Team members will be invited to provide input for the guideline from their own experiences and areas of expertise. An editorial team will be formed to capture relevant inputs and generate the content of the guideline. The completed draft guideline will be distributed to team members initially and subsequently to all HDPUG members for review and comments prior to becoming publicly available.
In addition to the original GPLF guideline, a complementary GPLF specifications document was also produced for internal member use. This publication identified a broad range of relevant specifications which were being developed / updated to incorporate new Pb-Free process related requirements. This document also requires updating and, subject to support from the participating team members, will be revised in parallel with the guideline.
It is proposed to form a new Lead Free Guideline team with the objectives of generating a 3rd edition of the guideline. The guideline will identify/ review current Pb- Free related preferred practises. In addition, recommendations generated from recent HDPUG projects and any relevant publicly released research data from within the industry will be considered. Lessons learnt from volume manufacturing since the introduction of RoHS and other legislation over the last 2 – 3 years will also be included. The exact scope of the guideline needs to be agreed among the participating team members, although some emphasis should be placed on processes to support the manufacture of higher reliability product types that are not yet legally required to be Pb-Free. Possible other considerations may be requirements from Medical, Aerospace and Automotive applications.
