How do you guarantee that a product will survive
field conditions and longevity when you are
creating
products for customers?
FACTS has a history of making PLCs for 34
years now and we learned how to test the PLCs
from the
original manufacturer of the 305. We learned
from Koyo how to make a reliable product and
it's more
than just UL and CE. Those are important things,
important standards that we adhere to and
everything
is tested to. But there are other things that
we test that are way above the standard. And
one of the
things is this really harsh noise test. It's
a 1000-volt spike that is a one nanosecond
rise time. And that's
almost impossible to do electronically, it's
all done with switches and big capacitors
and inductors. And
that puts out a tremendous amount of noise.
All of our products have to pass that, and
we know if they
pass that, they are definitely going to pass
CE. Only the Koyo products and the FACTS products
are the
ones that we've seen that will pass that
harsh of a test. So, we know it's going to
be reliable when it
gets out in the field.
Let's now go to New Port Richey, Florida, to
see firsthand how FACTS engineering sets the
standard for
controller endurance.
Being able to build something that is going
to be reliable really starts with the early
on designs and
designing the things in to know that you are
going to pass that test. Because you can't
wait until you
have a product done and then start testing
and hope you are going to pass these tests
because it's just
not going to happen. Now we have the capabilities
in-house to test 80% of all of the CE tests
we do
in-house now so that when we do go for that
full certification, it's pretty much a rubber
stamp because
we have done everything in-house.
