EMC HALT

EMC testing to the point of breakdown

Do you need to carry out EMC testing to ensure that the requirements of the law are being met or that the product will live up to the expectations of the end-user?

Test your product to breakdown

DELTA offers to test your product to breakdown to locate its weakest link and thus gain an insight into the product's EMC robustness.

The principle behind EMC HALT

- is to put products under stress using test levels that by far exceed current EMC legal requirements, which, together with subsequent modifications and design changes, will ensure that the quality of the product is tailored to the expectations of the market.

The aim - reliable end products

The aim of the more stringent requirements is reliable end-products and thus satisfied, loyal customers. The spin-off benefit is often a reduction in service costs.

EMC HALT provides an insight

EMC HALT provides an insight both into the product's extreme limits and the product's EMC capacity relative to the EMC limits described in the requirements specification.

At what level should the requirements be set?

DELTA's experience with EMC stresses in various environments will help you to set the EMC requirements for the product that will match both the requirements from the operating environment and the EMC requirements specified in the legislation covering the area, directives and standards.

Extended requirements

More and more companies are choosing to tailor the EMC requirements to the actual operating environment and not just merely to the legal requirements. The tailored EMC requirements work both as internal requirements and as requirements for possible sub-suppliers.

EMC HALT and extreme EMC testing

Fixing internal requirements is one thing; finding the current EMC level on current products is another matter.

DELTA can offer to conduct extreme EMC testing on a range of EMC phenomena, which will provide you with a picture of the current situation.

In the case of extreme EMC testing, testing is carried out with the EMC requirements specification in mind and in accordance with specified testing methods.

The aim - find the product's weakest link

The aim of the test is to find the product's weakest link and thus gain an insight into the product's EMC robustness.

The principle is to put products under stress using test levels far in excess of current EMC legal requirements, without regard to current testing standards.

Through subsequent modifications and design changes, the manufacturer is able to improve the product so its quality can be tailored to the expectations of the market.

HALT test

DELTA's EMC HALT service is inspired by DELTA's classic HALT test, which subjects the product to stress using extreme temperatures and vibrations in order to discover the product's mechanical limitations.

SPM report available

The four methods are described in detail in report SPM-174, "Advanced HALT - Investigation of non thermo-mechanical exposures", which was published in September 2006.

Contact Test & Consultancy support for more information