If you are a service company dedicated to testing consumer products and you want to acquire a new climatic chamber to offer environmental tests, what volume and features do I request for this new chamber? There are many chambers on the market with different volumes and features, temperature and humidity ranges, different gradients, but the first question is: "if I have d...
The defense industry has always been a main reference for the development of new products. Its strict physical tests on products, materials, components, etc., have been the reference for others. They have been the reference guide for other sectors. In the case of environmental tests, they are the most demanding, given that the components must withstand the conditions of ...
One of the main safety systems of vehicles, if not the most important, are the brakes of a vehicle, which will withstand extreme conditions throughout their useful life and have to be tested to verify that they work correctly in the most extreme environmental conditions. But one of the points to take into account when building a brake test chamber is that brake fluid is ...
Accredited product certification laboratories have a wide range of environmental testing equipment available to verify the resistance of materials and products to environmental stress. These laboratories will certify that products meet and exceed international standards for safety, performance and functionality. One such standard is IEC 60068-2-2, Dry Heat, which aims to...
Solar radiation is one of the main degradation factors for different materials exposed to sunlight. An accelerated ageing test using solar simulation will allow the durability of construction materials or raw materials, etc. to be assessed. This type of accelerated tests can control the energy radiated on a surface, as well as the temperature, allowing to simulate the c...
The industrial sector is continuously researching to create lighter, more efficient and sustainable solutions for mobility. Sectors such as aerospace, automotive, railway, are looking to lighten weights in order to reduce consumption and CO2 footprint, which is why composite materials play a crucial role in new materials. These elements have the advantage of being light,...
One of the most widely used construction materials in architectural and engineering works worldwide is concrete, whose base is cement, sand and stones (or gravel), thanks to its high malleability, great consistency, low cost and fast drying. It is also a 100% recyclable material and contributes to energy efficiency in buildings. In order to evaluate its different propert...
ISO 6270-2 (Determination of resistance to humidity. Part 2: Procedure for exposing test specimens in condensation-water atmospheres) establishes conditions and procedures for the conditioning of samples in order to evaluate the behaviour and defects that can develop when samples are subjected to high humidity environments. This test establishes 3 different types of atmo...
ISO 11997-1 (Determination of resistance to cyclic corrosion conditions) describes the method for the determination of the resistance of coatings to one of the 4 defined cycles under humidity (salt spray)/dryness/humidity conditions using specific solutions. This method is used to compare the resistance of different coatings to cyclic salt spray exposure. It is most comm...
Combined chambers with vibration are very popular equipment in the aeronautical and aerospace sector. This type of equipment makes it possible to combine 2 types of tests that the samples will face: vibration and extreme temperature conditions. But the different parts that make up an aircraft or a spacecraft come in many sizes, and the simulation equipment must be adapte...
Power converters (DC/DC) are electronic devices that enable the DC voltage to be changed from one value to another. Their role is necessary for numerous electronic systems, as they ensure that power is transferred efficiently from the power supply. For their pre-production development, different temperature and humidity conditions have to be tested to see how they actual...
Building materials are diverse and made of different materials, each with a different resistance to weathering or indoor conditions, which means that tests on materials are diverse and under different environmental conditions. The technological centres of accreditation in construction materials need chambers with a wide range of tests in order to be able to cover a large...
We are proud to present the first chamber delivered this year with technology based on a gas with a GWP below 150, in accordance with the new European regulation on greenhouse gas refrigerants that came into force at the beginning of the year (F-Gas). Our model has been equipped with a refrigeration system based on an environmentally friendly gas with a GWP of less than...
In order to improve the protective and durability properties of treated surfaces such as zinc or zinc-nickel, a top coat must be applied. This coating is an additional transparent or slightly tinted layer that will act as a barrier against external aggressions, thus increasing the durability of the surface treatment against degradation and oxidation even in the most host...
A simple definition of a valve can be defined as a mechanical element that can be used to start, stop or regulate the circulation of liquids or gases by means of moving parts that partially or totally open or close the flow of the fluid. Its markets can be different, such as: petrochemical, paper industry, energy, etc. Due to the importance of the substances they carry, ...
Technology centres are private or independent companies responsible for quality conformity assessment through testing and certification. In order to carry out their tasks, these centres have a variety of equipment to guarantee the quality and durability of the different materials and components they receive. One such test is the corrosion test under salt atmosphere or sa...
Nowadays, plastic parts make up a large part of the things that surround us: automobiles, computers, etc. There are many types of plastics, but one difference between them is the degradation time to which they are subjected from the moment they are manufactured. Temperature is one of the factors that affect this degradation. All chemical reactions accelerate with increas...
Building materials installed outdoors have to withstand strong climatic conditions for years: rain, ice, sun, wind, etc. In winter is when they experience the greatest thermal changes with day/night cycles, with moisture absorption during the day, frost at night, rain, etc., causing significant degradation of the material. This is why it is important to subject the produ...
