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This video shares how to find blacktopped counterfeit electronic components by using the mechanical scrape test and acetone. The quality technicians at AERI have all earned their IDEA-ICE-3000 professional inspector certificates, ensuring that they know how to inspect semiconductors purchased from the open market. AERI offers 3 different levels of counterfeit electronic component testing, some of which include decapsulation, x-ray, XRF, and much more.
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Robb Hammond is the President of AERI and the former chair of the Aerospace Industry’s Counterfeit Electronic Components Mitigation Standard for independent distributors, AS6081, which has become one of the industry’s most respected documents, as well as being adopted by the Department of Defense. Robb is one of the foremost thought leaders in the industry on counterfeit detection and speaks regularly at conferences around the globe.
