Component Sourcing and Testing
Expertise in semiconductors, actives and passives from rigorously vetted and trusted global suppliers
Supported by SMT Corp's world-leading electronic components authentication and testing laboratory. Together, our teams help to keep your projects reliable and on track.
Mitigating Risk through our Electronic Component Sourcing Solutions
With extensive technical expertise, both within APC’s component sourcing team and across our Group, we understand your component requirements. We can source a range of parts to overcome any sourcing, availability or quality issues you may be facing.
Drawing on more than four decades of expertise, our sourcing team works with defence and aerospace, medical and critical infrastructure customers to help them achieve their strategic component sourcing goals. We offer risk mitigation solutions for purchasing electronic components to ensure that production schedules are met and projects remain on track.
Global Procurement with Risk Mitigation
APC's Component Sourcing team works in partnership with SMT Corp, and has built an unrivalled network of trusted global suppliers of electronic components. Risk mitigation underpins our quality management systems and processes, adhered to at every stage in the sourcing and procurement of obsolete, end-of-life and hard-to-find components.
Counterfeit electronics mitigation begins with counterfeit avoidance. Where possible, our team endeavours to source product with OEM certificates and traceability. When that is not possible, we offer authentication through our world-leading lab at SMT Corp.
Electronic Component Testing and Authentication
- 100% Visual Inspection
- 100% X-Ray inspection
- XRF - X-Ray Fluorescence material analysis
- Solderability
- Resistance to Solvent and Heated Solvent
- Decapsulation / Die Verification
- AS6171 Testing Services
- AS6081 Standard
- MIL-STD-750 Electrical Testing
- MIL-STD-883 Electrical Testing
Get the parts you need,
from an experienced partner you can trust
Contact a member of our team today to discuss how we can help keep your projects on track and help you to overcome any sourcing, availability or quality issues you may be facing in your electronics supply chain.
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Testing Standards
Anti-counterfeit testing to AS6081 and AS6171
Aerospace Standard AS6081A standardises the practices for the identification of reliable sources to procure electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts, to mitigate the risk of distributing suspect counterfeit or counterfeit EEE parts. Revision A of AS6081 now references AS6171 for the test and inspection methods - the gold standard in testing and authenticating electronic components, to ensure parts are genuine and conform to the original part numbers as specified by the original component manufacturer (OCM).
Electrical testing to MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883
Working closely with SMT Corp, we can offer electrical testing services to MIL-STD-750 and MIL-STD-883, enabling component characterisation and up-screening in accordance with MIL-PRF-19500, MIL-PRF-38534, and MIL-PRF-38535.
Retesting and requalification of electronic components
APC's Component Sourcing Team of experts offer comprehensive solutions for electrical load testing to OEM/CEM customers.
Component up-screening (speed and temperature grade)
We can test standard-grade components to ensure they meet the requirements for use in more demanding applications, such as aerospace, defence, or space systems. Component up-screening confirms the reliability of standard parts in more extreme environments where they may be exposed to increased levels of shock, vibration or temperature ranges.
Our Certifications & Memberships
Electronic Component Authentication and Testing for Aerospace and Defence Projects
SMT Corp's electronic component authentication and testing services help customers mitigate the risk of fraudulent, counterfeit and cloned components ending up in the supply chain when sourcing from non-franchised sources. Together, APC Technology Group and SMT Corp form Certify Holdings – an international, full product lifecycle, strategic provider of electronics-based design, test, and supply chain management solutions for aerospace, defence, critical infrastructure, and medical applications.
APC is part of Certify Holdings, a premier provider of end-to-end electronics services and solutions for aerospace, defence, critical infrastructure, and medical applications. Certify Holdings supports its customers as a trusted strategic supply chain partner across the manufacturing lifecycle from initial design, through strategic sourcing solutions, and industry-leading electronics testing and authentication services.
With its gold-standard AS6171 certified testing facility, operated by the experts at SMT Corp (also part of Certify Holdings), this partnership enables the sourcing team at APC to offer the latest in electronic component testing and authentication services, mitigating any risk from counterfeit or faulty parts entering the supply chain.