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Standard for the industry . This standard prescribes practices and requirements for the manufacture of cable , wire and harness assemblies . The standard describes materials , methods , tests and acceptability criteria for producing crimped , mechanically secured , or soldered interconnections and the related assembly activities associated with cable and harness assemblies . Any method that produces an assembly conforming to the acceptability requirements described in this standard may be used .
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 .
Revision B of the standard was published in October 2012 . . These criteria are supported by a hard copy book and a DVD with 682 full-color illustrations .
Revision B , was developed during a six-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 .
An industry developed and approved program that includes training , certification and instructional materials based on the IPC / WHMA-A-620B is available to WHMA companies . Thousands of individuals have been trained to be IPC / WHMA-A-620 Certified IPC Trainers ( CIT ). A comprehensive and technically accurate program , IPC / WHMA-A-620 Training and Certification provides Certified IPC Trainers with high quality materials and detailed instructional plans that have been used for training Certified IPC Application Specialists ( CIS ) at all levels , including buyers , sales teams and management . More than 20,000 A-620 Application Specialists have been trained .
Certification demonstrates commitment to customer requirements and greatly facilitates certification to ISO Certification or other quality assurance initiatives . By having earned this portable
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