North Shore Components expands counterfeit avoidance programs

BELLPORT, USA: North Shore Components, a leading broad line distributor of electronic and electromechanical components, has just expanded its industry-leading counterfeit detection services with the addition of the Insight 200 motorized 3-axis scanning acoustic microscope inspection system and the LTS-200 Robotic Lead Tinning System.

North Shore Component’s ultra-modern test lab and warehouse features the latest systems designed to test and validate the authenticity of electronic devices used in high-performance military/aerospace applications. This capability has been enhanced significantly with the purchase of the Insight 200 motorized 3-axis scanning acoustic microscope inspection system for determining the authenticity of semiconductor plastic and flip chip packages.

The Insight 200 complements the Company’s comprehensive in-house testing services, including: Advanced Decapsulation (DCAP) to verify the authenticity of raw dies within component chips; Solderability Testing to determine whether strong electrical connections are being made; ESD S 20.20:2007- Certified Workstations (verified by KEMA) to ensure that sensitive electronic components are protected against electro-static discharge (ESD); X-Ray Equipment to verify whether wire bonds are intact, the existence of chip dies, and the uniformity of chip die sizes by lot and date code; High Power Microscopic Inspection (300X) to determine if surfaces have been sanded and remarked while checking for bruised or non-uniform component leads; and Resistance-to-Solvent permanency marking tests to authenticate OEM markings, logos and date codes.

North Shore Components has also purchased the LTS-200 Robotic Lead Tinning System, which enables aged components to be re-tinned by removing old solder plating and recoating the component leads with virgin alloy.

According to Joseph Ruggiero, Vice President of North Shore Components, “With component counterfeiters becoming increasingly sophisticated, we need to become increasingly proactive by continually upgrading our Testing Services and Quality Management Systems to provide our customers with peace-of-mind, knowing that they are receiving only superior quality OEM parts when sourcing components on the surplus and franchise markets.”