IPC Publishes Materials Declaration Management Standard

March 28, 2006

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The IPC-1752 - Materials Declaration Management standard helps companies track hazardous materials.

As the July deadline for compliance with the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive draws near, companies in the electronics supply chain are focusing on materials declaration.

IPC-1752 provides a supply chain materials declaration format and process that collects, tracks and discloses product material content information. The standard establishes electronic data formats and provides standardized forms to simplify the exchange of materials declaration information.

Based on Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) forms technology, the forms use a unified modeling language (UML) data model. The forms can be printed or exchanged electronically from e-mail to Web interfaces to advanced and secure business-to-business methods.

Data captured by these forms can also be extracted and exchanged in a standard extensible markup language (XML) format that will conform to the related RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIPs). The machine readable (XML) structure will establish and implement specific data constraints and restrictions to ensure uniformity.

Suppliers and their customers can use IPC-1752 to exchange data at three reporting levels which are organized into six reporting classes:

Class 1 – RoHS reporting at a homogeneous level in yes/no format.
Class 2 – Same as Class 1 with the addition of manufacturing information.
Class 3 – RoHS reporting at a homogeneous level in yes/no format and JIG (Joint Industry Guide) level A and B a the homogeneous material level and other substances at the part level.
Class 4 – Same as Class 3 with the addition of manufacturing information.
Class 5 – RoHS reporting at a homogeneous level in yes/no format and JIG level A and B at the homogeneous material level and other substances at the homogeneous level.
Class 6 – Same as Class 5 with the addition of manufacturing information.

Source: IPC.