EMC Testing for Military Systems

CKC Laboratories' Military EMC Labs are located in Canyon Park, Washington and Fremont, CA. CKC Canyon Park is home to 6 military EMC test sites, equipped with state of the art susceptibility and emissions test equipment. Included at our Canyon Park facility are a 36' x 16' x 11' room, a 17' x 24' x 10' semi-anechoic room, a 17' x 14' x 10' Semi-Anechoic room, and a MS/MB lightning test bench. Both of Canyon Park's semi-anechoic MIL test room feature attached, RF shielded "ante" rooms for control/support equipment.
 
Our Fremont military EMI labs includes two chambers specially configured for Military EMC. One chamber is a 32'x21'x10', fully-anechoic room and the other chamber is semi-anechoic room, 32'x21x10'.

Specific capabilities of our Military EMC test centers include: MIL STD 461 (D, E), MIL STD 462, and MIL STD 285, with radiated susceptibility testing available in Canyon Park to 200 V/m, 10 kHz to 18 GHz (higher radiated fields at specific frequencies and distances). Also available are diagnostic testing for low level current injection testing. Our Military EMI Test Centers also includes the latest in computer assisted operation and data reduction.

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List of Test Capabilities and Site Specifications for Canyon Park

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Design Control Plan
The design control plan describes how the product will comply with the EMC standards imposed. CKC design control plans utilize our proprietary EMCad1™ Design Analysis Software to identify and detail shielding requirements for cases and cables. The design control plan also describes the specific filter designs for power leads, signal leads and PCB filtering. The control plan documents and justifies the complete EMC design approach. Experienced engineering support is important in achieving a quality design program and a fully compliant product.

Test Plans
A well written military test plan includes specific failure criteria, modes of operation and loading details for all I/O leads and cabling information. Poor test procedures increase the chance of repeating some or all of these expensive tests. Because deviation justifications are often required, most military reports contain an assessment of failure conditions and recommendations for corrective measures. Formulating deviation justifications requires the ability to analytically assess the impact the deviation will have on the entire system. Proper technical justification combined with knowledge of what deviations have been acceptable on similar programs can contribute to the success of military testing.

Test Reports
Military test reporting requires a very professional approach with careful attention to detail. These reports are more involved that most "commercial" reports because they require a great deal of both emissions and susceptibility testing. Also, the frequency range of concern is much broader and the amount of test equipment used much greater than most commercial testing.

If you have a Avionics/Aerospace project that requires EMC testing and / or EMC design evaluation, please contact CKC Business Development for Canyon Park or Fremont. We look forward to providing you with a cost estimate for services. Please fill out an online quote request or contact a CKC sales representative at 800-500-4EMC.