Technical Library

Accelerate North American market access with this practical guide to NRTL, FCC, ISED, and SCC requirements. Clarify certification pathways, design for compliance early, and avoid costly retesting. Gain actionable insights across safety, EMC, radio, and regulatory alignment to reduce risk and streamline approvals from development through certification.

This Application Note discusses the threat of solar superstorms and geomagnetic disturbances to modern infrastructure, highlighting historic events like the Carrington Event. It emphasizes the need for robust engineering solutions, national policies, and advanced protection technologies, such as HEMP filters, to safeguard power grids and critical systems from electromagnetic and geomagnetic risks.

Modern manufacturing demands more than basic electrical safety testing. This article explains how to select the right hipot platform based on production volume, automation requirements, measurement precision, data traceability, and compliance needs. It compares the capabilities of Vitrek’s V7X, 95X, and V10X platforms for scalable, Industry 4.0-ready electrical safety testing environments.

Discover how energy storage systems (ESS) ensure data center resilience, mitigate risks like thermal runaway, and comply with critical standards. Learn about evaluation processes, benefits for stakeholders, and future trends in energy storage safety and reliability.

This whitepaper demystifies the IEC 60601 family of medical electrical safety standards, explaining general, collateral, and particular requirements and how they impact global market access. It offers practical guidance on integrating compliance, risk management, and testing strategies early to streamline regulatory approval and accelerate time to market.

Learn how electrical safety testing must adapt to Industry 4.0 production environments with automated, high-speed hipot testing. This application note explains how programmable tests, seamless PLC/robot integration, and traceable data capture with Vitrek testers help manufacturers boost throughput, improve quality, and maintain compliance in smart, automated production lines.

Radio modules are transforming how products connect and communicate, but integration brings complex regulatory responsibilities. This whitepaper provides a clear, practical guide to navigating global approvals, testing requirements, and compliance risks, helping manufacturers accelerate development while ensuring their connected products meet the standards needed for successful market entry.

This whitepaper underscores that precise calibration of high-voltage test gear — especially when measuring 1 kV–150 kV systems — is essential for safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance. It details measurement techniques (voltage dividers, step-down transformers, etc.), the impact of environmental and connection factors on accuracy, and why traceable calibration (e.g. to NIST / A2LA) is a must to ensure consistent, reliable results.

The journey to becoming an excellent compliance engineering professional is an ongoing process of continuous learning, practical skill development, and unwavering commitment to ensuring product safety, regulatory compliance, and maintaining the highest standards of professional integrity.

Through mathematical precision, Glen Dash offers a comprehensive exploration of Maxwell's Equations, revealing the intricate mechanisms by which electric and magnetic fields interact to explain electromagnetic radiation and fundamentally shape our technological understanding of modern electronics and communications.