In the Building Materials industry, it is always advisable to use quality adhesives, sealants and chemical products to offer the best durability and guarantee for the installation and maintenance of any wall or floor covering. For this, it is necessary that the products are tested to withstand the temperature conditions they will face during their useful life. Our model...
Everything that surrounds us is susceptible to degradation due to environmental conditions, including the furniture that surrounds us, elements of our daily lives, but sometimes we overlook the quality controls that must be passed to ensure its durability over time. The wood and furniture industry has normalised standards to be able to carry out tests on the different sa...
Blow moulded plastic packages are used to store different types of substances for all types of markets: food, chemical, cosmetics, etc. This type of containers must pass strict quality controls to ensure that the different substances stored inside do not degrade or are affected over time under different environmental conditions throughout their useful life. Our CCK-25/1...
In the construction industry, reinforced concrete structures are built with conventional steel reinforcement which must be protected by a sufficient layer of concrete to guarantee the service life of the steel. Carbonation corrosion tests are used to evaluate the strength of the concrete in order to analyse the resistance capacity of the material. This type of test is ca...
In the automotive sector, there are many elements that have to withstand heavy rain or high pressure water spray when cleaning vehicles, such as luminaires. In this case, the correct functioning and tightness of the luminaires must be guaranteed after extreme water spray conditions. The ISO 20653 standard establishes a series of rain tests for electrical enclosures, clas...
Sometimes, the installation areas of the equipment is not simple due to the existing limitations of moving the equipment within the building. In these cases we are faced with a dilemma, the customer wants to keep as much test space as possible, but the footprint is limited. This is where our specialist design team comes into play, optimising the interior space and minimi...
Within ballistic testing, there are many environmental tests that have to be performed on samples in order to verify the quality of the product: climatic tests, thermal shock, immersion, etc. But sometimes, temperature control is only necessary on heavy samples and large volumes, so it is necessary to have robust equipment with the necessary power to be able to temper th...
Do you want to test large automotive components or a large number of them at the same time to reduce testing times? The solution is a modular or walk-in test chamber, with a volume that matches the space available for your installation. This allows you to test heavy components, large batches of samples or large parts. The CCK-40/11216mT climatic chamber has a temperatu...
A widely supplied equipment in the electronics sector for small/medium components, is our model CCK-40/125T (climatic) or CETM-40/125T (thermal). It is small in size, but has enough space for several samples in parallel. Its vertical design has an ergonomic position to introduce the samples, and the standard wall pass-through can feed them. In addition, this chamber has ...
The European F-Gas Regulation, F-GAS (2024/573) has brought with it some changes to the GWP limit, with 150 being the limit for installing stationary refrigeration equipment from 1 January 2025. This will mainly affect all climatic or thermal chambers based on refrigeration gases that are currently being installed, having to be modified in order to comply with this new r...
In many cases the samples do not allow the correct passage of air to be able to condition them, due to their size, geometry, sample support, etc. This is when our engineering and design comes into play, analysing the best air flow option and redesigning the chambers in such a way as to guarantee homogeneity and uniformity, as well as meeting the needs of gradients and te...
Universal tensile testing machines are often used for tensile testing and the tests often require a thermal or climatic conditioning system to perform the tests under controlled temperature conditions. These machines are usually manufactured with a liquid nitrogen cooling system, which is a costly system to maintain in the long run, as nitrogen is a consumable. This is w...
The rise of batteries as an exclusive source of energy for electric cars, telephone systems, tablets, etc. has greatly boosted the use of these batteries, and their correct operation in adverse temperatures and humidity is essential. The validation of these batteries is carried out in climatic chambers. In this type of tests, the risk of battery failure must be considere...
Within the quality control of low-voltage batteries, it is necessary to carry out freezing tests down to -40ºC in order to analyse the performance of new and old batteries, so that a complete study of their operation and performance under extreme temperature conditions can be carried out throughout their useful life, guaranteeing their quality. The ACR-40/480 chest freez...
Suppose we have some large electrical samples, with different internal electronic components and we want to evaluate their behaviour against extreme heat (+50 ºC), given that they are components that are going to be outdoors. In addition, the samples will have a dissipation capacity between 1 and 5 kW. Where could this test be carried out? Our solution, our large capac...
There are numerous testing standards for building materials, ranging from curing standards, freeze-thaw, variable climate, carbonation, etc. All of them have different environmental test conditions depending on the type of product and its application, since the resistance of the materials for storage, use and useful life against the most adverse atmospheric conditions on...
One of the most commonly used elements in building construction today are insulating panels due to their speed of assembly, their insulating capacity and their rapid manufacture. However, in order to guarantee their durability over time in outdoor conditions, there are various standards to verify the resistance of materials to climatic conditions. One such standard is EN...
The IEC 61215 standard is one of the standards used for the qualification of the quality of solar panels with a part dedicated to climatic tests to verify the performance and durability of solar panels. Specifically, the damp-heat cycle is used to determine the module's ability to withstand the effects of long-term moisture penetration. This test consists of a climatic t...
