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Published UL Articles:
The following is a list of columns and technical articles published by the staff of Microtek Laboratories. All of the files contained in this section require that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system.  If you do not already have Adobe Reader installed on your system, please click on the "Get Adobe Reader" icon below to download the appropriate reader for your system.

Published in Circuitree Magazine:


December 2000:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  UL is 'Flexing' It's Standards


October 1999:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  Taking the Mystery Out of UL


July 1998:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  UL Survival Guide Part 3


June: 1998:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  UL Survival Guide Part 2


April 1998:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  UL Survival Guide Part 1

Published in Printed Circuit Europe:


September / October 1999:


Adobe Acrobat Reader  UL Certification: The Route to the US Market


Listen to Bob Neves discuss Delamination in Lead-Free Electronics

UL Testing

Microtek Laboratories provides UL Engineering and Administration Client Agent Services and Testing to achieve your UL Recognition.

To establish UL certification, samples of a product submitted by manufacturers for certification are tested and evaluated. If UL decides the product fulfills all applicable requirements it authorizes the manufacturer to apply a certification mark to production of the samples submitted, or issues a certificate or notification that the product is now certified by UL. A report of the evaluation is provided to the manufacturer. Testing and evaluation of samples of products submitted for certification can be performed at Microtek Laboratories. UL then reviews the results of all testing and evaluation and decides if the product is eligible for certification.

UL's testing services are organized into sections that evaluate specific types of products. Our staff includes experienced support associates, engineers and technical support personnel. Reviewing your requests, examining how products are constructed, conducting tests, evaluating results and submitted test results and coordinating with the UL staff are a few of our responsibilities..

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UL Testing Services:
UL 94 - Tests for Flammability of Plastic Materials for Parts in Devices and Appliances:
  • 94HB Horizontal Burning Test
  • 94V-0,1,2 20 mm Vertical Burning Testing
  • 94VTM-0,1,2 Thin Material Vertical Burning Test

UL 746A - Polymeric Materials; Short Term Property Evaluations:
  • Ash Content
  • Comparative Tracking Index (CTI
  • Dielectric Breakdown and Voltage Strength
  • Flammability
  • Flexural Strength
  • High Voltage Arc Resistance (HVAR)
  • High Voltage Arc Tracking Rate Resistance (HVTR)
  • High Voltage, Low Current Dry Arc Resistance (D495)
  • Hot Wire Ignition (HWI)
  • Glow Wire Ignitability (GWI)
  • Moisture Absorption
  • Specific Gravity of Polymers
  • Tensile Strength of Thin Polymeric Sheeting
  • Tensile Strength of Thermoplastic Polymeric Materials
  • Volume and Surface Resistivity

UL 746B - Polymeric Materials; Long Term Property Evaluations:
  • Relative Thermal Indices Based upon Long-Term Thermal-Aging (LTTA)

UL-746E - Polymeric Materials; Industrial Laminates, Filament Wound Tubing, Vulcanized Fiber and Material Used in Printed Wiring Boards:
  • Ash Content
  • Bond Strength
  • Comparative Tracking Index (CTI)
  • Dielectric Strength
  • Flammability
  • Flexural Strength
  • High-Current Arc Ignition (HAI)
  • High Voltage Arc Resistance (HVAC)
  • Hot Wire Ignition (HWI)
  • Moisture Absorption
  • Surface Resistivity and Moisture Absorption
  • Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
  • Tensile Strength
  • Volume Resistivity

UL-746F - Polymeric Materials; Flexible Dielectric Film Materials for use in Printed Wiring Boards and Flexible Materials Interconnect Constructions:
  • Ambient Bend
  • Bond Strength and Delamination
  • Cold Bend
  • Comparative Tracking Index (CTI)
  • Coverlay Lamination
  • Flammability
  • High-Current Arc Ignition (HAI)
  • Hot Wire Ignition (HWI)
  • Moisture Absorption
  • Repeated Flexibility
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thermal Aging
  • Volume and Surface Resistivity

UL 796 - Printed Wiring Boards:

  • Bond Strength
  • Conductive Paste Adhesion Test
  • Delamination and Blistering
  • Dielectric Materials Intended for Use in High Density Interconnect (HDI)
  • Dissimilar Dielectric Materials Thermal Cycling Test
  • Flammability Microsectional Analysis
  • Plating Adhesion
  • Silver Migration Test
  • Thermal Shock

UL 796F - Flexible Materials Interconnect Constructions:

  • Bond Strength
  • Conductive Paste Adhesion Test
  • Cover Layer Test
  • Delamination
  • Dielectric Materials Intended for Use in High Density Interconnect (HDI)
  • Dissimilar Dielectric Materials Thermal Cycling Test
  • Flammability
  • Interconnect Construction (Microsectional Analysis)
  • Plating Adhesion
  • Silver Migration Test
  • Stiffener Bond Strength Test
  • Thermal Shock

Microtek Laboratories provides the fastest possible turnaround and highest level of technical support for  testing your products for UL Recognition. Microtek Laboratories is a Certificated UL Administrative and Engineering Agency for the following categories: UL Online Certificate
   
ZPMV2: Wiring, Printed – Component (Rigid PCB’s)
 
ZPXK2: Wiring, Printed-Flexible Material Constructions (Flexible and Flex-Rigid PCB’s)
   
QMTS2: Polymeric Materials - Filament-wound Tubing, Industrial Laminates, Vulcanized Fiber, and Materials for Use in Fabricating Recognized Printed Wiring Boards - Component
   
QMJU2: Coatings for Use on Recognized Printed Wiring Boards – Component (aka solder resists)
   
QMFZ2: Plastics - Component
   
OCDT2: Insulating Devices and Materials, Miscellaneous - Component
 
The industry leader since 1986, Microtek specializes in UL 796, UL 796F, UL 746A, UL 746B, UL 746E, and UL 746F and UL 94 Flammability testing with unmatched experience evaluating Industrial Laminates, Plastics, HDI Materials, PWB / PCB and Soldermask Materials.
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