We are never surprised to get counterfeits from a long time independent stocking distributor. There is a certain type of distributor class whose main focus is buying excess inventory from…
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This is one of the more revealing videos we have seen of the sweat shops creating counterfeit electronic components. It is not easy to get good video coverage due to…
Here is another case of remarking on military electronic components. These parts are often bound for installation on military equipment or aerospace applications which lives depend on. Robb HammondRobb Hammond…
While I was presenting the increasing hardware requirements to detect today’s counterfeits at an industry conference, someone asked me the question “Instead of using all of these expensive measures to…
We check all plastic components with acetone to see how the surface reacts. Whenever we see color come off on to the cotton swab we know we have a remarked…
The US Senate Committee investigating counterfeits in our military products is turning up the heat on China and they are not happy. Chinese officials are making excuses for the committee’s…
At AERI we favor manual decapsulation for a variety of reasons. There is much less chemical waste, you can change the process on the fly when there are surprises, and…
Now that it is obvious that counterfeiting has hit the military supply chain there is additional horsepower going into the fight against counterfeiting and IP violations. It’s not just Gucci…
This article from IHS is a great resource for an overall view of how to set up a counterfeit avoidance plan. It is short and to the point. Robb HammondRobb…
This part is an inexpensive $.10 diode. One might think that it would be too much trouble to sand down the tops of the parts, fix the leads and remark…
