3rd Party Suspect Counterfeiting Award Winning Design Services
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— Increased Strength - Less weight
— Package Design Optimization
— Material Utilization Techniques
— Thermoforming Options
— RoHs Considerations
— Temperature/Humidity Concerns
— Materials for Harsh Environments
— Best Practices – What Works and What Doesn't
— Demand Driven vs. Traditional Packaging Methods
— Suspect Counterfeit Mitigation
— Bob Vermillion is a Member of G-21 Counterfeit Materiel and Mechanical Parts Committee
Testing & Evaluation
Validation
— Temperature and Humidity Testing
— Coatings for Harsh Environments
— Corporate Specification Writing
— 3rd Party Auditing & Field Testing
—3rd Party Package Qualification
— Annual Cal Poly Certification Course
— NEW NASA Ames On-Site Class Training
— COC Supplier Development Program
— Redesign for Cost Effective Packaging
Packaging Failures with ESD/ESA Materials - What Happened?
Carbon Rub from Non-Compliant Supplier Material
— Product Application is Wrong
— Reliance upon Vender Specifications without Validation
— Supplier Lack of Knowledge
— Temperature & RH
— Vendor Substitution without Customer Knowledge
— Customer does not use a formalized qualification process
— Lack of Adherence to ESD Standards
— Lack of Compliance to ANSI/ESD S541, Military Standards,
— Lack of Compliance to JEDEC Standards and Medical Packaging Requirements
— Design Issues
— Material Selection
— Qualification
— Transport Considerations with High Temperature & Low RH
— Lack of Testing to Validate Packaging Design
— Lack of 'know how"
— Lack of ESD Knowledge
— Lack of Training
— Conformance
— Bad Habits
— Knowledge
— Manufacturing Audits
— Multi-Use Package Designs
— Package Equipment Validation
— Redesign Trays
— Redesign Shippers
— Standardize Wherever Possible
"We work with Bob Vermillion on ESD projects. He is one of the most knowledgeable people I have come across in this area of packaging."
- Gregory S. Batt, Lecturer (Clemson University)
Industry Test Standards
— ESDA
— EIA
— IEC
— SEMI E78
— JEDEC
— ISTA
— NFPA
— Military Standards Development for Primes and DoD
— ASTM
— SSSSSAE-G-21 Committee Generated Documents
— AATCC
— Corporate
— Application Specific
Bob Vermillion, CPP/Fellow
iNARTE Certified ESD & Product Safety Engineer
IoPP 2002 Winner in the Electronics Category for the USA
AmeriStar Package Award
by Institute of Packaging Professionals
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