TWEX! Ten minutes With an EXpert Get your free 10-minute consultation!

The EMC Doctor is in the house!

TWEX – Ten minutes With an EXpert - Get your free 10-minute consultation!

TWEX is a completely new type of activity at exhibitions and conferences, and this is its first outing!

A wide variety of experts (we call them TWEXperts) will be offering their advice for free, for no longer than 10 minutes at a time, during the EMC & Compliance International event at Newbury Racecourse, 18th and 19st May, www.emcandci.com

At the moment, the list of topics includes (….deep breath….)

Michael Derby

Technical Director for Regulatory Approvals at Element, UK.

• RED (EU Radio Equipment Directive) compliance
• RER (UK Radio Equipment Regulation) compliance
• RED Notified Body EU Type Examination Certificates
• UK Approved Body Type Examination Certificates
• FCC USA Radio Certifications
• ISED Canada Radio Certifications
• FCC and ISED Electronics compliance (sDoC)
• Test Planning and Test Reduction
• Risk Assessments for Radio Equipment Manufacturers
• Test Standards, Test Labs, Measurements
• Radio Module approvals
• Installing Radio Modules
• Combining radio and non-radio equipment
• Surfing, Karate, Mexican food, beach life

Ian MacDiarmid

Visiting Professor in Applied Electromagnetics at University of Liverpool

• Electromagnetic Hazards (e.g. HIRF, EMC, EMP, DEW) – design, development, verification, qualification
• Installed antenna performance – design, development, verification, qualification
   

Geraldine Salt

BSI Standards Development Manager for EMC, Energy, Oil, Gas

• The standards-making process                  
• BS Online
• How to participate in International and European standards
• How to join a BSI Committee
• Demonstration of BSI standards development portal

James Pawson

Unit 3 Compliance, the EMC Problem Solvers

• Design for EMC – how to get it right the first time!
• EMC Problem Solving – how to get it right the second time!
• EMC Testing (for self-declaration and pre-testing)
• CE / UKCA marking
• Electrical Safety testing and assessment

Neil Bonter

CE & FCC Compliance Consultant (TCFs), Member of the REDCA

• RED (Radio Equipment Directive) compliance (EU)
• EMC Directive compliance (EU)         
• Machinery Directive compliance (EU)
• LVD & Electrical Safety                         
• Electromagnetic Exposure Safety
• Technical file construction                   
• RISK assessment         
• On-site EMC Testing
   

Charlie Blackham

Sulis Consultants Ltd

• Radio Equipment Directive compliance – self declaration or using Notified Body
• EMC Directive compliance                   
• LVD compliance
• CE marking Technical Files                   
• RoHS Directive compliance
• FCC/IC/EU radio testing                         
• Efficient EMC test planning
• Radio modules and integrating radios into non-radio products
• Do I need to use an accredited test lab?
   

Jeremy Smallwood

Electrostatic Solutions Ltd

• Static electricity and electrostatic discharges (ESD)
• Real world ESD: What they’re like and how they happen
• Electrostatics and ESD standards

Andy Degraeve

The Limit Line, an Associate of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd

• Quick and Easy EMC Education using low-cost test equipment
• Quick and Easy EMC Diagnostics using low-cost test equipment

Min Zhang

Mach One Design, an Associate of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd

• Design for EMC
• Motor Drive Related EMI
• Power Electronics Related EMI
• Shielding and grounding
• EMI in facilities
• Automotive, Home Appliance, Industrial, Multi-media and Medical