Laboratory Tests for Navigational Maritime Equipment

Customer background

SIMRAD produces solutions for navigation and communications equipment and instrumentation for its global customer base. The company is a technological leader providing its client base with state-of-the art innovations and one of the market leaders in the category of maritime electronics.

Challenge

One of the customer challenges was to speed up the process of introducing new products to the market and to make sure that products are compliant with the European directives and safe for usage. The customer needed a reliable partner without experiencing delays and using multiple testing locations. It was important to get all necessary certificates that confirm their product quality and to comply with current market requirements.

Solution

Based on the requirements from the customer wide series of testing was performed at our location. This included services from our accredited laboratories and making sure that the customer gets all necessary reports on time.

Safety requirements

Full compliance with the required standards was the result which allowed the client to have confidence necessary for the product launch. Since the customer invested a lot in the engineering of the product that was tested, all tests were complied in the first attempt. Mutual cooperation between both sides allowed for tests to be performed in a problem-free way.

SIMRAD / Norway

» Vibration testing

» Climatic tests

» EMC

» IP and IK testing

» Power supply variations

» Safety requirements

» Extreme conditions

» Compass safe distance