Top: L-3 Communications has over 10,000
sq. ft. dedicated to incoming Inspection & Test of electrical and mechanical
components. Computerized state-of-the-art planning and tracking systems are
utilized for a quick turn, high volume environment. Statistical Process/Quality
Control is implemented to assure the highest quality and lowest cycle time.
Middle: The MQC utilizes a wide variety of equipment for simple and
complex mechanical inspection. Here, a simple mechanical item is quickly being
processed with an optical measurement system.
Above: An L-3 MQC Materials
Engineer demonstrates the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, one of the
Materials Lab's many versatile resources for materials identification and
analysis.
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L-3 Communications Corporation,
Communication Systems-East, located in Camden, NJ is a heritage RCA, GE
Aerospace, and Lockheed Martin business with a long history of designing,
producing, and integrating state-of-the-art electronics products for commercial,
military, and space based applications.
Located at the Waterfront
Technology Center in Camden, NJ, L-3 Communications maintains the Material
Quality Center (MQC), a highly efficient business focused on Incoming Inspection
and Testing of Electrical and Mechanical Systems and Components, Electrical
Piece Parts Screening and Testing, Environmental Testing, EMI/EMC/TEMPEST
testing, Failure Analysis, Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA), Parts Program
Management, and expertise Components and Materials Engineering Support. The L-3
Communications MQC provides a One-Stop-Shop for all your Components & Materials
needs.
Incoming Inspection & Test
L-3 Communications offers a complete service capability for your incoming
inspection & test requirements for Commercial, Military, and NASA Space based
programs. Services include review of your material requirements, generating
inspection, test and sampling plans, performing inspection and testing of
electrical & mechanical devices, marking parts, generating data packages and
shipping material.
The L-3 MQC is fully facilitated to handle a large
volume of simple and complex electrical and mechanical components and systems and
is a fast, easy alternative for fulfilling all incoming inspection appraisal and
test needs and requirements. Quick turn-around is our specialty.
Parts Program
Management
L-3 Communications is staffed with highly
skilled Components Engineers experienced in implementing and managing Parts
Control Programs on numerous Military & Space Programs IAW Mil-STD-965 and
associated specifications. Services include generating Source & Specification
Control Drawings. Program Parts Selection Lists. Parts Application Reviews,
NSPARS - Customer/Gov't interface, Testing & Screening Plans, Failure Analysis
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Top: Thermal Vacuum,
one of L-3 Communication's numerous chambers used for environmental test. L-3
has an extensive environmental lab capability able to perform a wide variety of
climatic and dynamic tests.
Middle: Digital height gages speed up the
performance and accuracy of mechanical inspection.
Bottom: Here, a
complex ASIC is functionally tested at temperature with a thermal stream. The
L-3 MQC maintains numerous microcircuit and semiconductor testers supporting
everything from simple discrete to high speed custom VLSI devices.
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EEE Parts Testing
L-3 Communications maintains extensive component test facilities for all types of
active and passive electrical components (including LSI & VLSI) to support
incoming test requirements, screening/up-screening, Qualification, Burn-In, and
Life test requirements.
Functional parametric part test facilities are
enhanced by the capability to add environmental stresses such as thermal
cycling, thermal shock, thermal vacuum, humidity, altitude, and mechanical
shock & vibration. In addition to conducting tests in accordance with Military
Standards (MIL-STD-883 & MIL-STD-810), L-3 Communications can implement a wide
variety of custom tests tailored to specific program needs.
Failure Analysis/Destructive Physical Analysis
Supplementing the Parts Testing capabilities, the MQC is fully facilitated to conduct Failure
Analysis & Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) on a wide variety of electrical
and mechanical devices. Specific capabilities include Microscopic Photography,
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Fluorescence, UV Visible Spectrometry,
Radiography, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrometry, Metalography, P.I.N.D., Hermetically Seal Fine & Gross Leak
Detection, Die Shear, Bond Pull, Hardness Testing, Tensile Testing, and numerous
electrical parametric and materials failure identification techniques.
All
analysis and test are documented in formal test reports which include techniques
utilized to determine root cause and recommendations for corrective action and
material disposition.
Environmental Lab Testing
L-3 Communications
provides comprehensive Environmental Lab Testing facilities for Qualification
and Reliability Acceptance Testing of Equipment and Systems, as well as
components. Capabilities include Thermal Cycling, Thermal Shock,
Temperature/Humidity, Thermal Vacuum, Immersion, and Altitude. Sine and Random
Vibration & Mechanical Shock testing can be performed on both the equipment and
its packaging to determine structural responses and integrity for qualification
and acceptance testing. Rapid design and fabrication of test fixtures make
fixturing "not a problem" at L-3 Communications.
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Top: Here, a Fourier
Transfer Infrared Spectrometer is used to identify an unknown contaminate.
Middle: Complex mechanical items requiring numerous measurements are
efficiently handled with one of the MQC's numerous Coordinate Measurement
Machines.
Above: L-3 Components and Materials Engineering developed
and manages the Parts Control Program including parts selection, application, and
approval, NSPARS, failure analysis, DPA, Screening & Testing of the entire
Communications & Tracking System of the International Space Station as well as
for numerous NASA based satellite programs.
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Thermal & Vibration Analysis & Survey Tests
Data acquisition for both thermal and modal responses prove invaluable to Design
Engineers. L-3 frequently conducts thermal & vibration surveys to determine
internal temperature rises, thermal inertia, hot spot temperature determination,
and resonant frequency & amplification factors of structural responses for various
types of electronics equipment.
Chemicals & Materials Engineering Support
L-3 Communications is fully facilitated and staffed for Chemical & Materials
Engineering and Metallurgy support for a wide variety of program support needs
and requirements. Specific capabilities include identification of Organic and
Inorganic Materials, Solder Analysis, Material Verification, Plating Thickness,
PCB Evaluation and Repairs, Cross-Section Analysis, Potting/De-Potting, Grinding
& Polishing, Thermal Analysis and a wide variety Materials Selection, Testing
and Analysis techniques.
In addition, L-3 Communications provides Chemical
& Material Formulation and Kitting for manufacturing production support.
Qualification Testing & Shelf Life Certification and Re-Certification of
materials for a wide range of production support activities can be arranged.
EMI/EMC/TEMPEST
L-3 Communications provides a unique capability with a fully facilitated
EMI/EMC/TEMPEST lab. EMI/EMC testing in NACSIM-5100A, NACSEM-5112,
NSRISSAM 1-91 & 1-92, KAG-30 and NSA 65-6 can be performed as well as the
development of custom test plans.
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