EMC

Pre-Compliance EMC Testing- Beneficial!

Best Practice-EMC Testing During Development!

Best Practice-EMC Testing During Development.  It's true, the best way to develop an EMC compliant product is to build compliance into it from day one!  The EMC standards are specific and defined by regional, international, national, agencies.  They are defined by the type of product and the location(s) where the product will be used.  For each industry, there are different standards that apply to the amount of EMI/RFI a device can emit.  ALL electrical devices produce electromagnetic fields that interfere...
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,...
The Versatile uses of RF Shielded Curtains!

RF Shielding Curtains-many uses!

RF Shielding Curtains-many uses!  RF Shielding Curtains made with Conductive Metalized Textiles, block the passage or RFI/EMI.  This characteristic makes them useful in many ways!  One of the major uses of RF Shielding Curtains is in warehouses, where they make keeping accurate inventory records easy.  Areas of the warehouse can be "sectioned off" from other areas, eliminating "RF Crosstalk" between adjacent areas during scanning.    In a similar fashion, curtained separation of hospital telemetry areas enables wireless collection of vital...
EMC

Compatibility-Succeeding by Working together!

Compatibility-Succeeding by Working together!  I have forty years of experience of operating a dental practice.  Dentistry is full of Type A personalities.  Type A personalities tend to clash much of the time, the resulting tension makes working in the same environment difficult at times due to personality differences.  In a shared electromagnetic environment, the same clashing can occur.  All electronic devices emit RF radiation, if the radiation present in the environment allows the devices to work optimally, the devices are...
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...
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

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...
EMC Final Compliance Testing-be Prepared!

EMC Final Compliance Testing-be Prepared!

EMC Final Compliance Testing-be Prepared!  The Boy Scout Motto is "Be Prepared".  That phrase is my cornerstone approach to everything!  Applying it first in grade school and continuing from that time forward, that phrase readies me for day-to-day life and my profession.  Likewise, my V Technical Textiles, Inc. experience confirms it works for every testing experience when applied wisely.  Electrical devices and components must pass EMC Final Compliance Testing prior to marketing them.  EMC Compliance Testing determines whether a device...
Modern Applications of Conductive Metalized Textiles!

EMC-Achieve it with Proper Shielding!

EMC-Achieve it with Proper Shielding!  Electromagnetic Compatibility means that the electronic devices in a shared Electromagnetic Environment are able to perform together, without interfering with each other.  The two main concerns are Emissions and Susceptibility.  Emissions of RF radiation occur when any electronic device is operating.  If the emissions are within the limits of applicable EMC standards, the device is compliant with the standard for emissions.  If the RF emissions of the device are above the standard, the device is...
Soft-Sided RF Shielded Enclosures

RF Shielded Enclosures-Perfect Testing Environments!

RF Shielded Enclosures-Perfect Testing Environments!  You've heard me say that EMC is all about the environment.  EMC means   all of the electronic devices in a shared electromagnetic environment are able work together smoothly.  RF Shielded Enclosures are used in testing electronic devices to assure that the devices can work in a standard environment together while not making that environment toxic for other devices.  EMC Testing requires a controlled low ambient electromagnetic environment.  The only electromagnetic radiation present should be that...