IPC 1402-2022 PDF

IPC 1402 PDF

This standard applies to cleaning products used in the Electronics Manufacturing, including but not limited to original equipment manufacturers, electronics manufacturing services companies, board manufactures, cable and wire harness manufacturers and electronics industry suppliers.

This standard applies to direct use chemicals to clean products or components, as well as to clean manufacturing machines or tooling during operation and maintenance.

Cleaning product categories that are in scope of this document include but are not limited to:

• Removing solder and flux residuals from PCBs, components

• Cleaning of the contaminated surfaces inside reflow ovens

• Cleaning the flux residual on stencil, carrier, and frames

• Cleaning adhesive dispensing needles

• Screen wiping

• Optical lens cleaning

• Packaging printer cleaning

• De-bonding solutions for re-work or recycle

• Degreasing tooling and machine parts

• Stripping of coatings

Product categories that are out of scope of this document include but are not limited to:

• Demolding solutions

• Cleaners used in non-manufacturing activities (e.g., laboratory, office housekeeping, and maintenance unrelated to manufacturing)

• Surface treatment agents used to promote adhesion, etching and post etching operations, and chemical mechanical planarization

(CMP process).

This standard is focused on reducing the human health and environmental impacts and improving the safety of cleaning products used during the manufacturing process. This standard does not include or assess the performance of cleaning products.

This standard is targeted to define greener cleaners and does not replace the risk assessment associated with cleaning application under various working conditions.