Here is a group of parts we received today. To avoid the possibility of someone detecting blacktopping the counterfeiters are removing just a little bit of the top layer with its markings. Then they are re-marking them and selling them as new. It is not too difficult to detect as long as you know what you are looking for.
Robb 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, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
