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Bridging the Divide Between R&D and Production

In an ideal world, the production line would carry out the same tests as the R&D lab to ensure that consumers are hearing exactly what the design engineer intended. In practice, this rarely happens as the cost, complexity, speed and operating skills of R&D systems makes them impractical for the production line.

SoundCheck™ makes this ‘ideal world’ a possibility. Since there is no expensive and complex hardware, it is affordable for production applications. It is fast and offers full integration with automated production lines. Most importantly, its advanced algorithms ensure that testing remains accurate, even in high noise environments.

Tests developed by R&D can easily be configured for production line use. For example, instead of providing a detailed analysis of the results, they can be configured to compare the actual result to pre-defined limits and output a simple pass/fail. The tests can be set up for  ‘one-click’ or automated production line operation, and password-protected access prevents unauthorized modification to the test sequences. All data can be automatically collected and output to a variety of software packages for statistical control.

Identical virtual laboratories can be created around the world, making it simple for manufacturing facilities to share data and carry out the same tests as R&D, even if they are thousands of miles away.

SoundCheck is also ideal for vendor qualification and on-site vendor audits. Installed on a laptop, it is effectively a complete laboratory-quality audio test station in a briefcase. By insisting that your 3rd party vendors test your products using your own SoundCheck test sequence, your quality is guaranteed.

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Introduction  |  Testing Capabilities  |  The Soundcheck System  |  Bridging the divide