Electronics testing

Green test

ALS can provide banned substance testing for consumer products to meet international regulations including EU directives 2002/95/EC. Our services cover:

• RoHS compliance and other banned substances testing on WEEE
  • Lead (Pb)
  • Mercury (Hg)
  • Cadmium (Cd)
  • Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
  • PBB (Polybrominated Biphenyls)
  • PBDE (Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers)
• Halogen free testing
• Migration metals according to EN71-3 for toy safety
• EU banned phthalates
• REACH SVHC 16 banned substances
• 16 Banned PAHs

Cleanliness

As electronic components get smaller, the need for cleaner parts becomes ever more critical. Our cleanliness and micro-contaminant testing service can help to improve your components’ reliability.

• FT-IR and Microscope FT-IR
• Liquid-borne Particle Counter (LPC)
• Particle Analyzer as required by Road vehicles – Cleanliness of components and systems (ISO 16232-2018)
• Ion Chromatography (IC)
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX)
• GC/MS and Thermal Desorption GC/MS 
  
   

Failure analysis

To employ various analytical techniques, we can assist clients to diagnose component failures due to contamination and material related issues. 

• Optical Microscope Examination
• Scanning Electron Microscope Examination
• Foreign Material Identifications
• Micro-metrological measurements including
  
  • Step Height Measurement
  • Flatness Measurement
  • Roughness Measurement
• 3D Microscopic Imaging
• Microscope FT-IR Analysis
• Cross sectional

Reliability testing

Our reliability test for electronic components is typically performed in controlled environmental chambers.

• Temperature–humidity cycling
• Thermal shock
• Chemical compatibility studies
• Salt spray chamber
• Xenon arc test

Facilities Assessment

Product safety and quality are of the highest priority in manufacturing, this includes minimizing the introduction of airborne particles, control temperature, humidity, sound, free ion, bacteria, volatile gases, etc. Our field sampling includes:

• Ultrapure and DI Water Monitoring
• Total Oxidisable Carbon (TOC)
• Total Dissolved Silica (SiO2)
• Total Bacteria Count
• Trace Metals (including Zn, Fe, Cu, Al, Cr, Mn, Pb and Sn)
• Ion (F-, Cl-, Br-, NO2-, NO3-, PO43-, SO42-, Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and NH4+) 
• Cleanroom Air and Clean Dry Air – Volatile Organic Carbon (VOC), Ionics by impinging and Trace metals
• Indoor air quality per ISO 16000-40:2019