PRODUCT PRE-COMPLIANCE TESTING
Prototype Product Pre-Compliance Evaluation – EMC, Environmental and Safety

Consumer and commercial electronics manufacturers’ products must not only meet global regulatory requirements in a fast-paced business climate, but they must operate reliably after shipping, storage and installation. If regulatory requirements and operating specifications are not designed-in during early stages of the product development cycle, the result can be very costly and may threaten production schedules.

In response to these challenges, Curtis-Straus LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Bureau Veritas), offers a combination product prototype pre-compliance evaluation and test plan to help your product comply with regulatory requirements that may impact its qualification. Uncovering some of these issues at early stages can save time and money. For years, we have assisted customers in mitigating safety, EMC and Environmental non-compliance issues. This program provides a cursory evaluation and test plan encompassing Safety, EMC and Environmental Testing, including:

• Safety: Input, Leakage Current, Temperature, Earthing, Electric Strength Tests
• EMC: Emissions Pre-Scan
• Environmental: Low and High Temperature/Humidity Two-Day Cycle

OUR APPROACH

What is Environmental Simulation Testing?
To remain competitive, as a manufacturer or as a retailer/importer sourcing private label products, you may consider extending your warranty terms to enable your products to function effectively over their expected life. The cost of the environmental testing necessary to support an extended warranty can be set against the cost of failures in the field and damage to your company’s reputation. By designing-in environmental requirements at the product design stage, you increase the chances of delivering a better product, faster to market, with much lower costs for design corrections.

Our Environmental Simulation capabilities include:
• Extremely high and low temperatures
• NEBS testing
• Large, swift variations in temperature
• Vibration and shock
• Blowing and settling sand and dust
• Transportation, shipping and storage
• Airborne contaminants
• Structural integrity
• Salt spray and salt fog
• Solar radiation
• Very high or low humidity
• High and low pressures
• Wet environments

What are the key benefits?
• Demonstrate that your product is compliant with environmental requirements
• Provide an independent test report to your clients and authorities
• Reduce field failures
• Ensure the packaging you use is fit for purpose and your product will arrive in functional condition
• Environmental consultants can advise on designing environmental considerations into your future products
• Save on investing in environmental test equipment, calibration, accreditations and staffing by outsourcing to a global leader in compliance solutions