Provides training to operators of the space agency, suppliers and institutions in Latin America, granting international certification, on electronic manufacturing processes that have high reliability requirements for the space industry. The first course has already been held at CETT.
From September 26 to 29, the Spatialization and Assurance Laboratory (LEA), dependent on the Technological Management Department of the National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE) , held the first course on welding electronic assemblies under the international regulations of the Institute of Printed Circuit Boards (IPC), of the United States . This is one of the quality requirements for the integration of electronic components in the aerospace industry, which operators must have, but which until now they could only access abroad.
The course was given at the Teófilo Tabanera Space Center, in Falda del Cañete, Córdoba, granting the first certifications according to the IPC 610 standard for electronic assemblies . 10 operators from CONAE and the company VENG participated. Going forward, courses will also be taught for the IPC 620 standards, corresponding to wiring requirements, and J-STD-001, for high reliability welding requirements , similar to those used in all CONAE space missions, from the SAC series to the SAOCOM satellites. Until now, staff had to travel abroad every two years (to the United States, Mexico or Europe, for example) to obtain or renew their official qualification certificate.
local capabilities
This training served to inaugurate, at the same time, the activities of the LEA Workmanship Training Center, an official IPC training and certification space unique in the region , for the certification of internal and external personnel dedicated to electronic integration, with activities of training and theoretical-practical exams under international standards of the IPC.
“The objective is that professionals from CONAE and VENG, and other electronic assembly integrator companies, have access to an official certification in Argentina, without having to resort to institutes located abroad ,” explained Diego Mendieta, head of the CONAE Spatialization Unit. “We want to accompany the development of suppliers in Argentina and in the region, providing a training option in the country for VENG and CONAE, for local suppliers, and Latin American institutions that are working in space matters ”, he stated.
