Hi Robert, I don't want to appear as too commercial, but have you considered outsourcing to an engineering lab rather than a compliance lab.
I'm sure there are labs like mine in the Detroit area, they are usually run my very experienced individuals that can really help your team out. Often time they have a depth of experience useful at the design stage because they work on many things for many clients. Doing this can spare up internal resources, making sure the compliance work is done correctly. Just a thought, Derek Walton. L F Research [email protected] wrote on 12/13/2004, 6:30 AM: Good Morning EMC Gurus, We have the constant issue here in our lab of test time vs. resources. Often we are proposing different design changes for various reasons (cost savings, new supplier because of discontinued component etc.) This deals with existing products that can be updated for various reasons. The problem is we have a hard enough time keeping up with our new business/projects that require full validations. In most cases failures occur and solutions must be implemented to sell the products to the customer. In the case of a current production product often design changes are proposed but of course some sort of validation must be performed before making this design change. The design change can consist of electronic components, material change, and mechanical changes. My question is if anyone else has a similar issue in their lab and what kind of tools can be used as a quick and efficient "filter" to either proceed with a full boat of testing or eliminating the idea and moving on to something else. The most common problem is most design changes require Radiated Emissions testing. With only one Anechoic Chamber and the length of the test this is hard to deal with. Any ideas besides knowledge of a quick and simple test we can use to perform this type of filtering? Our products are automotive so in some cases we are talking PCB level but in most we are talking about various dc motors. Of course we have the knowledge but as you all know in the EMC world that is far >from the final say all. I would be interested in all responses. Thank you. Rob Kado EMC Engineer VWS - Auburn Hills, USA Tel: 248-340-3828 / Fax: 248-340-3316 Internal Location 3M2 ----------------- ---------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
