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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (April 16, 2003) Autotest Co. today announced delivery of the first of several Autotest power supply Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems planned for China's academic community to the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.
The fully featured Autotest Universal Testing System (UTS) designed and manufactured by Autotest will be used to support the university in the development of its space and dynamic power technology programs.
The delivery of this first Autotest ATE system to the Zhejiang University signals the beginning of a developing relationship between Autotest and the prestigious Chinese academic community. The multi-faceted systems provided by Autotest include hardware interfaces and software application programming using Autotest's Automated Program Generator (APG) for Windows software.
"Technology is driving much of China's growth," said Michael McGregor, VP for Sales and Marketing with the U.S. based Autotest Co. "Autotest is a technology leader, and we've built a very successful business over the years by developing relationships that provide solutions and support for customers, wherever they are in the world. We're excited about our expansion in China because it allows us to contribute to and benefit from China's technological development"
“We
found that Autotest Co. is the only company which could develop such a flexible and powerful
multi-faceted system for us performing tests on AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC
converters. We look forward to working with Autotest in contributing to
China’s power electronic technological developments”, according to Dr. Zhao-Ming Qian, Professor of the
College of Electrical Engineering Zhejiang University and Deputy Director of the
(China) National Engineering Research Center for Applied Power Electronics (NERCAPE).
About Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University, located in the populous eastern city of Hangzhou, China has six campuses and occupies a total area of 533 hectares (approx. 1330 acres). The university currently has over 41,000 full-time students, including 30,000 undergraduates, 8,000 postgraduates working for master's degrees and 3,200 Ph.D. candidates. The Center of Analysis and Measurement of Zhejiang university, founded in 1980, is one of the first setting up analytical center in the universities belongs to the Ministry of Education of China.
About the (China) National Engineering Research Center for Applied Power Electronics (NERCAPE)
The (China) National Engineering Research Center for Applied Power Electronics (NERCAPE) utilizes the analytical disciplines in Zhejiang University and functions as a channel for coordinating the timely scale-up from scientific research to small-scale production and manufacturing.
The NERCAPE test base for testing power electronic apparatus is up to 560kVA; and includes an advanced power electronic system simulation laboratory, VLSI design capability, MCM analysis, EMI analysis, reliability analysis etc; and an advanced EMC pre-conformance testing laboratory. NERCAPE also supports a high-speed signal processing and SMT laboratory. These Labs are equipped with the latest testing equipment and auto-testing software. NERCAPE has transitioned several advanced research projects to full (China) market production capability. NERCAPE orients its major research to key technologies for applied power electronics, and power electronic apparatus and systems.
About Autotest Company
Autotest Company designs, manufactures and markets Automated Test
Equipment (ATE), including power supply, Fuel Cell and UPS test products and
systems for the power source industry.
For more information visit the Autotest Website at www.autotest.com, Tel: 210-661-8661 Fax: 210-661-3625
or contact:
Michael McGregor
E-Mail: michaelm@autotest.com
, or
Dan Buchan
E-Mail: danb@autotest.com
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