Education in your future? Two non-medical seminars have been added to QuadTech and UL's 2005 schedule: Electrical Safety Testing of IT Equipment per UL 60950-1 and Electrical Safety Testing of Measurement, Control and Laboratory Equipment per IEC 61010-1.

Taught by experienced UL Engineers, these seminars are structured so that the participant gains technical competence through lecture and discusssion, then applies this knowledge in practical applications exercises. Topics for discussion include: critical clearance, creepage and through-insulation distances, two-level protection, TNV circuit separation, enclosure design, insulation diagrams and more.

Visit us at Medical Design & Manufacturing's West Coast Exhibition at the Anaheim Convention Center (Booth #1271), January 10 - 12, 2005. This trade show features 1,500 exhibiting companies, including the world’s largest exhibition for medical manufacturing.

QuadTech will be featuring its latest test system, the Guardian 6000 Series with CaptivATE, a Windows based testing application for automating the production process of electrical safety testing. Other product lines that will be featured include QuadTech's Hipot Testers, LCR Meters, and Medical Device Safety Analyzers.

2005 Medical Seminar Schedule

If training in the application of Medical Standards is on your to-do list for the upcoming year, check out the new medical regulatory compliance seminars offered by UL and QuadTech:

These seminars are being offered in multiple locations across the US in 2005. For detailed information, locations, dates and to register online visit, click here.

ECI Testing & Process Control Systems designs integrated computer-controlled test and process control systems for HVAC and Appliance Manufacturers. If you manufacture refrigerators, air conditioners, compressors, coils, ranges or other HVAC equipment, ECI can improve your quality and productivity with a custom designed process control system for a manufacturing line or an automated test system for a production line. ECI has dedicated engineering, programming and machining departments on-site to design, manufacture, troubleshoot and service your equipment. For more information, visit ECI on the web or contact ECI by telephone at (901) 854-8088.

Once again, a customer inquired about the need for a specific tester and we listened. QuadTech is pleased to add the new 1855 Capacitor Leakage Current/IR Meter to its Megohmmeter family. In addition to leakage current and insulation resistance, the 1855 measures rise time and withstand voltage in accordance with the EIAJ RC-2364A standard on electrolytic capacitors.

The 1855 instrument provides powerful charge current up to 500mA and programmable source voltage to 650V DC plus insulation resistance measurements from 10W to 99GW. Other features include: programmable charge and dwell times, high & low test limits, auto ranging and measurement averaging. The 1855 comes standard with an RS232 interface plus it has an optional IEEE-488 & Handler interface for high speed automated measurements. Whether its production line component testing or bench-top R&D testing, the 1855 Capacitor LC/IR Meter is right for the task.

At the end of the year as we count our blessings, a simple expression of thanks to the troops may mean more than any material good.

Operation Dear Abby,  powered by AnyServiceMember.Nav.Mil, is the best way to send a "Thank You" to the troops. The military postal service is not accepting packages or letters addressed to "Any Service Member" due to the sheer volume of mail. But you can still provide encouragement, inspiration or a little laughter with a quick email message.

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