Automated Test Equipment

Capability 

Product Technology Partners Ltd have considerable experience in the design, development, installation and commissioning of equipment for production-line functional test.

• Fully automatic, semi-automatic and assisted manual equipment, according to application
• Control and measurement systems using PCbased, embedded computers and PLC technologies
• Precision control and measurement capability with in-house algorithm design
• Full test history archival for quality assurance, management reporting and SPC
• Flexible configuration, using test scripting technologies, to accommodate product variants and easy adaptation to new lines
• Integration with existing works order management and production control systems

How we work

We can provide complete turnkey systems, delivering all mechanics, electronics and software to meet the test specification. Alternatively, we can provide subsystems to upgrade or add functionality to third-party equipment. Whatever our involvement, it is always our aim to provide test equipment in a cost-effective and timely manner. Our background in the application of many different control, measurement and analysis techniques, our experience in interfacing to equipment with bespoke hardware and software communications protocols, and our close and ongoing liaison with the users of our designs – our customers' R&D departments and production engineers – allows us a unique insight to provide the best business solution to meet production test requirements.

Recent projects

• UKAS approved test equipment for Visual Alarm Devices (EN54-23)
• A test cell for automatic measurement of pump noise and vibration
• Test equipment for automatic testing and calibration of carbon monoxide detectors
• Firmware for a service tool for the field test and programming of fire alarm equipment
• A semi-automatic system for test, measurement and analysis of acoustic sounders
• A measurement system for analysing the properties of production samples of sheet metals