Leaders in Wire Harness & Custom Cable Manufacturing
Leaders in Wire Harness & Custom Cable Manufacturing
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IPC/WHMA-A-620, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies, now at Revision A published July 2006, is the first industry consensus standard for cable and wire harness fabrication and installation. Classes of products are defined and include criteria for Target, Acceptable, Process Indicator and Defect conditions to support the collection of visual quality acceptability requirements for each class. These criteria are supported by 599 full-color reference illustrations.
Revision A, developed during a four-year process by members from user and supplier companies, represents a consensus among industry leaders. The IPC Wire Harness Acceptability Task Group of the Product Assurance Committee and the Wire Harness Manufacturers’ Association Industry Technical Guidelines Committee prepared this standard. IPC/WHMA-A-620 describes acceptability criteria for crimped, mechanically secured and soldered interconnection and the corresponding lacing/restraining criteria associated with cable and harness assemblies. IPC/WHMA-A-620 is industry standard acceptability criteria for crimped, mechanically secured, and soldered interconnection and corresponding lacing/restraining criteria for cable and harness assemblies.
A manufacturer of a UL certified product must demonstrate compliance with the appropriate safety requirements, many of which are developed by UL. A manufacturer must also demonstrate that it has a program in place to ensure that each copy of the product complies with the appropriate requirements. UL conducts periodic, unannounced follow-up inspections at manufacturers’ locations to check ongoing compliance. If a product design is modified, a representative example may need to be retested before a UL Mark can be attached to the new product or its packaging. Inside Track Cabling is fully certified to use the Underwriters Laboratories approved logo on our products.
Established in 1919, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is a leader in safety standards testing. The CSA is a division of the CSA Group. Its mark appears on millions of products sold annually. It is required by law for many products sold within Canada, and the mark tells consumers that the product meets or exceeds CSA’s standards for safety and performance. CSA develops product safety and performance standards including those for electrical and electronic equipment, industrial equipment, compressed gas handling appliances, environmental protection, and construction materials. CSA is composed of representatives from industry.
RoHS is becoming industry standard. Inside Track Cabling is implementing RoHS policies and procedures to fulfill our individual customer requirement. RoHS, also known as Lead-Free, stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances. RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of six hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products. All applicable products in the EU market after July 1, 2006 must pass RoHS compliance. RoHS impacts the entire electronics industry. The substances banned under RoHS are lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (CrVI), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). The restricted materials are hazardous to the environment and pollute landfills, and are dangerous in terms of occupational exposure during manufacturing and recycling. Any business that sells applicable electronic products, sub-assemblies or components directly to EU countries, or sells to resellers, distributors or integrators that in turn sell products to EU countries, is impacted if they utilize any of the restricted materials.