laboratory (CSL) for their work in planning and analyzing the results of the performance demonstration. Acknowledgment is also given to the suppliers of the technologies evaluated in the CTSA, including Alpha Metals; Dexter Electronic Materials; Electrochemicals, Inc.; Florida CirTech; MacDermid, Inc.; and Technic, Inc., who, in addition to supplying the various technologies, contributed significant technical input for the performance demonstration. Recognition is also given to ADI/Isola, who supplied the materials for the performance demonstration, to Network Circuits, for volunteering their services to build and test the boards, and to the sixteen test facilities. We would also like to express appreciation to Andrea Blaschka, Susan Dillman, Conrad Flessner, Franklyn Hall, Su