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92 I-CONNECT007 I REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2022 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE Assembly and Joining Handbook, and as vice- chair of 5-45, he helped complete the forthcom- ing IPC-7801A, Reflow Oven Process Control. Patty Goldman: Joe, congratulations. You're up for one of the significant awards at IPC, the President's Award. I sure would like to know more about all your IPC experiences. Joe Kane: Sure. I first got involved in IPC because I was responsible for some of the workmanship instructions for our business. Originally, they followed the old military specifications, MIL– STD-454 Requirement 5 and MIL P-28809, and things like that. When the government began canceling MIL specs and adopting industry standards in their place, back in the mid-'90s under the so-called Perry Initiative, IPC took over with J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610. I was very surprised and happy to learn that we could have input to those things, which wasn't possible in the past, because it was pretty much government fi at. You did what they said, and you didn't know why. You could appeal and maybe your appeal could be heard, and maybe it might show up in the spec, but it was not under any particular revision cycle. e whole process was very opaque. No one really knew what was going on unless they were directly involved. I started getting involved in some IPC meet- ings, primarily J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610. Some of my responsibilities changed, and I started taking on assignments in bare boards as well as assemblies, so I got involved in some of those committees. Eventually I led the bare board storage guideline that evolved into the IPC-1602 standard. I also got involved in the Assembly and Joining Handbook IPC-AJ-820. It was created to pull together some best practices from various IPC handbooks, along with a bit of explanation for some of the require- ments and some additional detail that wasn't in the specs themselves. I got to lead that com- mittee. It was a steady and gradual progression, getting more and more involved and meeting some of the people. I started by showing up for meetings and weird things happened aer that. Goldman: You kind of get sucked in. Kane: Exactly. Goldman: And it's all good because you learn so much. Kane: Yes. Every meeting, I learn something new. We think we know what's going on in our own shops, but every now and then you get a chance to challenge your own assumptions, question why that's the way it's always been done. ere are lots of smart, experienced