Automotive Engineering

The Remarkable Evolution of EMC!

RF Shielding creates Device Compatibility!

RF Shielding creates Device Compatibility!  Everyone knows some people who are very talented at what they do, but they can't work together!  The mere presence of the two of them in the same room ruins the work environment. The same thing is true of electronic components, electronic devices do jobs well.  When the components have to work in a shared electromagnetic environment, they have to be compatible.  With people, it's their personalities that can make them incompatible, unable to work...
RF Shielded Enclosures- Choose your Series!

RF Shielded Enclosures-Testing at Home!

RF Shielded Enclosures-testing at Home!  Preparing for Final Compliance EMC Testing is difficult.  One of the best ways to prepare for this test is to prepare your product during development.  Testing your product in your home environment during development builds EMC into your device from the start and is the best way to proceed.  Pre-Compliance EMC Testing can be done easily at your development site.  It actually saves time in development, by intercepting EMC issues along the way rather than...
Pre-Compliance EMC Testing- Beneficial!

Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Smart Preparation!

Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Smart Preparation!  There are many important tests in life!  Smart preparation makes tests easier to pass!  If you are developing new electronic products for the market, you know that passing a Final EMC Compliance Test is necessary to market your product.  Final Compliance Certification means that your product will fit in smoothly with the shared electromagnetic environment that it will function in.  The best way to prepare your device for the Final EMC Compliance test is to perform...
Team Shieldex attends EMV Stuttgart 2023

Team Shieldex attends EMV Stuttgart 2023!

Team Shieldex attends EMV Stuttgart 2023!  Shawn DeCook Chief Operations Officer of V Technical Textiles, Inc. will join Robert Erichsen, owner of Statex Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and "Team Shieldex" at EMV Stuttgart 2023, March 28-March 30.  EMV Stuttgart is Europe's Premier exhibition for electromagnetic compatibility.  Statex GmbH and V Technical Textiles, Inc. have an excellent business relationship.  Statex manufactures Shieldex® metalized textiles and various products manufactured using them. VTT markets the metalized textiles and manufactures numerous EMC testing products,...
Navigating EMC Testing

Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Find out Early!

Pre-Compliance EMC Testing-Find out Early!  I always like to find out what I'm in for as soon as possible!  I always love "practicing" for a test that is coming my way.  They help me to sharpen my skills in the areas where I am underprepared.  Final EMC Compliance tests must be passed prior to marketing electronic devices.  Pre-Compliance EMC Testing is a very practical way to prepare for the Final EMC Compliance test.  Testing a product early and often during...
Shielding RF/EMI

RF Interference-Controlled by Shielding!

RF Interference-Controlled by Shielding!  RF Interference (RFI) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) can wreak havoc with the function of electronic devices.  In our wireless world, the amount of RF radiation present in our environment is always increasing.  Add the man-made RF radiation to the natural forms of RFI and EMI such as snow, rain and electrical storms, solar flares, and the auroras and there's a whole lot of radiation going on around here!  Three things cause an interference problem, a "noise...
Portable RF Shielded Enclosures-Great for Testing!

Product Development-use Pre-Compliance Testing!

Product Development-use Pre-Compliance Testing!  Product development in the electronics industry is very difficult!  EMC Standards must be met depending on product type and its function.  When the product is complete, it needs to pass the Final EMC Compliance Testing at a registered facility in order to be marketed.  This exam is all-inclusive, touching on the entire device.  It's best practice to perform Pre-Compliance testing on the device during development.  This stepwise practice eliminates the need for back tracking to find...
Navigating EMC Testing

RF Shielded Curtain or Enclosure?

This may seem like a difficult question, in some cases the correct answer is BOTH!  One of the beautiful things about an RF Shielded Curtain is that it can multitask!  An RF Shielded curtain can isolate an area from RF radiation.  This comes in handy in repairing or testing an electronic device's performance "in situ" when the "Device Under Testing" (DUT) won't fit into a RF Shielded Enclosure or can't get to one. An RF Shielded Curtain is made out of...
Navigating EMC Testing

Your RF Shielded Enclosure-Custom-Made!

Your RF Shielded Enclosure-Custom-Made!  Almost every electronic device under production is unique!  They all have one thing in common-they must pass EMC Final Compliance Testing prior to marketing them!  The EMC Compliance Testing is based on different classes of accepted standards.  The standards vary for each class of device.  EMC Testing takes place in RF Shielded enclosures with low ambient levels of RF present.  During EMC testing, devices are evaluated for the amount of RF radiation that they can perform...
RF Shielded Garments-what are their Applications?

Who uses Conductive Metalized Textiles-Everyone!

Who uses Conductive Metalized Textiles-Everyone!  Until I came to work at V Technical Textiles, Inc., I didn't know anything about them.  Today, I am amazed at the number of ways metalized textiles are involved in our lives.  One of the first uses of them made it possible for me to listen to an FM radio in my car!  I recall FM radios seemed particularly sensitive to RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) and were not easy to listen to.  This due to...