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Mitigation/Shielding

FMS achieves effective EMF/EMI mitigation through creative and restrained use of mitigation technologies, many of which are low-tech and inexpensive.  FMS has become the leader in cost-effective, 100% compliant EMF/EMI solutions.  FMS holds US patents for shielding magnetic fields, and has pioneered innovations in EMI process and materials.  FMS was the first in the United States to introduce low-cost, high performance aluminum shielding to mitigate magnetic fields.

Increasingly, passive magnetic shielding is the preferred option to reduce Geo-Magnetic, Quasi-DC, and AC (power frequency) magnetic field levels to mitigate equipment interference (EMI) or possible health risks (EMF).  Passive magnetic shielding can include shielding either the “Source” or the “Victim” affected area(s), and the mitigation strategies in terms of material selection, thickness, orientation, etc. can vary greatly.

FMS provides comprehensive guaranteed EMF/EMI mitigation and shielding design services as well as full Turn-Key installation services.  FMS also provides design and mitigation installation services for radio frequency (RF) fields (e.g. MRI, EEG, etc.).

Active Compensation Systems (ACS) are another choice when mitigation is necessary.  FMS works closely with several ACS vendors throughout the globe and is able to provide the client with the best choices the industry can provide.

In the ever-changing, sophisticated technology used in a variety of many disciplines of scientific research, the required ambient electromagnetic environments needed to house tools and equipment are becoming increasingly EMI sensitive, and therefore, are becoming routinely dependent on a combination of both “passive” and “active” technologies working in concert to achieve the necessary environmental requirements.

Recent Projects

UCI – IMRI

FMS as the EMF/EMI Consultant designed and installed the passive and active mitigation systems for this newly established interdisciplinary organization under the Office of Research of the University of California Irvine (UCI) to house state of the art electron-microscope labs (4 imaging cells). The project required analysis of interference potential of all internal and external emission sources, which included vehicle and facility elevators (DC), broadband electrical system (AC) sources, etc.

Harvard LISE

FMS was engaged as the project’s EMI Consultant by the project architect (Wilson Architects) to conduct an electromagnetic field (EMF) analysis in an existing laboratory (shell space) located in the basement level of the Harvard CNS facility.

CURE

Seattle Children’s Research Institute is currently in the construction phase of ”Building Cure”, a 540,000 square foot research building, which will be dedicated to developing therapies for children with diseases such as Cancer, Type 1 Diabetes and Sickle Cell Anemia.

Un. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Electrical and Computer Engineering Bldg.

FMS was engaged to conduct a thorough assessment of the building’s design for EMI interference threat concerns to sensitive research equipment. A document review and extensive 3-Dimension computer simulation studies were conducted to evaluate EMF emissions from the building’s electrical distribution, mechanical and other systems.

FMS EXPERIENCE

Over its 20 years, FMS has successfully completed hundreds of EMI projects which included a diverse range of consulting and mitigation services.

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