Curtis-Straus Announces New Testing Services

And Innovative Account Management Tools

(Littleton, MA-April 9, 2004) Curtis-Straus is proud to announce several new innovative testing services and customer account management tools. These services and tools compliment our comprehensive testing capabilities, and further enhance our world class customer service commitment.

Airflow Testing for Thermal Stress and Fire Resistance Calculations and Predictions: Curtis-Straus can now partner with its customers to perform comprehensive airflow and thermal stress analysis on mechanical assemblies and chassis. This includes airflow measurement, thermal stress analysis, and design modification prediction. This service also allows customers to predict and measure the effects of design changes on previously tested chassis for the fire resistance requirements of GR-63-CORE and ANSI T1.319. This service is vital to the early stages of mechanical design and prototyping, and is an early stage component of the overall regulatory compliance strategy. These services are applicable to the Network Equipment, Medical, Transportation, Power Conversion & Handling, Industrial Products, and Military manufacturing industries.

Enclosure Testing for NEMA and IP Requirements: Curtis-Straus can now evaluate Enclosures for NEMA and corresponding IP requirements for Europe. There are a wide variety of requirements for these tests, including but not limited to Hazards Accessibility, Solid Objects, Dust, Water Intrusion, and Corrosive Agents. Our test reports allow customers to access USA and EU markets in an expedited fashion.

Salt Fog Chamber & Electrodynamics Shaker System added to Environmental Simulation Laboratory: Curtis-Straus has recently upgraded the Environmental Simulation Laboratory with the addition of a Salt Fog Chamber and Electrodynamic Shaker System. This allows customers to test for requirements for NEMA, GR-487-CORE, and Mil-STD-810 testing, as well as ISTA and component level testing.

Curtis-Straus Project Manager Launched to Clients via the World Wide Web: Curtis-Straus has designed an innovative project tracking system and has now made it available to their customers effective immediately. Clients of Curtis-Straus now have internet–based password secure access to their project status at virtually any moment. Built on Microsoft’s .NET visual C# secure technology, the web based implementation assures stable, secure, and rapid access to any client with a current web browser and internet connection. Project status can be monitored by individual tests and test shifts. All notes, product modifications, and results are updated daily as required by our internal quality system. Test Reports dated back to the start of 2004 are archived on the system allowing clients to login and download their reports, old or new.

Curtis-Straus has its non-virtual presence conveniently located in 27,000 sq. ft. of space adjacent to route 495 in Littleton, Massachusetts. Isidor Straus’, Jon Curtis’, and Jim Lewis’ vast standards, design, and customer service experience assures that their clients receive the support needed to navigate the regulatory compliance maze and produce the product solutions which create expedited time to market with the minimum impact on the bottom line.