How to spot counterfeit components

The answer

When it comes to identifying counterfeit components in the supply chain, the most visible indicator most people know to look for is sanding marks, where someone has physically removed the original surface markings and applied new ones over the top.

As Ben Savage, Applications Manager at Force Technologies, explains in this clip, that method is actually quite rare, and the gap between what is detectable by eye and what is actually circulating is where the real risk sits.