Danfoss Editron opens EMC testing centre

Introducing in-house facilities will allow Danfoss Editron to test its systems and machines at an earlier stage of the manufacturing process than ever before. It will also enable the company to identify potential issues earlier, when problems are easier to fix than at later stages of product development.

The laboratory has dedicated EMC and environmental testing chambers, which can perform radiative immunity, radiative emissions and electrostatic discharge tests, automotive immunity checks magnetic field immunity and conductive emissions assessments to international and European standards. The facility also contains electronic loads and a high-power direct current power source, plus dust test, salt mist, climatic test and walk-in chambers. Testing undertaken in the laboratory will take between a few hours and several months.

The company has a pipeline of projects currently at the prototype phase, with serial production expected to start within three years, that will benefit from the introduction of in-house EMC and environmental testing facilities.

Editron’s Hardware Engineer Jussi Hämäläinen noted that this will eliminate difficulties coordinating test and product development cycles as EMC and environmental tests have been performed at 3rd party facilities until now. This had created bottlenecks, while testing needed to be planned and booked months in advance.

The laboratory’s EMC test chamber is already performing tests, assessments and checks. The remaining testing capabilities are expected to enter operation in a few months’ time.