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Our company offers "reliability evaluation/environmental testing" services. We own over 100 testing machines and chambers, including thermal shock testers and gas corrosion testers. We can accommodate a wide variety of tests tailored to your needs, from standard-compliant tests to lifespan limit tests, as well as providing rental of testing chambers and conducting customized tests. Please feel free to contact us. 【Available Reliability Tests / Environmental Tests (partial list)】 ■ Thermal Shock Test (Gas Chamber / Liquid Chamber) ■ High Temperature and High Humidity Storage Test ■ Gas Corrosion Test ■ Accelerated Weather Resistance Test ■ Vibration Test ■ Salt Spray Test ■ Safety Tests (Crush Test, Heating Test, Charge/Discharge Test)

When products are used outdoors, they are exposed to harsher conditions than indoors, such as ultraviolet rays from sunlight and rainfall. If this environment is simply tested through outdoor exposure tests, it can take a long time to obtain results. We offer weather resistance testing that artificially reproduces indoor and outdoor conditions such as sunlight, temperature, and humidity, allowing for accelerated evaluation of product and material degradation in a short period of time.

Electronic components and devices installed in vehicles, including ECUs, are expected to be used in harsh environments. Various requirements from international standards (such as IEC-Q100, VDA, IATF16949) as well as unique standards from domestic and international automobile manufacturers are imposed on installed parts and units. On the other hand, in the development of in-vehicle software, there is an increasing need to comply with 'ASPICE', a development process model specialized for the automotive industry, and cases where this becomes a new ordering condition are also on the rise. For in-vehicle components and devices, we offer services for various reliability evaluation tests, environmental tests, durability tests, and failure analysis as required. In software development, we provide support for building development processes that comply with ASPICE and educational programs that explain the requirements of ASPICE.

We provide one-stop support for long-term reliability evaluation of HDDs/SSDs/removable media, investigation of failure causes that occurred after adoption, and data recovery/deletion. We also accept requests for verification of electrical characteristics for issues with flash memory (e.g., unable to write/read).

We provide support for improving equipment management and quality issues related to corrosion from two perspectives: corrosive environments and corrosion resistance. - Diagnosis of corrosive environments in equipment and workplaces through the use and analysis of corrosion environment diagnostic kits (Eco Checker II, Eco Checker SUN) - Enhancing maintenance efficiency of equipment by visualizing the deterioration status of products in operation - Evaluation of product corrosion resistance - Salt damage investigation - Salt spray testing (composite cycle) - Gas corrosion testing - Temperature and humidity testing

Although it is irregular, we hold "free seminars" on quality technology, including reliability evaluation, analysis, and other topics, several times a year. ■Examples of themes■ We send out announcements of the seminars to customers who have subscribed to our company’s email newsletter. In addition to free seminars, we also provide information about special campaigns and offers. We encourage you to consider registering.

We accept contracts for reliability evaluations, environmental testing, and safety assessments in accordance with various standards. If any issues arise after implementation, we also conduct cause investigations. Furthermore, based on a standard test, we propose the realization of difficult tests through coordinated control of multiple devices (developing software and test fixtures as needed). ■ Overview Are you giving up on achieving the desired reliability evaluations, environmental tests, and reproducibility tests because conventional testing machines cannot set the desired test conditions or multiple test conditions for reproducing issues? By coordinating control of power supplies, electronic loads, constant temperature chambers, multimeters, bidirectional power supplies, and more, we conduct reliability evaluations, environmental tests, and reproducibility tests tailored to your needs! - We select the necessary equipment for coordinated control based on your requirements and develop a testing plan. - You only need to prepare the test samples. We will prepare other equipment and coordinated control. - We flexibly respond to various sensor integrations and fixture manufacturing as needed. ■ Key Points Even if the evaluation tests you want to conduct cannot be performed with existing testing equipment, it may be possible to realize them by coordinating control with physical wiring switching circuits and various sensors. Please feel free to consult with us.

There are many standard tests that are recommended to verify products for sale. For example: - JIS standards (JIS C 60335-1 Safety of household electrical appliances, etc.) - IEC standards (IEC 61960 Batteries for portable devices, etc.) - UL standards (UL 1642 Lithium batteries, etc.) and so on. We undertake public standards applicable to household and commercial electrical products. ■ Do you have any of these concerns? ■ - I want to conduct standard tests on developed or purchased products, but I do not own testing equipment. - A business partner has requested the implementation of standard tests, but I have no experience. - I cannot determine whether the test results from the supplier are appropriate.

In response to your company's request for "visualization and quantification" of equipment degradation and product lifespan, we will alleviate the invisible concerns. By visualizing and quantifying the degree of degradation and remaining lifespan of equipment currently in operation and use in the field, you can grasp the timing for maintenance and replacement. This is especially important when using products in special environments that differ from the original installation conditions, as more careful analysis is required. Eurofins FQL, with its extensive experience in the fields of electronic device and component reliability evaluation, failure analysis, and analysis, will assist you in solving challenges by combining various measurement and analysis methods.

When power semiconductors and power modules are repeatedly turned ON and OFF, the self-heating and cooling of the components and modules cause distortion due to the differences in expansion of the bonding materials, leading to a deterioration in bonding reliability. We offer power cycle testing that takes into account the heating operation due to repeated self-heating and cooling cycles. ■ Components, units, and devices where the adoption of power semiconductors and power modules is progressing: - Traction inverters for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) - On-board chargers and DC-DC converters - Motor control, robots, machine tools, elevators - Industrial inverters and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) - Solar power generation systems and wind power generation systems

We would like to introduce environmental testing equipment used for reliability evaluation and environmental testing of not only electronic components and devices but also industrial products and consumer goods materials. Upon consultation, we can place your samples into the testing equipment under specified conditions and provide you with the data and samples after the tests are completed. If you wish to entrust testing to an evaluation organization, do not own testing tanks, or are temporarily unable to use them, please check the equipment specifications when considering outsourcing reliability evaluation tests. *The catalog of equipment specifications listed is only a portion of what we own. For further details, please check our company website.

Power modules such as IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) for high voltage and large current components often contain a significant amount of fillers in the package sealing resin, making it difficult to open the resin. We can remove the package resin using chemical agents for internal observation and, depending on your requirements, conduct evaluations, analyses, and assessments of the internal components after opening. *Please provide a trial sample for opening in advance so we can confirm whether it can be opened (free of charge). *IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) is a type of power semiconductor capable of high-speed switching for large power.

We offer testing for the corrosion resistance of electronic components against corrosive gases in accordance with JIS C 60068-2-43 and JIS C 60068-2-60. - JIS C 60068-2-43: Environmental testing methods - Electrical and electronic - Hydrogen sulfide test method for contacts and connections - JIS C 60068-2-60: Environmental testing methods - Electrical and electronic - Mixed gas flow corrosion test* *JIS C 60068-2-60 specifies that copper test pieces should be exposed simultaneously with the samples for corrosion monitoring. At the customer's request, we will simultaneously introduce copper coupons for corrosion monitoring and conduct weight measurements.

We offer accelerated corrosion testing that implements salt spray, drying, and wetting cycles, as well as salt spray composite cycle testing. ■ Main applicable standards - JASO M609 (Corrosion testing methods for automotive materials) - JASO M610 (Corrosion testing methods for the appearance of automotive parts) - JIS XZ2371 (Japanese Industrial Standards) - RTCA/DO-160G (Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) In addition to conducting salt spray composite cycle testing, we also accept corrosion analysis and failure cause investigation for electronic components and more.