Austest Laboratories has announced the construction of a semi anechoic EMC chamber for radiated emissions and immunity testing of electrical and electronic products and components.

The chamber is installed at Austest’s Castle Hill NSW facility and is the only CISPR16 compliant chamber in New South Wales capable of:

Radiated emissions (AS/NZS, EN & CISPR11 and 22 Class B)
AS/NZS CISPR13
AS/NZS 61000.6.3 (Generic emissions )
AS/NZS CISPR14.1
FCC Subpart 15B Class A or B
Radiated emissions above 1Ghz for the above CISPR standards and
Radiated immunity to IEC/EN 61000-4-3
Providing emissions and immunity testing at the same location saves hours of setup, testing and mitigation time.

“This chamber represents a significant investment in the test capabilities of our company and is a tangible sign of support for the Australian Manufacturing Industry, ” says managing director Martin Garwood.

“Exporters of medical devices, gaming machines and electronics will benefit from a local lab with more than 15 years experience in EMC testing, with the above mentioned standards, along with IEC/EN 61000-4-13 (Harmonics and interharmonics including mains signalling at a.c. power port, low frequency immunity tests) added to our Castle Hills location scope within 30 days.

“We will continue to run our fully accredited Open Area Test Site on the NSW Central Coast for radiated emissions and in particular, some Class A measurements where a 10 metre measurement distance is required. Our OATS is one of the quietest in the world with low ambient emissions, allowing easy detection of signals from a product as opposed to stray background ambients,” adds Martin.