Evertiq Expo Berlin | 29 June 2023, Technology Park Berlin Adlershof
26. May 2023
Evertiq Expo Berlin
The event for everyone working in and for the electronics industry.
Visit us at the Evertiq Expo Berlin at HTV booth no. 9. in the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof – 29 June 2023 from 09:00 to 16:00.
The conference programme at which our colleague Fabian Zentner will give a presentation runs parallel to the Expo.
Fabian Zenter | HTV-Conservation GmbH
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 2:20 – 2:40 p.m.
Topic:
“Evolution of electronic component counterfeiting: Detection of advanced counterfeits and current insights from the lab.”
The Component Obsolescence Group (COG) estimates that in 2018 about 4% of electronic components worldwide were counterfeits. The dangers posed by counterfeited electrotechnical components are much more severe than merely financial damage. Should such components end up inside medical equipment, safety technology, or even worse, in aircraft, those manipulated components can – and will – cost lives. Even the Pentagon has had to deal with counterfeit components. In 2010, a US broker was shut down and the owner convicted of fraud for selling manipulated electronic components, which ended up in US Air Force fighter jets and in train braking systems, among other products. It is unclear whether counterfeit components were also installed in rockets or satellites, but given the quantity of individual components and the extremely high profit margin, owing to the exorbitant prices for space components, it is very likely.
This makes it clear how important it is to detect counterfeit components in advance in order to minimize the danger they pose. A variety of different examination methods like (optical) light microscopy, X-Ray inspection, XRF, Scanning Acoustic microscopy etc. are used for this purpose. In this panel, we will give you an insight into the everyday work of HTV Conservation analytics in the fight against manipulated components, as well as insight into our experience with counterfeit electrical components, and we will show you how counterfeiting has changed over time and how these forgeries are becoming increasingly difficult to detect. We will also show you which techniques counterfeiters use to conceal their manipulations.
In order to avoid having to buy components on the open market, HTV Conservation also offers a long-term preservation process, in which electronic components can be stored for up to 50 years, whereby the suppression of all common aging mechanisms is cyclically verified with the test methods of the laboratory.
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