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Compliance Testing for the World Market Doesn't Have to be Scary |
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October 2008 |
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Free NEBS/Global Regulatory
Ottawa, Canada
Hazardous Location Testing
Korean EMC Test Standards
Japanese Radiated Emissions Update
Fastest EMC Scans in the West
HALT/HASS Adds Value
Global Product Safety
Free Annual NEBS / Global Regulatory Requirements Seminar in Canada
MET Laboratories, in conjunction with Nemko Canada, will be holding a free seminar on October 22nd in Ottawa. The day long seminar will cover NEBS certification and a review of the most recent changes in Telcordia, Verizon and AT&T requirements. Presentations by MET will cover the NEBS standards and the design concepts necessary to meet the requirements. Nemko will discuss, in detail, regulatory design and testing for the global market.
Agenda:
The seminar will be held at the Holiday Inn Ottawa West,
101 Kanata Ave., Ottawa-Kanata, ON K2T 1E6.
Please contact Christy Yeager at 410.949.1883 for further information or register online.
Please RSVP by October 15th.
Hazardous Location Product Certification
| Are the products you are seeking to certify going to be used in a hazardous location? MET Labs has over 30 years experience certifying these types of products. MET Labs was the first company to receive accreditation by OSHA as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) to certify products for the US marketplace.
MET Labs can also certify products for the Canadian marketplace through their accreditation from the Standards Council of Canada. For Europe and the ATEX Directive, MET can perform the testing of equipment for Zone 1 and Zone 0, which will require Notified Body (NB) certification under the ATEX Directive. MET has working relationships with European Notified Bodies for the ATEX Directive. MET's testing for equipment rated Zone 2, can be used for self-certification CE marking, and does not require NB certification. Key standards that MET is certified to test to include:
MET Santa Clara Accredited for Korean EMC testing As of September 24th, 2008 the Santa Clara MET Labs location is now accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). This scope also includes new Korean test methods. For more information on this accreditation or to view MET Santa Clara’s entire NVLAP scope please visit http://www.metlabs.com/pages/NVLAP200445.pdf Some of the Korean EMC Standards that MET has been certified to test to include:
Japanese Radiated Emissions Update Australia and New Zealand have enforced radiated emissions above 1 GHz (peak and average measurement) per AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2006 since June 2008. Japan will start enforcing radiated emissions above 1 GHz (peak and average measurement) and conducted emissions telecom port per VCCI V.3 2008 on April 2010.A manufacturer can market the EUT in Japan if it does not meet the above requirement until April 2010, but will need to modify and retest it to confirm compliance before April 2010. Fastest EMC Scans in the West MET Laboratories is proud to offer the fastest radiated emissions compliance scanning at their newest US facility, in Santa Clara, California. You can perform more testing in less time at MET Labs, than at any other lab in the West. MET Laboratories' new test method, based on the “Dual Antennae Technique”, can simultaneously pre-scan 30MHz - 1GHz and 1GHz to 18 GHz for radiated emissions compliance in less than 20 minutes. While this is in progress, conducted emissions testing can also take place. Additionally, MET can provide the advantage of automated testing up to 40GHz. The Santa Clara EMC facility, completed in January of 2008, has 18,000 square feet of temperature controlled test space including, a brand new, full-height, fully anechoic 10 meter chamber, a new 5 meter chamber, full immunity capabilities and state of the art wireless testing capabilities. The 10 meter chamber is fully automated for radiated emission 10K-18GHz and conducted emission 10K-30MHz. To learn more about MET's EMC testing and certification services, visit www.metlabs.com/pages/emc.htmlHALT/ HASS Testing Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) are now being performed at MET's Santa Clara, California laboratory. Both of these testing processes use rapid temperature transition and random vibration to ensure a product will not fail under any condition in the field. These testing processes attempt to induce failures employing extreme conditions, therefore reducing development time and cost in the future. This process is the closest simulation to a real-world environment possible in the industry. Manufacturers can be assured after the HALT and HASS testing that their product has the same reliability throughout its product life cycle. How does HALT benefit you? Through the HALT evaluation you will be able to:
* subject to terms and conditions The testing takes, on average, between 2-5 days. The chamber, the new Qualmark Typhoon 2.5, features a 4th generation advanced vibration system that ranges in energy from 10Hz to above 5,000Hz. The chamber also has impressive thermal performance and consumes, on average, 30% to 60% of the utilities of other competitive models. In addition to HALT and HASS testing, MET’s environmental simulation testing lab has the ability to perform various shaker testing, including, Earthquake, Sine Vibration, Sine on Random Vibration, Random on Random Vibration and Shock (half-sine, saw-tooth, SRS/Transient). To learn more about any of these testing capabilities or to request a tour of one of our facilities, contact info@METLabs.com. |
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Global Product Safety
MET’s Product Safety testing and certification program has reached a new level. At the newest facility in Shenzhen, China, testing and certification has been completed on major name brand computers that are now on the shelves of Wal-Mart and Best Buy.
In addition to product safety, MET Asia also provides witness testing, NEBS consultation and TCB services. For more information on our Shenzhen, China office please visit http://www.metlabs.com/pages/international.html or email METasia@metlabs.com.
Meet With Us at the Verizon NEBS Conference
Visit us at Table 3 at the Verizon NEBS conference in Orlando, FL. The conference is being held at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at Seaworld, October 8th - 10th.
MET LABORATORIES:
East Coast: 800.638.6057
West Coast: 888.638.9345
China: 86 755 8291 1867
Baltimore, MD 914 W. Patapsco Ave. 21230
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