“The equipment in the labs comprises high-voltage, stress and long-term testing stations, high-speed cameras, leakage testers and temperature simulators,” said the company. “If indicated, customers can book a visit to get support from technical experts if they have special requests or requirements beyond standard applications – questions about particularly harsh operating conditions, for example.”
It added that its relay datasheets “cover more than 80% of applications, [but] the paper can only cover a certain range of values and parameters, which mostly refer to worst-case scenarios”.
The labs will also investigate in-field failures.
They are at the company’s European headquarters in Ottobrunn and in Pfaffenhofen, and the Ottobrunn lab gets its own dedicated website , and a YouTube video (skip to 30s to see the lab).
Electronics Weekly has asked Panasonic Europe if the two labs differ.
