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Global Reliability Lab

Bringing a next-generation product to market is risky. Engineering a unique value and competitive advantage without sacrificing quality, profitability and time-to-market is a delicate balance. Through process integrity and engineering expertise, reliability can be ensured through our in-house lab from the start of product development, overcoming challenges while reducing the risk of unwanted surprises and rework. The Molex Global Reliability Lab provides design engineers the best opportunity to optimize product designs, speed development cycles, eliminate rework and avoid excess costs. Our experienced team of design and test engineers applies decades of expertise in electronics, interconnect solutions, certifications, standards and more to ensure the best possible quality and capability.  

ENHANCING QUALITY THROUGH LABORATORY ANALYSIS

More than ever before, companies leverage cutting-edge technology to stay ahead in the marketplace. From AI and machine learning to miniaturization and 5G, forward-thinking innovations are required to compete. But in today’s age of rapidly emerging technologies, building a competitive edge means unprecedented new challenges for design engineers. 

That’s why we created the Molex Global Reliability Lab to provide customers access to embedded test and analysis capabilities, coupled with exceptional engineering expertise at key stages in the development cycle. The result? Faster development cycles, reduced costs and superior quality - resulting in delivery of a world-class product.  

Molex brings a powerful combination of capability and expertise to the development of new and next generation products. Together, they position us to support the entire product lifecycle – all under one roof. Tailored testing concepts including Design for Reliability (DFR) aide the product definition phase while testing and analysis for Signal Integrity (SI) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) identify potential issues before they become a more significant problem. And, once the product reaches the market, we’ll use field analysis data to help improve your next generation of products. 

The best part? Innovative tests, simulations, analysis and even product certification across various disciplines ensure your market entry is delivered on time, on budget and delights your customers. 

ACCREDITATIONS

The Gold Standard

The Global Reliability Lab follows practices set forth in ISO/IEC 17025, considered the gold standard internationally for laboratory measurement and electronics validation. This global service is fundamental to Molex’s Integrated Quality Assurance Program, which maintains process integrity over the course of customer projects. 

ONE-STOP SOLUTION

Unifying Testing, Validation, Analysis and Certification

Our capabilities in material validation, product qualification, certification and quality assurance ensure our products meet the highest industry standards and regulatory requirements across the world. By avoiding the need to ship to a third-party testing house, we enable more timely and cost-effective means of product delivery. 

RELIABILITY & FAILURE ANALYSIS

Supporting the Full Life-Cycle

Through analytical reliability tools, reliability engineering methodology and accelerated failure models, we help customers come to market first with minimal risk by predicting product failure prior to launch. Our sophisticated test equipment, material scientists, and experienced engineers can determine the root cause of even the most complex failure mechanisms and work collaboratively with customers throughout the entire testing process. 

Capabilities & Services Offered

Antenna Solutions and Verification

Development Simulation

  • Signal Integrity (SI)

  • Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

  • Thermal Performance

Electrical Tests

  • Insulation Resistance 

  • Dielectric Withstanding Voltage

  • Low-Level Contact Resistance 

  • Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR)

  • Insertion Loss 

  • Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Testing

  • Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 

Environmental Tests

  • Vibration

  • Shock

  • Thermal Shock

  • Humidity

  • Salt spray

  • Ingress Protection (IP)

Design Validation

Dimensional Inspection

  • X-ray

  • Comparators

  • Video Measurement Systems

  • Microscopes

Field Failure Analysis

  • X-ray 

  • Electrical and EMI Testing

  • Automated Durability 

  • Reflow Capability

  • Fretting Corrosion

  • Thermal Analysis

  • Material Characterization 

  • Chemical Analysis

  • Impurities Detection

TRENDS & INSIGHTS

Designing for Reliability

How can engineers protect products and brands from reliability failures while balancing customer demands for cost, performance, durability and ever-accelerating release cycles? What innovations are on the horizon to assess reliability as long-time experts face retirement? Reliability has never been more complex.     

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Ensuring Electromagnetic Compatibility

As the world grows more connected and devices become even smaller, EMI is an increasing concern for design engineers. Uncontrolled, EMI can threaten product performance, cause failures in EMC testing, delay time-to-market and increase costs. Our team of iNARTE-certified test engineers combine their expertise in EMC design, analysis and testing with our state-of-the-art EMC test lab and simulation tools to meet the demands of highly regulated and global industries such as automotive, aerospace and medical.  

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Digital Transformation Drives Improvements in Manufacturing and Operations

When it comes to product manufacturing, Quality Control (QC) is imperative and digital approaches can greatly enhance insight. See why Molex was recently recognized as a 2024 Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner for a project that uplevels our existing QC paradigm.

Maintaining Signal Integrity

The proliferation of IoT devices, enabled by higher bandwidth technologies such as 5G, demands that engineers simultaneously measure higher quantities of more complex signals. Our engineers are experts in high speed-data applications and use simulation software to ensure our connector systems and cable assemblies deliver superior SI performance. Our team works collaboratively with our customers to validate their products through real-time analysis and feedback.  

Replicating Harsh Conditions

Electronic devices often exist in harsh outdoor environments, dangerous industrial settings or the fluctuating extremes of aircraft flight where failure is not an option. The Global Reliability Lab offers a spectrum of environmental testing techniques ranging from specialty equipment to digital simulations to expose proof-of-concept products to the hazards of temperature, moisture, shock and vibration, among many other environmental and hazards. 

Application Spotlight: Antenna Solutions and Verification

By bringing entire vehicles into one of our anechoic chambers, we can test whether primary antennas achieve the necessary 360-degree view and analyze the Vehicle-to-Everything's (V2X’s) integrated and connected antenna systems. To ensure data is relevant, test configurations are adapted to meet the requirements specified by the vehicle type and the chambers have been fully shielded from external radio waves for maximum measurement repeatability.  

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Get in Touch

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