The group supports engineering with material/proces selection and proces development.The knowledge obtained is used by quality assurance (QA) in:

• design drawing approval,
• QA inspections,
• NCR handling.

The PA/QA group maintains a dedicated construction analysis laboratory for technology research or failure analyses. These are some examples of the activities the laboratory can facilitate:

• wirebond pull testing,
• surface hardness for polymers,
• viscosity,
• microscopy up to 1000x magnification including interference and contrast
• static load testing up to 10KN,
• electrical measurements (micro-probing and high voltage characterisation),
• component/assembly thermal cycling and shock testing (473K to 77K),
• vacuum potting and molding,
• micro-sectioning on mechanical and electrical parts
• metallurgical studies.