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MET Has HALT/HASS Testing Services
ADDED: 6/30/2008 9:34:00 AM
MET Laboratories is pleased to announce their newest testing service. Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) are now being performed at our 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 stimulate failure through 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 and long-term durability as a mature product.
To learn more about this service click here.
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MET Santa Clara EMC Lab fastest scans in the Valley
ADDED: 3/26/2008 8:38:00 AM
Silicon Valley's newest and best EMC facility boasts 18,000 square feet of temperature controlled test environment, 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 in Santa Clara is now fully automated for:
1) Radiated emission 10K-18GHz
2) Conducted emission 10K-30MHz
MET's new dual antennae process, can simultaneously prescan 30 MHz - 1 GHz and 1 GHz to 10 GHz for radiated emissions compliance in LESS than 20 minutes, the fastest in the nation.
MET's wireless testing services include FCC testing and TCB certification services for a wide range of licensed devices ranging from hand-held cellular phones to base stations and repeaters. MET performs Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) testing, SAR testing from 150MHz- 6GHz for head and body, R&TTE Notified Body review, and a wide range of RFID support for EPCglobal.
MET also provides 3D antenna pattern measurements.
MET Santa Clara has expanded MIL-Std EMC capabilities, including RS103 in excess of 200 V/m from 10K-18GHz.
Located at 3162 Belick St, in Santa Clara, CA 95054, it is just minutes from the San Jose airport, and just 2 exits down US 101 from our previous Santa Clara location, finding us is no problem. Here are directions.
Contact this lab either by phone, 408-748-3585, or email: TOP
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SHA approves MET for 21 more product categories
ADDED: 1/4/2008 11:17:00 AM
OSHA has approved MET for an additional 20 product categories, bringing the total of standards to which MET can test and certified for the US marketplace under the NRTL program to 170.
These most recently added standards are:
- ANSI A17.5 Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment
- UL 250 Household Refrigerators and Freezers
- UL 399 Drinking Water Coolers
- UL 430 Waste Disposers
- UL 474 Dehumidifiers
- UL 498A Current Taps and Adapters
- UL 563 Ice Makers
- UL 749 Household Dishwashers
- UL 826 Household Electric Clocks
- UL 858 Household Electric Ranges
- UL 998 Humidifiers
- UL 1005 Electric Flatirons
- UL 1082 Household Electric Coffee Makers and Brewing-Type Appliances
- UL 1086 Household Trash Compactors
- UL 1261 Electric Water Heaters for Pools and Tubs
- UL 1640 Portable Power-Distribution Equipment
- UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment
for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
- UL 1994 Luminous Egress Path Marking Systems
- UL 2157 Electric Clothes Washing Machines and Extractors
- UL 2158 Electric Clothes Dryers
- UL 60335-2-8 Household and Similar Electrical Appliances, Part 2: Particular
Requirements for Shavers, Hair Clippers, and Similar Appliances
MET, the first independent testing laboratory approved by OSHA under the National Recognized Testing Laboratory - NRTL program, is accepted by major retailers throughout North American and has listed products for manufacturers located all over the world.
To learn more about MET Labs product safety certification services click here.
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Recognized by Measurement Canada for Watthour Testing.
ADDED: 9/21/2007 8:14:00 AM
MET Laboratories, Inc. has become the first organization to be recognized by Measurement Canada under the new program RT-01 Conditions and Administrative Requirements for the Recognition of Test Results from ISO 17025 accredited Test Facilities.
This recognition from Measurement Canada allows MET Laboratories to test previously approved electricity meters which have been modified and are being re-submitted for approval purposes. This is the first time that Measurement Canada has recognized an outside organization for adjunct testing service.
The scope of this recognition consists of energy accuracy testing of electricity meters for Measurement Canada's approval process, as required by "LMB-EG-07, Specifications for Approval of Type of Electricity Meters, Instrument Transformers and Auxiliary Devices." This recognition became effective September 12, 2007.
To learn more about MET labs watt-hour meter testing click here
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MET's EMC Lab declared Notified Body to EMC Directive
ADDED: 8/6/2007 2:31:00 PM
July 20, 2007: The European Commission has validated MET Laboratories nomination as a U.S. Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) for the Electromagnetic Compatibility Sector of the U.S.-EC Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA).
MET performs the duties of a Notified Body as specified in EMC Directive 2004//108/EC. A U.S. CAB is equivalent to an EU Notified Body. MET's Baltimore lab Notified Body number is 0980.
MET's additional European Assessment Body designations include: Notified Body for the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive, and a Conformity Assessment Body for the Low Voltage Directive.
To learn how MET Laboratories can help you in the global marketplace click here.
