Products range from compact, battery-powered single-phase residential meters through to three-phase industrial meters with integrated communication and control functions. Submetering devices for multi-dwelling buildings and commercial properties, data concentrators for AMI infrastructure, and in-building energy monitoring modules are also within scope.

Metering products need to be built right the first time. Once deployed, access for repair or replacement is expensive and disruptive. Solder joint integrity, robust component mounting, and careful PCB layout choices all contribute to a product that stays accurate and reliable through years of thermal cycling, vibration, and environmental exposure.

Where applications require it, conformal coating and encapsulation protect assemblies against humidity, contamination, and corrosive conditions. Test strategies are aligned with the product’s critical functions, covering measurement accuracy, communication reliability, and power supply performance. Burn-in and environmental stress testing can be included where the project requires it.

Metering platforms often have long deployment cycles and are subject to regional regulatory requirements that evolve over time. Early engineering involvement at the NPI stage helps align the design with production and test requirements before tooling is committed. Over the product lifecycle, component obsolescence management and controlled engineering changes keep platforms technically viable as component availability and regulations change.

A metering device that passes calibration at the factory but drifts in the field is a product and a business problem. The manufacturing decisions that determine long-term accuracy, from solder joint quality and component selection to protection processes and test coverage, are made during production, not after deployment. Incap’s experience across metering and monitoring applications is built around getting those decisions right at the production stage.