EMC UK 2015 Exhibition, Training and Technical Workshops

Posted to News on 28th Jan 2015, 23:00

EMC UK 2015 Exhibition, Training and Technical Workshops

EMC UK 2015 takes place at Newbury Racecourse on Tuesday 6 October and Wednesday 7 October 2015. The programme for EMC Training Workshops and EMC Technical Workshops has now been finalised as follows.

Tuesday 6 October

Morning Session 1 - Training Workshop

The Fundamentals of EMC, Chaired by Nick Wainwright, York EMC Services Ltd.

Brief scope

With many new engineers entering the UK electronics industry each year and the post-recession upturn in product development, the need to understand the regulatory and technical aspects of EMC has never been more important.

This session divides into two distinct halves; the first starting with an introduction to EMC for those new to the subject and then moving on to look at product compliance and the regulatory aspects of the EMC Directive. The second half covers the electromagnetic principles underpinning EMC and the theory and practice of filtering. The two halves are presented by, respectively, Nick Wainwright of York EMC Services Ltd and Glen Wallis of Wurth Electronics UK.

Morning Session 2 - Technical Workshop

IEMI and Cyber-Physical Systems, Chaired by Paul Duxbury, Microwave Vision Group

Brief Scope

Cyber-physical systems can be found in most areas of technology including aerospace, automotive, defence, chemical processes, civil infrastructure, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, entertainment and consumer appliances. In today's increasingly complex electromagnetic environment, the protection of such system from the effects of EMI is a challenge which more and more designers and system integrators face. In this session we will look at different types of EMI threat and also methods for protecting system to ensure robust operation.

This Technical Workshop will feature presentations by the following:

Dr Richard Hoad, QinetiQ
Dorian Thomas, QinetiQ
John Dawson, University of York
William Turner, MPE Ltd
Barney Petit, QinetiQ

Afternoon Session 1 - Training Workshop

The Physics of Signal and Power Integrity and EMC, presented by Keith Armstrong, Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd.

Brief Scope

Understanding what is really going on makes it much easier to design products, equipment, systems and installations that function well (ie have good SI and PI) and meet their EMC requirements - with the lowest overall cost of manufacture and shortest time-to-market. Don't worry - only very simple maths is used (and not much of that)!

Afternoon Session 2 - Technical Workshop

Directives and Standards, Chaired by Nick Wainwright, York EMC Services Ltd

Brief Scope

The process of integrating the provisions of the New Legislative Framework is now well underway with the recasting of the first nine directives, including the EMC Directive; 2014/30/EU will replace 2004/108/EC in 2016. The R&TTE Directive, 1999/5/EC, is also included in the recasting but changes to its scope and technical requirements mean that it will be replaced by a new directive, namely the Radio Equipment Directive, 2014/53/EU, also in 2016. This Technical Workshop will look at what the changes mean for manufacturers and the supply chain.

EMC standards continue to develop and amendments and new versions are published on a regular basis. The much anticipated multimedia standards are yet to fully materialise but both CISPR 32 (emission) and CISPR 35 (immunity) continue to be developed. Ultimately replacing some of the most commonly used standards, their arrival will impact a considerable number of manufacturers. So what is the current state of the multimedia standards and how might their different approach to testing change future standards?

This Technical Workshop will have presentations from the following:

Nick Wainwright, York EMC Services Ltd
Michael Derby, ACB Europe

Wednesday 7 October

Morning Session 3 - Training Workshop

The PCB design techniques needed in 2015 for good SI, PI, and EMC, presented by Keith Armstrong of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd.

Brief Scope

The most cost-effective area for reducing project and financial risks is in the design of the PCB - but this has to keep changing due to the continual shrinking of semiconductor dimensions according to Moore's Law.

Learn the PCB design techniques required for excellent signal and power integrity (to reliably meet functional specifications) and EMC for ICs manufactured in 2014 and 2015.

Morning Session 4 - Technical Workshop

EMF and Rad Haz, Chaired by Graham Edgcombe of HMGCC

Brief Scope

The Physical Agents (Electromagnetic Fields) Directive 2013/35/EU lays down the minimum health and safety requirements for exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields, and will be transposed into UK law by 1 July 2016.

Representatives from the Health and Safety Executive and Public Health England will give presentations to familiarise attendees with the general requirements of the Directive and obligations on employers.

This Technical Workshop will have presentations from the following:

Clare McNicholas, HSE
Dr Alastair Ruddle, Horiba MIRA Ltd
Hugo Bibby, Link Microtek
Dr Richard Findlay, EMF Comp Ltd

Afternoon Session 3 - Training Workshop

Practical EMC Demonstrations, presented by Keith Armstrong of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd.

Brief Scope

Close-field probing is an excellent way of dealing with EMC issues during mechanical and electronic design, improving the chances that new products will pass their EMC tests the first time around.

This low-cost, speedy design aid can be used at the workbench (no need for costly shielded rooms) and this workshop shows a number of ways of using it that will interest both mechanical and electronic engineers.

Afternoon Session 4 - Technical Workshop

Systems Integration for Electromagnetic Compatibility, Chaired by Professor Ian MacDiarmid of Liverpool University.

Brief Scope

The achievement of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) as part of systems integration using systems engineering principles is a vital consideration from the earliest points in the process; in other words, the top left hand part of the 'V' curve.

EMC, in general, has influences in all areas of a system's integration, and in order to efficiently achieve the goals, considerations for EMC must be made throughout the design, development and verification.

This Technical Workshop will feature presentations by the following: