Household Appliances Inspection in China

All the time, the production of Household Appliances in China and Asia poses a major challenge to importers and retailers. Unqualified household goods products pose a real danger to consumers’ health, Hundreds of household appliances get recalled every year in Europe and America because factories in general use shortcuts and not fully testing method to fulfil clients’ needs in shorter lead time.

It is necessary for importers to establish effective quality control procedures to ensure the timely delivery of finished products that meet all relevant quality and safety standards.

For brands or retailers, active quality control is essential to meet these challenges and optimize supply chain performance.

Household Appliances Inspection in Asia

AQI Service provides inspection services for household appliances at every stage: from supplier investigation, audit to the quality control, and final delivery of household appliances during the process.

These products may include but are not limited to kitchen appliances, home care products, personal care products and other appliances.

AQI’s quality experts understand the customer’s requirements, ensure that on-site inspections are properly performed on-site, and finalize clear reports to explain and explain all details.

Throughout the quality control process, we will verify the appearance quality, specifications, functions, safety of your household appliances, and whether it meets the US, EU, and many other specific standards.

During the Pre-shipment inspection, the inspector should find various defects by inspecting the packaging, markings, labels, illustrations, instruction manuals, accessories, barcodes, and the appearance/appearance of the product. During the inspection of household appliances, we found some common major and minor defects, including but not limited to stains, scratches, missing accessories, malfunction, sharp corners, missing labels, incorrect barcodes, poor paint, poor printing, and poor assembly, etc.

Why is it important to Inspect Household Appliances?

  • Identify any issues in product size/specification to save cost and time
  • Reduce defects/flaws in the product and maintain a good brand image of the product
  • Save on possible rework and product recall costs
  • Confirm that the homeware/Kitchenware will not be damaged during packaging and loading
Household Appliance Blender Hi-pot Test
Hi-pot Test

How to Inspect the Household Appliances

Before conducting inspections, AQI technical engineers need to understand your product characteristics to determine key risks. By combining our Household Appliances Inspection Checklist with your unique product specifications and quality requirements, each inspection can be customized.

We will identify and classify defects based on your Acceptance Quality Limits (AQL), verify the quality of mass production, perform product function and safety tests on-site, and assess your compliance with product specifications and approved samples.

Assess the quality of your product materials and workmanship, using a number of quality control checks and tests, including:

Barcode scanning testInstruction manual check
Internal construction check (CDF Check)Strain relief test
Fatigue testStability/Wobble base check
Function testApplication/Performance test
Hi-pot testEarth continuity test
Rotation speed testSmell test
Certification symbol checkNoise check
Power consumption measurementCarton drop test
Assembly testAdhesive test on logo and printing
Running testVoltage check

The performance and safety of household appliances are critical to ensure consumer satisfaction. However, some reliability tests cannot be performed at the inspection site. It requires a specific environment and test equipment to ensure compliance with applicable safety standards and regulatory requirements. AQI Service Inspectors can randomly take samples in production according to customer requirements and forward them to tested by an accredited laboratory.

The laboratory testing services include extensive performance, chemical, and mechanical testing. Depending on the product, the testing time may take 5 to 10 days.

Our partner laboratories offer the following tests but not limited:

UL 1082ReachRhos
EMCEN 1860Energy consumption
IEC 62233EN 60335IEC 60661
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