| Cirris Systems Corp. CirrisConnect | December 2009 | |||||
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Cable/Harness Testing Made Easy. The New Year is fast approaching and we're all looking forward to a better economy and a productive year. As part of your list of things to get done, now may be a good time to check calibration on your Cirris testers. Knowing that your testers are operating properly, and within spec, gives you confidence in your test results. While Cirris testers perform a self-test on power-up, doing a performance verification of each tester at least annually fulfills a key requirement of your quality system (most often ISO-9000). We've had a number of customers request verification of expired performance check kits before retiring them. This request along, with some customer quality system requirements, has encouraged us to modify our policy on the way performance check kits are replaced or recalibrated. Read on to see the details. Our newsletter this month covers ways to most cost effectively keep your Cirris testers in calibration and making sure your test fixturing is up to the tasks ahead. If you have any questions or comments, call us at 1-800-441-9910. Best Regards, |
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| Performance Checking/Calibrating Your Cirris Testers | ||||||
Cirris testers can be sent to Cirris for calibration, sent to an independent calibration lab, or Performance checked by you with a calibrated performance check kit available from Cirris. For an overview of your calibration options and costs to help you decide on the solution that best fits your needs see: Performance Check Kits | 
Calibrate your testers and adapters now to be ready for 2010. | |||||
| Performance Checking Your Test Adapters | ||||||
As adapters wear, the measured resistance increases in mating contacts. This can cause assemblies to fail testing due to high resistance. While this problem does not result in passing bad cables, it does waste time and may cause you to scrap good assemblies because you think they are defective. While calibration is not common for fixturing or test adapters, there are ways to performance check your fixturing by creating a shorting block adapter. A shorting block is simply a connector that mates to your test fixturing or adapter with all pins shorted together. You verify the fixturing by plugging this shorting block in and testing for very low resistance. For detailed information on how to do this see: Testing Adapters | ||||||
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