How Far Should You Go When Testing Critical Components

The answer

When asked what defines how far you go with testing and whether there is a level of risk involved, Ben Savage, Applications Manager at Force Technologies, breaks down how AS6171 works in practice.

The standard sets out low, moderate, and high risk levels, and it is the customer who decides which level their application requires. Most of the industry works at the moderate level, which maps closely to AS6081A with additional electrical testing. But for the most critical applications, such as aerospace, testing scales right up to burn-in and destructive batch testing to prove components are fit