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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Are your electronic components counterfeit?
Around 15% of electronic components are counterfeit, affecting all sectors from military to medical. Here, AdaptixNDE explains how on-site inspection can help equip manufacturers in the war against the counterfeiters
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post-pandemic surge in demand for electronic components has caused lead times to often exceed 52 weeks, and
buyers are now scouring parts of the supply chain that they would not have previously trusted. This means counterfeiters have seized the chance to monetise the opportunity – and have become much more sophisticated in doing so. The counterfeiters ‘pepper’ good batches
with around 10% non-authentic components to drive their yield and avoid detection. Existing inspection protocols are not stopping the ingress, and buyers are accepting downstream product failure as a cost of doing business. This is understandable if it is a non-safety critical device, but problematic in a car, pacemaker, plane or missile guidance system. In fact counterfeits affect sectors from military
to medical, with approximately one in seven electronic parts in the US Military estimated to be counterfeit (according to the US Senate in 2011) and one in 12 medical devices being counterfeit (according to the World Health Organization in 2010). As a result, standards such as ISO9000, AS9100, SAE AS5553, and IEC 62239-1 all state that supply chain companies must have anti- counterfeit measures and management plans.
the war on counterfeit
AdaptixNDE sees a way to change the balance of power in the war on counterfeit. Initially this is about transforming the economics of testing: accelerating inspection workflow; increasing the productivity of skilled inspectors; and improving the sensitivity and diagnostic certainty with respect to counterfeit. This is achieved by bringing the external test house to
the warehouse through the use of affordable and deployable 3D imaging on the test bench to deliver 3D clarity in 60 seconds. Conventionally, 3D X-ray
(typically via Computed Tomography) has been beyond the reach of many organisations because of the infrastructure (lead-lined radiation room), cost (hundreds of thousands), weight (the same as two Nissan Micras) and the workflow time it takes to acquire an image. Fast, affordable, fully shielded 3D imaging is now available for in-house routine use via Adaptix, and it weighs just 85kg. This benchtop 3D solution allows a rapid
AdaptixNDE is putting affordable and deployable 3D imaging on the test bench to deliver 3D clarity in 60 seconds
and better data to refute false return claims.
test for coplanarity, while also visualising deformities (such as twisted chips or bent pins); uneven BGAs; missing or variants in dye; and seeing broken wires. And this is while in the box, allowing focussed selection of components for inspection. On-site inspection reduces component
handling and transit, allows faster stock-turns to reduce working capital and stock-holding risk, and increases the throughput capacity for a test, storage or warehouse facility, allowing the following advantages: Faster inventory turns: In-house testing
The benchtop 3D solution allows rapid testing
allows compression of the inspection cycle from six weeks to 60 seconds; means lower inventory holding periods as there is no need to wait for test results; and means faster time to cash receipt from customers. Enhanced risk management: Reduced risk from price fluctuations on price-volatile components; and reduced economic exposure when placing components into long-term storage. Reduced cost: Reduced
external test costs; reduced handling, transit and administration costs; and it removes capital cost of test equipment purchases. Improved efficiency: More
productive use of in-demand skilled inspectors to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Increased confidence: Potential
to increase sample size with the same resource or to give equal assurance at lower cost;
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accelerating inspection AdaptixNDE is delivering this value on a ‘per-scan’ basis with a small up-front and monthly fee to reduce the perceived risk of adoption and ensure that incentives are aligned. Just as in healthcare, from where the technology emanates, the key is ‘quality up, cost down’. Again, as in healthcare, the technology is not standing still and the company has a product roadmap that will further accelerate inspection and enhance assurance. The pipeline of further innovations includes:
• Automated quantification • Automated comparison with external data sets • Multi-modal and multi-spectral inspection • Automated oxidation detection • Comparison with large data sets of known- good and know-bad.
the future
The future of counter-counterfeit is a strategy built on data and leveraging the lessons of anti-virus, i.e. the aggregation and dissemination of threat information to the benefit of all benign market participants by providing ever more certain characterisation and evaluation of components and devices. Adaptix’s solution will extend to a complete
solution that evolves as the threat develops in order to support reputable companies in their anti-counterfeiting management plan in line with ISO, AS, SAE and IEC requirements. Today, AdaptixNDE can transform the economics of test. Tomorrow it aims to equip manufacturers in the war against the counterfeiters.
AdaptixNDE
https://adaptixnde.com
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