ORAFEC's database contains years of historical data
To begin searching our database, just type a part number into the search box on the front page.
Our database contains several types of data:
- Photos: We have spent the past three years creating high-resolution photographs of electronic components commonly traded in the independent distribution channel.
- Pricing: We have over 10 years' worth of historical transaction information.
- Testing: We list testing houses so that you can connect with a reliable source for getting a suspect part checked out.
- Pinprints: Soon we will offer pinprints for use with the ORAFEC-09, allowing users of that machine to access a worldwide network of other users to check their parts.
IC Bank
One of our initiatives here at ORAFEC is to create an IC Bank which will help members get a comparative analysis of a suspect part. We will keep two samples of each part in our bank. At the request of a member, one will be sent to your laboratory of choice for destructive comparative analysis, at only the cost of shipping.
This service is one of the reasons ORAFEC.org requires contributions from its members. But we believe it is worth it. One of the big problems with counterfeiting is the lack of trust - who do you trust? How can you know if a part is genuine or not? If there is no clear example of a "genuine" part, then how can you ever be sure? ORAFEC wants to provide that example that will help the industry be able to trust one another, and spot the bad apples when they pop up.
Destructive physical analysis is one of the best ways to do that. By keeping fresh, verifiably genuine parts in our bank, we will be able to spot examples like these, where we see a fraudulent wafer discovered through comparison to a genuine part:
ORAFEC's activities are wholly funded by its members. The purpose of ORAFEC is to create a massive database of information on every part possible, to provide security and resources for the electronic components trading community. To do that, we need contributions to allow us to purchase parts, servers, storage media, etc. The ever-growing data will require ever-growing resources, and this is why contributions are essential.
Acquire Original Parts
Take Pictures
Lifetime Storage for ICbank 2009
Acquire More Pricing Data
Store Laboratory Information
System Maintenance Of Massive Data Files
quoting
Sales people need to verify if the parts have not been flagged as counterfeited
Sales people can understand the market price of a component to evaluate customer and internal target prices
buying
Purchasing people can renegotiate pricing by seeing the price history
receiving
Receiving staff can eliminate errors by comparing product received today against our data-warehouse of photographs Receiving staff is no longer blind
quality
Quality staff can now stop a component and ask for a DPA and do a die comparison because Orafec will have a sample of the original in stock
annoying
How annoying is it to read through those balls? Buying components is not easy!
In today's competitive market, quality is expected on every transaction, as failure is not an option.
Your customer or your production cannot afford to collapse because a fraudulent electronic component has been inserted into the supply chain. Orafec.org will be here to reduce risk and build a real system of defense around the components. Orafec.org is capturing counterfeited device data from the entire planet.
Of course we won't stop the phenomenon tomorrow morning - but by anticipating tomorrow's problems, we'll create a safer and more secure future. Make sure that you are on this side of the fence because the race is just starting today.