Would you like to avoid costly product recalls that can also damage your company’s reputation? CabLab has the solution for you. We still see large amounts of non-compliant cables on the Australian market contrary to the new regulations and the fact that these cables are EESS certified and come with test reports and approvals.
In today’s price driven world factories cut corners in order to decrease costs while maintaining profit, and they do so because they are not at risk, however the importer can suffer enormous damage.
Can you trust your supplier?
Almost each week we receive a new request to test an imported cable. The cables always come with test reports and certificates. However, once tested, we usually find that the design of the cable was altered after the ‘golden sample’ had passed the test and the test report had been issued. The most often detected alterations are: decreased insulation and sheath thickness to save polymer, smaller wires or different bunching process to save copper, extensive use of reclaimed materials or even the use of completely new and untested raw material from a different supplier. In some of the worst cases we found the test report to be fake after all.
Would you be able to tell the difference between a real and a fake test report?
We can test a few critical items on your cable and compare our results with the report provided by the factory.
The frequency of batch testing can be tailored to your needs. Testing can be done on every shipment or once every 3-4 months. Tests can also be combined to cover multiple product ranges or multiple suppliers.
In case of any problems found you can reject the shipment.
If all the results are fine, you can distribute the cable knowing they are compliant and were checked by a NATA accredited, independent, trustworthy Australian laboratory and there will be no problem.
Once the factory learns they need to always supply 100% compliant cables due to shipments being randomly tested, the testing frequency can be reduced, but the quality remains.