Position Vacant Electrical Safety Compliance Engineer/Technician Melbourne Vic
Austest Laboratories is a leading Product Compliance Test Facility, providing comprehensive test and certification services for electrical, IT & telecommunications products. Due to business growth we have a position available for Electrical Testing Technician or Engineer at our Thomastown Victoria facility. The job position involves working with Electrical Testing Engineers in performing testing to Australian and international electrical … Continued
Cable lengths for EMC testing
We receive numerous questions when clients submit products for EMC testing and a typical one concerns associated cables. The only requirement indicated in EMC standards is that cables used in testing should reflect a typical installation. If the power supply is only intended with cables of a specified length, that length should be used. The … Continued
New Impact, Tension and Compression equipment Austest Sydney
Over January, Austest’s Environmental Testing Department has successfully completed commissioning of Radmana ITR-2000 Instrumented Impact Tester and Shimadzu UMH-10 Universal Testing Machine at our Castle Hill laboratory. The ITR-2000 Instrumented Impact Tester provides a versatile and accurate way to characterise impact and puncture properties of wide range of materials such as plastics, composites, films, pipes, soft … Continued
Australian requirements for Power Assisted Bicycles
Bicycles with small electric motors are becoming more popular. Here is a summary of the regulatory requirements applicable to importers / suppliers in the Australian market, prior to sale. Electrical Safety Mandatory electrical safety compliance (declared item status) applies to any external mains powered battery charger that connects to the bicycle. The relevant standard … Continued
AS/NZS 62368.1:2018 published today
Standards Australia have today published a new electrical safety product standard covering information technology equipment, audio visual equipment and their accessories including external power supplies. The standard is technology agnostic and performance-based, rather than based on prescribed constructions as is the case with the standards it replaces. The AS/NZS version is an adoption of IEC 62368-1 … Continued
Austest Adelaide V2.0
As the only commercial EMC lab in South Australia, Austest Laboratories Adelaide has been providing EMC testing services to South Australian companies since 1997. The hightened focus on defence and the large number of defence companies based in Adelaide, including BAE Systems, Boeing Defence, Lockheed Martin, … Continued
Austest adds Automotive EMC Immunity Standards for Vehicle mounted Devices
Austest Laboratories is proud to announce test capabilities for a suite of automotive based EMC standards. These standards apply to vehicle mounted products and accessories under CE requirements and are listed below, along with a brief description of our capabilities: ISO 11452-2:2004 This standard specifies an absorber-lined shielded enclosure method for testing the immunity of … Continued
EXPLAINING SRS – PART 3 Higher Level SRS Shock Tests
Higher Level SRS Shock Tests As noted in our earlier article EXPLAINING SRS – PART 2, manufacturers and end customers are increasingly turning away from using empirical, testing-machine-specific standards to specify the mechanical shock survivability requirements of their products and equipment. Instead they are requiring products to survive test shocks specified in the SRS domain. … Continued
Controlled Solar Testing of Large Items
Austest Labs currently performs solar testing in 4 broad spectrum /solar test chambers located in our Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne labs (separate to our 3 x UVA chambers) and while we use industry best chambers, these are limited to test items 700mm W x 450mm D x 200mm H. What happens when a test item … Continued
Austest Labs and ASA closing times Dec 2017
Austest Laboratories will close Friday afternoon the 22nd of December and open Tues the 2nd of January. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year. Australian Safety Approval certificate services will remain open over the holiday period. Contact ASA here.