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National Technical Systems
Compatibility and interoperability testing focuses on exercising the product-under-test under an array of software and hardware variables (e.g., different operating systems, additional software applications, such as web browsers, and hardware, such as graphics adapters, processors, chipsets, etc.). With almost three decades of growth and refinement, NTS’s test methodologies are unparalleled in the area of compatibility and interoperability testing. With our extensive in-house library of up-to-date software and hardware, NTS can simulate a wide variety of real-world environment in which your product may be utilized. Test failures are routinely regressed using industry standard methodologies, and known functional hardware and software. Compatibility testing seeks to verify the compatibility of a vendor’s product specifically with particular hardware or software (e.g., with the operating system, a word processor with a printer, etc.). Interoperability testing, on the other hand, typically focuses on validating “coexistence” (e.g., a word processor and spreadsheet program can both be installed on the same platform without causing problems with the other).
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Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) is the process of disassembling, testing, and inspecting electronic components to verify the internal design, materials, construction, and workmanship. This process of sample inspection is used to help ensure that electronic components are fabricated to the required standards. Destructive Physical Analysis is also used effectively to discover process defects for identification of production lot problems.
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Motorized products must pass a series of tests to ensure readiness for mass production. The parts that comprise an automobile, for example, are submitted to dynamics test labs to endure varying degrees of pressure, noise, vibrations and other challenging forces.
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Counterfeiting becomes profitable when scrapped components, components from recycled products, or inexpensive components can be “remarked” and sold as a new, more expensive, higher reliability version. Reasons for the proliferation of counterfeiting include profitability, the low probability of being caught, and the exporting of US electronic waste for disposal in poorer countries.Much of the effort today has not been placed on preventing counterfeiting but rather screening components to identify and remove counterfeits before they are used in a finished product.
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Compression testing is a very common testing method that is used to establish the compressive force or crush resistance of a material and the ability of the material to recover after a specified compressive force is applied and even held over a defined period of time. Compression tests are used to determine the material behavior under a load. The maximum stress a material can sustain over a period under a load (constant or progressive) is determined.
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NTS provides lightning protection engineering, certification plan preparation and verification testing services to airframe and aerospace systems manufacturers around the world. With a lead role in major commercial and military design programs, our engineers take a system-wide approach to assuring that lightning protection is compatible with space and weight limitations, electromagnetic compatibility and electromagnetic pulse. Our experience includes traditional designs, all-composite and fly-by-wire aircraft, as well as avionic upgrades and engine modifications.
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What is environmental simulation testing? Simply put, simulated test environments are all about preparing products for real-world use. This is accomplished by gaining as much testing experience and performance data as early as possible during the products’ lifecycles. Simulated environmental testing usually involves creating artificial environments for test items to determine their expected resilience to their anticipated environments.
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National Technical Systems
NTS is known worldwide as the industry leading provider of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) engineering and compliance services. Our Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts work closely with you, conducting extensive technical reviews to determine your needs and provide a customized service. Whatever you require to speed your product to market — engineering, design analysis, testing, technical training — NTS will customize solutions to meet all of your needs. We offer a wide range of EMC and EMI services to seamlessly take your design from concept to final product.
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Chemical testing and analysis spans a wide variety of services, from ion chromatography to high voltage arc tracking. With the assistance of international standards for guidance, chemical testing can ensure regulatory compliance while also providing information about the chemical composition of product material.
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When a product or device fails, you need to know why. Root cause failure analysis helps a business get to the source of a product failure. More importantly, it provides the manufacturer with the information needed to address and correct the issue causing the failure.
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Dynamometer testing remains the industry standard for gauging the performance and durability of an automotive drivetrain components. Many facilities offer dyno testing, but few have the pedigree of NTS. For more than 50 years, we have been a valued partner to automotive, aerospace, defense and other industries in which advanced engineering expertise is required to bring a new product to market.
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Dynamic frequency selection is a technology that is designed to ensure that wireless devices operating in the unlicensed WLAN 5 GHz bands are able to detect when they may be interfering with military and weather radar systems and automatically switch over to another frequency where they will not cause any disturbance. These formal requirements are in effect in the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, Korea and other markets around the world.
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Realistically, the only way to know whether or not a particular product will withstand corrosive environments is to test it in corrosive environments. Unfortunately, testing equipment in their intended environments would take years at the rates that corrosion normally occurs. This means the solution involves testing equipment under conditions that produce highly accelerated rates of corrosion. Our corrosion testing laboratories are equipped to provide corrosion testing and corrosion monitoring under accelerated conditions to simulate years’ worth of accumulated corrosion within a period of days.
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Will your product operate in a highly volatile environment without creating ignition and causing an explosion? Explosive atmosphere testing provides vital information about motors, lighting systems, bilge pumps, aircraft components, electronics, and other systems. Explosive atmosphere testing determines whether a product will be able to operate properly in a fuel contaminated, highly volatile environment without creating ignition and causing an explosion. Causes of ignition vary from tiny electrical arcs in battery-operated equipment to hot spots on surfaces of sealed, encased units, to sparks from other mechanical sources.
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NEBS (Network Equipment Building Systems) is the generic requirement for the spatial environmental, EMI/EMC, and product safety of telecom equipment being deployed in the Central Office locations of the Public Switch Telephone Network. NEBS testing requirements are mandated by the network carriers providing confidence that equipment has a high degree of reliability and will work under extreme environments while maintaining service for their customers.