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Environmental Test Exposures Testing:

• Altitude Testing
• Combined Environment Testing
• Explosive Atmosphere Testing
• Fungus Testing
• Ice Testing
• Immersion Testing
• Rain, Spray and Drip Testing
• Rapid Decompression Testing
• Salt Fog & Spray Testing
• Sand / Dust Testing
• Solar Testing
• Temperature & Humidity Testing

Climatics Testing E-Labs, Inc provides a wide variety of environmental exposure testing services that have the ability to simulate and control most climatic conditions including temperature, humidity, altitude, pressure, vibration, temperature cycling, solar heating, exposure to UV light, corrosive atmospheres, and other climatic variables. These climatic testing services play an important role in product and component testing to ensure that stringent custom and industry standard specifications are met. Items tested range from test samples, parts, and components, to finished products. Industries we have served for climatics testing include Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, HVAC, Industrial / Machinery, and Life Science / Medical.

The effects of product exposure to climate-related conditions are modeled through the use of special test chambers. These chambers have the ability to cover extreme environmental variations as well as constant temperature and humidity levels.

The climatics department of E-Labs offers a wide range of chamber sizes from 2 to 3,500 cubic feet. All chambers are equipped with digital controllers that allow for safe and accurate operation at any temperature or humidity level. We have over 20 chambers, ranging from 2 cubic feet to 3,500 cubic feet. All chambers have microprocessor controllers and product savers that allow for continuous monitoring and data collection.

E-Labs, Inc can also provide assistance with the interpretation of specifications as well as the design of proper climatic test programs based on your product application.

Large walk-in temperature humidity chambers.

Capabilities for performing rain, wind and rain, and drip-proofing testing.

Altitude Testing
The higher the altitude, the lower the atmospheric pressure that gets exerted. Vacuum chambers are used to test the effect of atmospheric pressure on components that may be damaged due to pressurization changes. This is particularly useful for components that may be shipped via air freight, communication equipment used in high altitudes, as well as for testing engine and propulsion systems designed to operate in space. Our environmental chambers can simulate altitudes from 0 to 100,000 feet with temperatures extremes from -150 to 350 F. We have performed altitude tests for durations from 1 hour to 26 days with around the clock support. Cycling tests have also been done to study the effect of repetitive pressure changes.

Combined Environment Testing
We have the flexibility to turn any of our 3 vibration systems into combined environments, combining temperature/humidity chambers with electro-dynamic vibration shakers. The chambers can perform rapid rates of temperature change and the vibration facilities can handle 18,000 force-pounds, with frequencies up to 2000 Hz.

Explosive Atmosphere Testing
This environmental testing assures the safety of a component exposed to explosive vapors or to other dangerous environments. Our environmental testing facility can be used to show proper operation of a test item in the explosive atmosphere environment. It can help determine whether the test item will safely operate in a highly volatile environment without igniting and causing an explosion or if it is able to contain a flammable reaction within an enclosure. Testing can be performed at various altitudes and temperatures and is suitable for electronic equipment, aircraft components, and medical equipment.

Fungus Testing
Fungus can cause equipment damage and limit the operational reliability of equipment in the field. We can simulate these effects in a controlled environmental test. E-Labs has retired FDA scientists on staff that assure fungus viability prior to inoculation and test control samples are included to show growth while units are under test. This environmental testing can be performed to mil-std 810 US and European fungus or a combination of, to meet most any needs.

Ice Testing
Ice can be produced on items from small to large components and from a thin glaze to more than an inch thick depending on your requirements. Using our large drive-in and walk-in chambers, we can produce this ice on a wide variety of test items.

Immersion Testing
This test is performed on a wide variety of test item sizes to ensure proper sealing for water intrusion. We can perform the testing and measure the exact amount of water if any that has leaked inside a unit and provide documented results.

Rain, Spray and Drip Testing
Whether it is a drizzle or steady rain or even a torrential wind-driven downpour, our rain systems can produces levels to meet any need. All rain tests go through a calibration process before one drop touches the test item to ensure proper fall out.

Rapid Decompression Testing
Using our altitude chambers we can simulate a wide range of rapid decompression requirements. Large volume chambers combined with rapid control valves give us the flexibility to produce many decompression rates.

Salt Fog and Spray Testing
Accelerated corrosion atmospheres for salt spray testing can be applied to items as large as 16ft by 15ft by 15ft. We have portable chambers that can be configured to a multitude of shapes and sizes to meet all our customers' needs.

Sand Dust Testing
We can create desert like conditions or the air blast from a helicopter rotor blades with the abrasion and erosion of sand and dust, combined with temperature to meet the high operating environments, of electronic assemblies. Mil-Std environmental testing is performed in our facility using 2 separate sand and dust chambers and an outdoor set up for items as large as a pickup truck. The outdoor facility uses a large fan capable of wind speeds in excess of 200 mph.

Solar Testing

E-Labs uses many solar light set up configurations ranging from a one light to a multi light set up in our drive in chamber. This gives us flexibility depending on the coverage needed to meet the size of any test item. This permits meeting the most demanding environmental testing schedules.

Temperature & Humidity Testing

High/Low Temperature Testing
E-labs chambers range in size from 2 to 4,700 cubic feet, with capabilities of -150° to 350°F, all computer controlled with redundant safeties to assure product safety while in test. All chambers have feed through holes ranging in size from 2 to 6 inches for test item cabling to aid in functional testing.

Humidity Testing
All humidity chambers range in size from our large drive-in environmental testing facility that is 25ft deep by 14ft wide by 14ft tall, to our smaller 1ft by 1ft chamber. All chambers meet the requirement of Mil-Std-810 and use digital controller and humidity probes to accurately record the environment. They can reach temperatures as high as 185°F(85°C) and Relative humidity of 100%.

R & D through Production Testing & Engineering

Reliability, Standards, & Comparison Testing

• Stress Screening
• Aging
• Lot Acceptance
• COTS Performance Characterization
• DO-160E
• MIL-STD-810F
• MIL-STD-167 Vibration
• mil-s-901 Lightweight Shock
• ASTM/NIJ/IEC Standards
• & many more...

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