Enviromental Testing
Heat, Cold & Humidity Tests |
Water & Ice Testing |
Dust Tests |
Corrosion Tests |
Altitude Tests
Our experienced laboratory personnel are capable of doing all kinds of temperature and humidity (environmental) tests according to wide variety of standards including but not limited to:
| Military Standards | IEC |
ISO |
Other |
MIL-STD-202 MIL-STD-883 RTCA/DO-160 |
IEC 60068-2-1 IEC 60068-2-2 IEC 60068-2-14 IEC 60068-2-30 IEC 60068-2-78 IEC 60945 |
ISO 16750-4 ISO 9022-2 |
ASAE EP455 CLAAS CN 050215 |
At Electronics Test Centre, we understand that every project is unique. Not sure what standards you should adhere to for your project, or looking to do something other than what’s listed here or something within your own parameters?
Humidity Tests
Humidity, high or low temperatures are the most common environmental conditions your product might face. In our Airdrie (Alberta) facility, we have 5 Environmental Chambers to simulate different situations.
Walk-in Environmental Test Chamber
Thermotron WP-2000-THCM4-25-25 |
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Size |
5m x 3.3m x 4m |
Temperature Range |
-68° to +85° C |
Cooling Performance |
from +23°C to -60°C |
Heating Performance |
from -60°C to +23°C |
Humidity Range |
20 to 95 % RH |
Temperature and humidity chambers for everyday tests
These environmental chambers have higher cooling and heating performance, as well as a wider temperature range compared to the walk-in chamber. They are perfect for small-sized projects in electronics, mechanical design and automation.
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SE-1200-5-5 |
SE-600-5-5 |
EC-607 |
Size |
1m x 1m x 1.15m 39.5" x 39.5" x 45.5" |
0.63m x 1.01m x 0.85m 25" x 40" x 33.5" |
0.51(0.6)m x 0.51m x 0.64m 20 (23.25)" x 20" x 25" |
Temperature range |
-70° to +180° C |
-70° to +180° C |
-68° to +177° C |
No static or dynamic load |
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Cooling Performance |
30 min |
22 min |
13 min |
Heating Performance |
21min |
16 min |
10 min |
23kg/50lb of Aluminum static load |
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Cooling Performance |
49 min | 40 min |
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| 44 min | 38 min |
no data available |
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Humidity Range |
20 to 95 % | 20 to 95 % |
20 to 95 % |
Rapid Change of Temperatures Chamber
Looking for really extreme conditions? Our Qualmark Typhoon 1.5 temperature chamber can cool down or warm up your project with a fabulous 70°C/min ramp! It also has a very wide temperature range - from -100°C to +200°C and uses LN2 as a boost. This is the perfect unit for rigorous testing of smaller components.
Water & Ice Tests
A number of industrial and military standards regulate water and ice protection for enclosures, instruments, and other electronical and mechanical devices. Depending on your project’s water-proof class and potential location it might need to pass:
- Temporary or continuous water immersion tests
IEC 60529 IPx7 or IPx; NEMA 250 Type 6 or 6P; MIL-STD-810 Section 512; ASAE EP 455 Section 5.5 etc.
For most cases, these tests are done in a standard reservoir 1.2 m in diameter. We are experienced in projects with an immersion to 12 m depth, and can build a custom-designed reservoir with designated water temperature - Water jetting or hose directed tests
IEC 60529 IPx3, IPx4, IPx5 or IPx6; NEMA 250 Type 4 or 4X; RTCA/DO-160 Section 10, ASAE EP 455 Section 5.6 etc.
We are experienced in water jetting test that involve salt water, high/low water temperature, or high flows up to 296 L/min - Ice or icing/freezing rain tests
NEMA 250 type 4, 4X, 6 and 6P; MIL-STD-810 Section 521 etc.
These tests usually take place in our walk-in environmental chamber - Rain, water spraying or water dripping tests
NEMA 250 type 2, 3, 3X, 3R, 3RX, 3S, 3SX; IEC 60529 IPx1, IPX2 etc.
We use can soak units up to 1.0 m wide to 1.1 m long.
Dust Tests
IEC 60529 is one of the most popular standards for dust protection. Units that pass this test have IP5X or IP6X class of protection “Against ingress of solid foreign objects”.
Dust-protected enclosures classified as IP5X allow a limited quantity of dust to penetrate inside, where as IP 6X class of protection doesn’t allow any dust inside the unit.
Usually this test is combined with water tests for IPX7 or IPX8 class protection.
Corrosion Tests
ETC-Airdrie has the facilities to do various corrosion tests including salt fog, acidified salt fog, and corrosion by means of immersion.
Salt fog or salt spray tests are usually performed in accordance with MIL-STD-810, DO-160 and ASTM B117. We can also perform variations of these standards by implementing ASTM G85, as well as customer-defined specifications.
We also offer NEMA 250 4X: 1200-hour Moist Carbon Dioxide – Sulfur Dioxide – Air Test (in accordance with UL 1332). This test is widely used by enclosure manufacturers and companies for NEMA 250 certification.
Electronics Test Centre offers corrosion test by means of immersion in accordance with GR-771-CORE “Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures.”
To date, there is no direct correlation between real outdoor exposure and accelerated salt fog testing because real weather is so unpredictable. However, salt spray testing is widely used to compare the reactions of different materials, coatings and treatment methods in the design process and for quality control purposes.
Altitude Tests
Products installed inside aircrafts should pass an altitude test according to military or aviation standards ASAE EP 455, MIL-STD-810, RTCA/DO-160 etc.
Our altitude test chambers simulate altitude, overpressure, and rapid decompression from 90 000 to 15 000 feet.
For ETC Aidrie's Electrical and Mechanical Tesing Scope accredited to a2La, see Accreditations - Electronics Test Centre Airdrie