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Valor Computerized Systems (Yavne, Israel), a provider of manufacturing productivity solutions to the electronics industry, announced that IPC (Northbrook, IL) has recognized the company with its Special Recognition Award. This award, presented on behalf of the printed circuit board (PCB) and electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, their suppliers and customers, is in appreciation of Valor's commitment in developing IPC-2581, Generic Requirements for Printed Board Assembly Products Manufacturing Description Data and Transfer Methodology, and its donation of the ODB++ (X) format.
"By generously donating their ODB++ format to the IPC committee working on IPC-2581 and by providing volunteer committee support from their development group in Israel, Valor made tremendous contributions to the development of this new standard and notably displayed its dedication to the industry," said David Bergman, IPC's vice president of standards and technology. "The time and travel commitment to the two-year standard was significant on Valor's behalf, and IPC would like to recognize Valor's efforts to and support of the industry."
The standard is the result of three years of a collaborative industry initiative, initially started by the National Electronic Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) and followed by IPC's standardization effort. The standard is in XML schema and was built on Valor's ODB++ format, with added data concepts from IPC's GenCAM standard (IPC-2511B).
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IPC (Northbrook, IL) recently presented Mateusz Czerw, Eric Li and Edwin Moy with $500 scholarships from the IPC Electronics Assembly Scholarship Fund, an endowment the association established to support the electronics program of Curie Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL. IPC also donated $1,000 to the school for additional educational materials and equipment for Curie's electronics program.
In addition to maintaining a 3.0 GPA in electronics, sustaining a 90% attendance record and establishing a history of achievement in electronics at the school, the students were selected by Curie's electronics instructor, technical department counselor and education-to-careers coordinator for submitting exemplary written essays that described their post-secondary educational plans and future career goals.
"IPC has always valued education and we will continue to support efforts that grant students an opportunity to further their training in the electronics field," said IPC president Denny McGuirk.
In 2003, Circuits Assembly magazine and Technology Forecasters financed the $10,000 fund through a portion of entry fees from past Service Excellence Awards programs. IPC donates $2,500 each year to the career academy that includes a magnet school for the arts, a vocational/technical program and an international baccalaureate program.
IPC selected Curie Metropolitan High School as the sole beneficiary because of the school's three-year industrial electronics course that gives students work-oriented, hands-on experience using the latest advancements in business and technology. Curie is one of the only high schools in the U.S. to use IPC-A-610C, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies, as a standard in its industrial electronics curriculum.
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Cognex Corp. (Natick, MA), a supplier of machine vision systems and vision sensors, will host a new series of free machine vision seminars in major North American cities this fall. The Understanding and Applying Machine Vision Sensors half-day events show how vision sensors can perform automated inspection tasks in the automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, consumer products and electronics industries.
Designed as an introduction for factory automation professionals responsible for production efficiency and product quality, each seminar combines a machine vision basics tutorial with live demonstrations of the new industrial grade In-Sight 5000 Series vision sensors and ID readers. The tutorial covers how vision sensors work in manufacturing applications to accurately gauge, guide, identify and inspect products to reduce scrap costs and inventory problems and achieve a high level of product quality.
In addition to walking away with an understanding of the fundamentals of implementing a successful vision solution, participants will receive free In-Sight Explorer trial software on a CD, which provides hands-on experience developing vision applications from start to finish. The CD also includes application examples, preliminary design considerations, a multi-media tutorial on building vision applications, lighting and optics videos and a utility package that helps determine the field of view and resolution requirements of vision applications.
The seminars will run from August through December in major cities across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Register online at www.cognex.com/seminar or call (800) 677-2646.
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