To learn more about MET Laboratories EMC testing and certification services click here.
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MET Fiber Optic Lab's New Optical Discontinuity Analyzing System
ADDED: 3/16/2007 1:36:00 PM
MET's new optical discontinuity analyzing system allows measuring optical signal disconnections lasting longer than 10 0
8sec and short time glitches in the transmitted optical power as small as 0.3 dB.
The system is essential in testing optical connection devices such as optical connectors and splices, particularly during vibration, shock and other mechanical integrity tests.
To learn more about MET's Fiber Optics Lab click here.
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MET tests to new DC Requirements of GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4, Section 10
ADDED: 3/16/2007 1:29:00 PM
GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4, has been adopted as of Jan. 2007. One of the
many new set of requirements from this NEBS series document is the found
in Section 10, Criteria for DC Power Port of Telecommunications Load
Equipment. Actually these tests are Objectives at this time, but they
will become requirements as of June 2007. This section adds transient
and noise tests to be applied or performed on the DC power input port of
equipment. Testing in this section incorporates the test criteria of
ANSI T1.315, Section 5.
MET Labs performs all the DC input power
testing including minimum operating voltages, under and over voltage
transients and impulse transients, as well noise emissions and noise
immunity testing for equipment connected to local DC power systems.
Equipment classified as ”°Type 8”± equipment (another new addition to
GR-1089) is required to under go this testing. Newly classified ”°Type
8”± equipment generally includes any equipment installed within the CO, a
Remote Hut, or equipment connected and powered directly from a local DC
power system.
To learn more about MET Lab's NEBS testing click here.
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MET's New EMP test set-up for RS 105 Radiated Susceptibility, Transient EM Field
ADDED: 3/16/2007 1:25:00 PM
MET recently designed and installed a new EMP test setup, for ”°RS 105 Radiated Susceptibility, Transient EM Field”± per MIL-STD-461D/E. This test is applicable to Enclosures located external to a hardened (shielded) platform or facility. Applicable to Army Aircraft for Safety Critical Equipment located in an external installation. With the addition of this new EMP test setup MET can now perform MIL-STD-461D/E testing in entirety.
To learn more about MET's Military testing, both EMC and Environmental, click here
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OSHA adds standards to MET's Product Safety Certification Program
ADDED: 2/27/2007 7:59:00 AM
MET LABS, the first OSHA licensed NRTL (May, 1988) has had an impressive growth in the number of standards to which OSHA will recognize the MET's listing mark. This week OSHA has added an additional 19 standards. These standards are:
- UL 82 Electric Gardening Appliances
- UL 234 Low Voltage Lighting Fixtures for Use in Recreational Vehicles
- UL 298 Portable Electric Hand Lamps
- UL 588 Seasonal and Holiday Decorative Products
- UL 867 Electrostatic Air Cleaners
- UL 917 Clock-Operated Switches
- UL 987 Stationary and Fixed Electric Tools
- UL 1081 Swimming Pool Pumps, Filters, and Chlorinators
- UL 1090 Electric Snow Movers
- UL 1363 Relocatable Power Taps
- UL 1447 Electric Lawn Mowers
- UL 1448 Electric Hedge Trimmers>
- UL 1450 Motor-Operated Air Compressors, Vacuum Pumps, and Painting Equipment
- UL 1559 Insect-Control Equipment - Electrocution Type
- UL 1563 Electric Spas, Equipment Assemblies, and Associated Equipment
- UL 1662 Electric Chain Saws
- UL 1776 High-Pressure Cleaning Machines
- UL 1994 Luminous Egress Path Marking Systems
- UL 2089 Vehicle Battery Adapters
To learn more about MET LABS product safety certification click here.
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New Canadian Labeling Requirements
ADDED: 1/18/2007 10:00:00 AM
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Canada, MET is approved as a Certification Body
by the Standards Council of Canada and provincial
authorities throughout Canada. As in the U.S.,
the MET label indicates the applicable CSA standard
to which the product has been certified.
A new ruling by the Standards Council of Canada has required that the type of certification is clearly indicated on the mark (label) used to indicate certification. This can be achieved by either indicating the actual standard to which the product has shown compliance or using the following terms "Electrical Safety" or if applicable "Electrical Safety and/or Hazardous Location Safety". This requirement will be in effect April 1, 2010.
Clients who purchase labels directly from MET are already in compliance. Those clients who employ direct imprinting methods will need to change their artwork if their present labeling does not comply. These clients are required to submit a revised drawing for approval along with a PAR (Project Amendment Request) form available at http://www.metlabs.com/safety/info/PAR-hr.pdf.
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