Testing Large Industrial Systems, Preparations and Techniques

The success of EMC tests of large systems, machines which cannot be accommodated within the typical EMC laboratory environment, depends on several factors, which will require careful planning in the initial stages of the project. Several of the issues surrounding the planning, staging and testing of these types of systems will be discussed, and various observations and conclusions reached through study and experience will be presented. Some of these issues are regulatory, and some are technical in nature. With the current EMC directive being replaced in the summer of 2007, the regulatory environment for most of these systems will also be changing.