Test bench

Endurance testing & quality control

Accelerated ageing and end-of-line testing call for long, sometimes continuous tests. The power supply has to hold the setpoint for hours, or even weeks, without drifting.

Our rectifiers are built for permanent industrial duty, to the same standards as on a production line.

Accelerated ageingEnd of lineContinuous operationControlled scrap rate
CYCLES
Understanding the application

Endurance testing in detail

An endurance test means running a product well beyond its everyday use in order to anticipate its vieillissement. Thousands of cycles are run back to back, a severe regime is held for long periods, thermal and electrical stresses are combined.

In end-of-line quality control the logic is reversed: the test is very short, but repeated on every part produced. The constraint then becomes repeatability, to the second, at high throughput.

In both cases the power supply works continuously. Its reliability and its efficiency directly determine the availability of the bench — and therefore the ability to keep to a validation plan or a production rate.

01

Cycle definition

The electrical profile and its duration are set according to the validation plan.

02

Start

The bench starts; the power supply holds the setpoint continuously.

03

Monitoring

Any drift is tracked and recorded.

04

Review

The results are compared with the acceptance criteria.

Key features
Duty Continuous operation Tests that run for hours, days or weeks, without interruption.
Regulation Voltage or current The setpoint does not drift over the length of the campaign.
Sequences Repeated cycles The defined cycle is replayed identically through to the review.
Control 0-10 V · 4-20 mA · digital Remote monitoring and control, with no need for someone on site.
Manufacturing Villette-d'Anthon Design, wiring and testing in-house, with on-site service.
What the rectifier brings

Reliability as the main criterion

On a long test, a power supply failure does not just cost a repair: it invalidates the campaign under way and loses weeks of work.

Micronics rectifiers are sized for continuous industrial duty, with high efficiency that limits temperature rise and cooling requirements. The maintenance contract, on-site service and spare parts availability complete the picture to keep the bench running over the long term.

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