How We Verify
Open-market trading only holds up if what arrives is what was ordered. This page sets out exactly what we check ourselves and what we send out to an independent laboratory.
Screening Before Testing
The cheapest way to avoid a counterfeit part is not to buy it. Most of our quality effort goes into where material comes from, before any inspection begins.
Source Screening
Supplier vetting comes first. We buy from factories and counterparties we can trace, and we would rather lose a lot than take one with an unclear history.
Traceability Records
Where material came from, the lot and date code, and how it has been handled — recorded per lot and passed on with the shipment.
Independent Testing
Where a part, its value, or its application warrants deeper verification, we arrange testing through an independent third-party laboratory.
What We Check
Stated plainly, so there is no ambiguity about where our own checks end and laboratory testing begins.
Documentation Review
Source records, lot and date code information checked against the purchase requirement before material is accepted.
Packaging and Label Verification
Packaging condition, moisture barrier integrity, labelling, and reel or tray condition recorded on receipt.
Visual Inspection
Marking, surface condition, and lead or pad condition inspected and photographed against the expected specification.
Escalation to an Independent Laboratory
Anything beyond visual and packaging verification — electrical test, decapsulation, X-ray, solderability — is carried out by a qualified third-party laboratory, not by us. We coordinate it and pass the report through unaltered.
Record Handover
Inspection records and any laboratory report travel with the shipment, so they exist before they are needed rather than being assembled afterwards.
ESD & Moisture Control
Moisture-sensitive devices are handled according to their MSL rating, with dry pack maintained and bake procedures arranged where a reel has been opened or exposed beyond its floor life.
Where your own process requires specific handling or documentation, tell us at the enquiry stage rather than on receipt — it is far easier to meet a requirement than to reconstruct evidence of having met it.
Questions about our process?
We are happy to walk through how a specific requirement would be handled.