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15 May, 2000
Underwriters Finds Ideal Site For New Testing Facility
Underwriters Laboratories has opened the South Island's first EMC Open Area Test Site on what they believe is an ideal site for accurate testing.
Birdlings Flat, near Christchurch, is near sheer cliffs, giving it low RF ambient noise levels to enable accurate RF measurements to be taken from test products.
Underwriters Laboratories General Manager Manuel Shimasaki says the location provides the country's quietest open area test site.
"It has no radio or television signal interference, which is a major problem for other sites around the world. We spent three years searching for the right location, and our efforts were well rewarded when we secured the Birdlings Flat site. The conditions are ideal for accurate testing."
A wide range of information technology equipment will be tested at the facility, from computers and monitors to modems and digital cameras, along with household appliances like washing machines and television sets.
The $250,000 testing facility has a concrete pad with a ground plane where the measuring is conducted and it is fully automated to avoid technician error. "Special consideration has also been given to the requirements of industrial and commercial equipment by allowing for product weights up to half a ton and power capacity of 415 volts, 100 Amps, three phase," Mr Shimasaki said.
New Zealand's only other EMC testing facility is in Auckland. Mr Shimasaki says that before Underwriters's facility opened, most South Island manufacturers sent their products to Australia or Auckland for testing.
"Canterbury is the hub of New Zealand's electronics industry and our new facility means manufacturers can save both time and money by having their products tested locally.
"We're expecting strong growth in use of the facility. Many New Zealand manufacturers are exporting and it's easier to get products into Europe now with the CE mark. Where manufacturers had to send their products to Europe for assessment, they can gain the CE mark through a New Zealand laboratory that is registered as a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB)."
The Open Area Test Site complements Underwriters's EMC
facilities to provide testing to European Norm EMC standards. The
Laboratory is a registered Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) and New
Zealand's only laboratory registered for both the EMC and LVD
directives. Underwriters also performs EMC CE testing and C Tick testing
for Australia and New Zealand.
"We consider ourselves the only one-stop test laboratory in the
Asia-Pacific region," Mr Shimasaki said.
Underwriters Laboratories also conducts electrical safety testing, environmental testing, calibration and metrology - all third party accredited. Its 12 engineers provide internationally recognised test reports that are accepted in over 20 countries.
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"We consider ourselves the only one-stop test laboratory in the
Asia-Pacific region," Mr Shimasaki said.
Underwriters Laboratories also conducts electrical safety testing,
environmental testing, calibration and metrology - all third party
accredited. Its 12 engineers provide internationally recognised test
reports that are accepted in over 20 countries.
More information is available by emailing us enquiries@parksidelabs.com.
Contact: Manuel Shimasaki, General Manager, Underwriters Laboratories, phone (03) 339 1670.
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