This lot clearly showed blacktopping material in the mould cavity. These should be completely clean. In this cavity there is actually a country of origin mark which is hard to…
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We received this lot of military grade components this week which were remarked. The counterfeiters have not stopped at just plastic packages, but they are blacktopping ceramic as well. Robb…
There are some great new technologies for detecting counterfeit components. One of the most interesting is taking a fingerprint from each individual chip to identify them as legitimate later. It is…
It seems as though China is beginning to hear our cries and at least appear to be doing something about their tremendous counterfeiting problem. Read the fox news article for…
There has been much talk in the past about counterfeit electronic components being addressed in the higher levels of government, but it looks like it will become more than just…
Finally the authorities are starting to shut down the companies that are flooding the market with fakes. There is serious danger in providing these components to manufacturers, especially in the…
Robb HammondRobb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081,…
AERI recently received this lot of MC12015P’s which were obvious counterfeits. There were parts from the same lot code with completely different fonts and textures of plastic. After an acetone…
Sens. Tom Carper (D Del) and Sherrod Brown (D Ohio) wrote “Federal agencies, including those within the DOD, do not have effective policies or specific processes in place for detecting,…
These parts were received at AERI in August 2010. They are a hermetic ceramic package that has been sanded down and resurfaced to disguise something (see directional sanding marks under…
