Quality and testing

FDI offers a 100% quality guarantee. If a device does not work on arrival, you don't pay for it.

We believe that high quality production translates into profits for us and our clients. To back up our guarantee, we develop functional testing and inspect devices on–site. We provide these two levels of quality control with no added cost to our clients.

Motor and light controllers undergo functional testing before leaving the plant. After testing, the units get an FCT test stamp to allow FDI to track the test process and individual operator performance.

Design for quality

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Our quality control starts at the design stage, where our engineers design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for test (DFT). This design stage is critical for on-line success. When manufacturing products designed by our customers, we verify the designs with DFM and DFT analysis.

On-line testing

Before the first unit comes off the line, FDI engineers will design and develop automated functional test systems customized for the unit. The units are inspected for cosmetic, structural, and functional defects. Functional circuit testing (FCT), integrated circuit testing (ICT) and VI testing is fully supported.

Incoming testing

FDI offers to supply automated functional test stations to our customers to correlate incoming product quality.

Continual analysis

We continually analyze our quality control data and share with our customers to continually improve the quality of each product.

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Defects for 2009

An FDI product for 2009 showed less than 20/24019 or 0.08% defects for a long-running production with 100% testing in functional test stations.

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Partial 2009 Defects = 2.4%

A new product with several initial changes, complex functionality, and no testing in place yet.