MetcalispleasedtoawardthewinnerofthethirdannualIPCAPEXEXPO®HandSolderingCompetitionandIPCWorldChampionshipwithanMX-5210MetcalSolderingSystem.BrianWade,Sr.TechwithCAMtek,Inc.,Bloomington,IL,alsowasawarded$1000bytheIPC.
WadeearnedhiswayintotheworldchampionshipbybecomingtheUSchampionthepreviousday,usingtheMetcalMX-5210duringthepreliminarycompetition.Hecompetedagainsteightothercontestantsfromaroundtheglobeduringtheworldchampionshipround.WadementionedthathehasusedMetcalsystemsformanyyears.
JerrySimmons,MarketingManager,commented,Metcalisverypleasedthatalong-timeuserofMetcalsystemsnotonlywontheUSChampionship,butwentontowintheWorldChampionship,inimpressivefashion.TheIPCHandSolderingCompetitionpromoteshighqualitysolderingstandardsthroughouttheelectronicsindustryandwearehappytobeapartofit.
Duringthisthree-daycompetition,participantscompetedtobuildafunctionalelectronicsassemblyin30minutes.AssembliesarejudgedonsolderinginaccordancewithIPC-A-610Ecriteria,thespeedatwhichtheassemblywasproduced,andoverallelectricalfunctionalityofassembly.IPC-A-610EMasterInstructorsservedasthejudges.
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