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Winners of IPC Hand Soldering Competition at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Announced
February 21, 2022 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
In cooperation with Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, IPC hosted its popular Hand Soldering Competition (HSC), on February 8-10. Skilled competitors demonstrated their expertise in hand soldering printed circuit boards while competing for cash prizes.
The first-in-person trade show held in the United Kingdom since the onset of the COVID pandemic, and the first time IPC held a competition at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics, the HSC welcomed 15 competitors, representing 11 electronics companies from the United Kingdom. A technically challenging competition board was introduced this year which resulted in only two of the 15 competitors successfully completing a functioning circuit board assembly.
On the winner’s podium at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics were:
First Place: Justyna Mikolajczyk, ZETTLEX (United Kingdom), completing her board in 57 minutes and 50 seconds, scoring 549 points out of 558 possible points. She received a first-place certificate, cash prize of £300 and a gift from HSC sponsor Almit.
Second Place: Przemyslav Marszalek, TVC-The Validation Center Ltd. (United Kingdom), completing his board in 57 minutes and 56 seconds with 524 points out of 558 possible points. He received a second-place certificate, a cash prize of £200 and a gift from HSC sponsor Almit.
IPC thanks Polygone CAO, who designed this year’s competition board in accordance with IPC-A-610H criteria and featured 116 components that provided a significant challenge to competitors,
IPC-A-610 Master Instructors from ART-Advanced Rework Technologies, an IPC licensed master training center in the United Kingdom, served as competition judges for this year’s competition.
IPC thanks HSC sponsors for their generous support:
- Gold Sponsors: Hakko, Atelier Systems and Thalès
- Silver Sponsors: Almit GmbH, Optilia, SFM-Société Française de Microscopie, and Polygone CAO
- Local Sponsors: Southern Manufacturing & Electronics and ART-Advanced Rework Technologies.
Upcoming HSC competitions in Europe include:
- Regional Competition in Hungary -- InnoElectro in Budapest from March 29-31, 2022
- Regional Competition in Germany -- SMTconnect in Nurenberg from May 10-12, 2022
- Regional Competition in France -- Global Industrie in Paris from May 18-20, 2022.
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