Materials Declaration
IPC-175x family of standards establishes a standard reporting format for material declaration data exchange between supply chain participants. IPC-1751A has the responsibility for developing the format and XML characteristics for various electronic product domains. This includes material, laminate, printed board and assembly declaration profiles. IPC-1751A defines the generic requirements for declaration process management. IPC-1752A supports reporting of bulk materials, components, printed circuit boards (PCBs), sub-assemblies, and products.
IPC-1752A Materials Declaration Management provides an improved standard for companies in the supply chain to share information on materials in products. IPC-1752A supports reporting multiple parts, reorganization and simplification of the reporting levels and relying on third parties to provide tools instead of the 2-18b standards Committee developing tools. IPC-1752A also moves the lists of substances out of the standard and into informative annexes to improve the ease of updating data exchange tools without needing to change the standard. These lists can be found on the 2-18b Committee page along with a presentation and two-page document thoroughly explaining the changes.
IPC-1752A is not be supported directly with a PDF form. Third party software developers are invited to supply the implementation tool, and one organization has already made a free download implementation tool available. A list of solution providers that have developed solutions for IPC-1752A is available on the 2-18b Committee page. This list is purely for informational purposes. The old forms are out-of-date.
IPC does not support the use of the old PDF forms because they are out of date and are not compatible with the new revision of the standard. By making the forms readily available the transition will only be further delayed. We understand that making the transition to version A of IPC-1752 is not easily done and takes time. For this reason, we will make the old forms available to those that request them. Please contact Stephanie Castorina at +1 703-522-0317 if the old forms are absolutely necessary.
The IPC-175x documents are free for download.
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