The Rheintacho Stroboscope Shaking Test for Quality Control

Rheintacho Messtechnik proposes a practical solution for vibration quality control tests with a portable stroboscope solution, using its RT STROBE qbLED series. The German company specializes in highly efficient solutions wherever speed must be measured, monitored or indicated. Its portable stroboscope range allows non-contact checking of electrical and mechanical components on a vibrating table, in a safe way.

Klippel GmbH is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017. To celebrate, Klippel launched its new Klippel Analyzer 3 (KA3). The Klippel Analyzer 3 is an hardware platform for R&D modules and Quality Control (QC) tasks that performs the data acquisition and real time processing. It is connected to a Host-PC / dB-Lab via USB 2.0, and accepts a series of KA3-Frame and Cards to plug in. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2017.

This Voice Coil Spotlight by Marian Liebig (Klippel GmbH), discusses the specific challenges of Testing Mobile Devices such as Bluetooth headphones, smartphones, and tablets. Those devices have become part of people’s daily lives but increasingly pose important new challenges in terms of quality assurance, where defect symptoms need to be detected sensitively and quickly while measured under tough acoustical conditions.

NTi Audio announced a new functionality for its XL2 Analyzer, reinforcing its use as a professional measuring tool in quality assurance, maintenance, and service. The XL2 can measure power in Watts and dBm allowing it to determine the maximum output power of, for example, an audio amplifier or a headphone output. NTi Audio also confirmed that calibration according to IEC61672-3:2013 is now available for the XL2.

Audio and electronic production test systems specialist, Avermetrics, has announced the release of its new 9084 Analog Switch. Based in Los Angeles, California, Avermetrics develops highly modular and scalable test solutions for electronics production lines. Its new 9084 Analog Switch was precisely designed to respond to the needs of audio equipment manufacturers with high-channel count devices that need to be tested.

Following a preview earlier this year at the ALMA International Symposium and Expo 2016, in Las Vegas, Danish audio test and measurement specialist LoudSoft has now simultaneously released its new dedicated headphone/earphone hardware analyzer, FINE Hardware 2 with its new headphone/earphone QC software, FINE QC/Headphone. The solution is able to is able to test a headphone in 1 second, including Left-Right difference and Rub & Buzz for both, and the test cycle can also include Noise Cancel Test, both passive and active, in less than 10 seconds.