Product category: Compliance Engineering
News Release from: Schaffner | Subject: Test equipment
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 January 2001
Baxall turns to Schaffner to equip EMC
test lab
Even with the proliferation of highly professional EMC test laboratories in the UK, many companies have found it necessary to set up their own in-house test facilities.
Even with the proliferation of highly professional EMC test laboratories in the UK, many companies have found it necessary to set up their own in-house test facilities But what are the motivations for this sometimes expensive exercise? It can be that their products are very "time to market" critical and therefore cannot afford to "join the queue" for test time at an independent laboratory
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Equally, the products under test may be so complex that to a test house other than the in-house facility is cost prohibitive.
Also, with some products, it is essential that the EMC test "map" is clear from design to manufacture, an action that can be best implemented in house.
Baxall is a CCTV equipment and associated device manufacturer of Greater Manchester.
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