Itron Inc. is the world’s leading provider of solid-state meters - electricity, water, gas and heat - and data collection/communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology.

The project with Cencorp is at Itron’s production facility in Waseca, Minnesota, and involved test handlers for two Itron products, both RF sending units that allow automated data retrieval. The test requirements included traditional functional power-up testing and RF performance testing.

Cencorp SL501 removes testing bottlenecks The SL501 uses parallel test processes without blocking the line. Due to its pass through feature), capacity can be easily increased.

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