WaveZero (Sunnyvale, CA), which specializes in custom EMC services for medical devices, has debuted an expert design service to assist medical electronics contract manufacturers in guaranteeing EMC compliance with IEC 60601-1-2, RoHS, WEEE, FDA, and FCC requirements with designed-in EMC offerings.

“Many EMC product manufacturers provide only stock or ‘design-it-yourself' options for EMC shielding. But, with so many other competing concerns, contract manufacturers should not be expected to know every intricacy of EMC shielding. This is where our expert design service comes in—to help navigate the many requirements imperative to gaining approvals to get to market quickly,” says John Zarganis, general manager of WaveZero.

According to WaveZero, its services enable contract manufacturers to replace many metal cans with one custom, lightweight, thermoformed shield, thereby reducing cost and weight and increasing design flexibility. Manufacturers will also be able to protect an entire board or system from susceptibility to outside and board-generated emissions that can cause devices to malfunction in the field. In addition, WaveZero will help OEMs replace heavy-metal enclosures and conductive painted plastic enclosures, which tend to chip or flake, with a more durable, reliable, metalized housing, thereby reducing both weight and field failure rates.