NASA, DoD and the Commercial Space

Some Current Issues with Aircraft, Terrestrial, Maritime or  Spacebound Payloads may include  the following: 

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•   Space Bound Component Failures

•   Advanced Manufacturing without Up-to-Date Quality Best Practices

•   Long Term Storage & Handling Issues 

•   Lack of Traceability" for Material Integrity

•   Offshore Substitution of OEM Materials without Qualification 

•   Supplier Non-Conformance

•   Obsolete Industry Practices not Keeping Pace with Innovation

•   Suspect Counterfeiting or Anti-Counterfeiting

•   Class 0 Device (less real estate) generating issues Not Seen in the Past

•   Lack of Certification Training

•   Web Format Training vs. “Hands On” In Laboratory Training 

•   Continued Use of limited shelf life material in Manufacturing/Assembly

•   Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems in harsh environments

•   Contract Assembly Areas or "Kitting" without Current Protocols

•   Contract Manufacturer Original and 'Substitute' Packaging

•   "Grey" Market materials due to the :Lowest Price" 

•   Data Center Flooring Not "Certified" before purchase

•   Equipment Centers 

•   Incoming Raw Materials for R&D Requirements

•   Incoming Supplier Packaging by "Visual Inspection" only 

•   In-Process Production Equipment

•   Ionization Oversold for Controlled/Sterile Environments

•   Ionization in Factories without prior "Validation"before Buy

•   Long Term Storage Packaging and Austere Environments

•   Operating Room Flooring without current specifications

•   Robotics Equipment and RH

•    Non-Compliant or "Suspect Counterfeit" Packaging, Materials & Components

•   Wrong Usage of Test Instrumentation 

•   Workstations, Benches, Monitoring and Accessories

AeroSpace & Defense Considerations

The RMV humidity controlled room is capable of testing per

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ANSI/ESD SP15.1 In-Use Resistance Testing of Gloves and Finger Cots

 Volume Resistance of Gloves per ANSI/ESD STM11.12

 Electrostatic Decay of Gloves per Mil-STD-3010C (Modified)

at the required 12%RH & 50%RH conditions.

Static Control Glove testing per ANSI/ESD SP15.1 at 12%RH & 50%RH can be easily conducted in the RMV lab.

RMV has several humidity controlled environmental chambers that can be controlled down to  <1.0%RH.

Geared for testing in extreme environments, the RMV lab can be controlled to your AeroSpace & Defense application specific conditions for certification, validation and verifcation testing.   

Testing for Government and Industry

Pre-Compliance Testing for R&D phase of your product development.

Product troubleshooting & development services by our Senior Engineering Associates.

All work is done by iNARTE Certified ESD and EMC Engineering Staff.  

What We Test at the RMV at NASA Ames Laboratory

The list (click on button below) includes some of the products that we test.  

If your product, consumable or flexible packaging is not listed in the following link, then call or email us.  

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Mil Stds., ANSI/ESD, JEDEC, IEC, ASTM, NFPA

We test a full range of materials and protective ESD packaging utilized in the factory, cleanroom, assembly, Repair Depots, Incoming Inspection and/or  onsite testing at your facility during an ESD Assessment or ESD Audit.  

Contact us  for more information on your material, packaging or product for  Verification, Validation or Certification Testing (IV&V).   

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