Counterfeit Electronic Component Inspection

Counterfeit Components

The ever increasing problem of counterfeit components has resulted in problems for thousands of component distributors in controlling the quality of the product. While some problems are detected more easily using visual inspection, there are many issues where only x-ray inspection is more effective.

This would include checking for the presence of die, cracks in the epoxy, checking wire bonds and product or manufacturing markings that are x-ray detectable.

Since the components generally arrive in reels, trays, tubes and bags, x-ray inspection is ideal since the parts do not need to be removed from packaging. You can x-ray directly through the antistatic bags preserving the quality of the part.

Glenbrook Technologies has affordable, high-resolution x-ray systems that can be used for these requirements.

Now your customer can have the security of knowing that their component distributor is using the necessary quality control procedures to ensure they are getting the actual parts and not counterfeit components.

The JewelBox-70T x-ray system used for Counterfeit Electronic Component Inspection clearly reveals broken wire bonds.