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STORK GARWOOD CELEBRATES
GRAND OPENING OF NEW EMC/EMI LAB
IN SAN CLEMENTE
San Clemente , CA – The newest member of the Stork Family, Garwood Laboratories Inc., held a formal grand opening for its relocated EMI/EMC Laboratory on June 4th. Now located next to its environmental testing laboratory on Calle Iglesia in San Clemente, CA, this location has become a true one-stop facility for Environmental and Electromagnetic Inference/Electromagnetic Compliance (EMI/EMC) testing.
Visitors received a full tour of the 14,000 square foot testing laboratories that focus its services to the San Diego and Orange County markets. Through demonstrations with its knowledgeable staff showcasing the capabilities of the improved laboratory, guests learned about current climatics and dynamics product certification testing services. They also toured the new and updated EMI/EMC Laboratory.
EMI/EMC testing of a product or system is performed to ensure that it is not adversely affected in the presence of an ambient or intentional electromagnetic radiation source, or itself produces ambient or intentional electromagnetic radiation that can adversely affect the operation of other electronic equipment in its periphery. The Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE), the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ( EADS ) and the European Special International Committee on Radio Interference ( CISPR ) require all electrical and electronic products be tested to its own set of standards for Electromagnetic Compliance.
To perform this testing, the product is assembled and operated in an all-metallic enclosure built to contain its electromagnetic energy, while simultaneously restricting it from the ambient electromagnetic energy spectrum. Once isolated, the technician can apply quantifiable intentional conducted and radiated electrical and electromagnetic energy to the product to assess and determine its vulnerability to that energy. Similarly, the amount of conducted and radiated electrical and electromagnetic energy produced by the product is measured and compared to applicable test standards to assess its compatibility to whatever platform or installation the product may be expected to function in.
Some of the additional demonstrations presented were Stork Garwood's new capabilities to perform DoD MIL-STD-461 Method RS105 for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) damage assessment during and after a potential nuclear event.
Garwood's new Thermo Fisher Scientific ECAT Module Lightning System was on display to test aircraft electrical and electronic equipment in the event an aircraft the equipment was installed on was struck by lightning.
The San Clemente facility Open House was an informative and entertaining day for guests and Stork representatives to discover and acquire more information about our newest product certification laboratory's test capabilities.
