Robb Hammond will be presenting to medical manufacturers on how to avoid having counterfeit electronic components end up in medical devices. In the medical field, the need for high reliability is life critical. Robb’s presentation will detail how to avoid a catastrophe by taking the attendees through a step by step process of how to research, procure, and test electronic components to avoid counterfeits from being used in their manufacturing process. To learn more about the symposium, please click here.
Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
