Temperature & Humidity Environmental Testing Services

Temperature & Humidity Environmental Simulation Testing Services. Often referred to as temperature cycling, or thermal testing, temperature and humidity stress testing is a process of cycling between two extreme temperature conditions. The air temperature may be changed at a slow rate or fast rate by controlling the temperature transition rate. Temperature and humidity testing produces accelerated changes inside an environmental test chamber, but at a more gradual rate than traditional thermal shock testing. Cycling temperatures at a faster pace can highlight inconcistencies in materials as they contract and expand.

Vibration Environmental Testing Services

Shock and vibration testing is used in a number of ways to help manufacturers gain insights on product reliability.

Shock and vibration testing is used in a number of ways to help manufacturers gain insights on product reliability. During testing, the type of vibration stresses used are selected to mirror the typical expected vibration that the product may see during transit, and throughout its life-cycle. These tests can be designed for simulation of random, sine or mixed mode with multi-axis vibration and shock.

Thermal Shock Environmental Testing Services

A thermal shock test can be performed on individual parts or assembled components. Its purpose is to accelerate the stresses that occur on materials when rapid transitions of extreme temperatures are applied.

Thermal shock testing is often used to simulate the stress conditions that can affect a product during its' life-cycle, in an effort to improve performance and identify where a product could be improved.

Halt & Hass Environmental Testing Services

Our HALT & HASS testing laboratory provides services to help shorten new product development time, decrease warranty costs and significantly improve product reliability. This is accomplished through stepped temperature & vibration tests to establish product limits and then with rapid thermal cycling and vibration.

Drop Environmental Testing Services

Drop testing is used to simulate conditions which may occur to packages and products during handling or during the transportation and shipping. These test methods are designed to evaluate the integrity of packages or products and their design limits for protection from collisions or Drops which are likely to occur in the distribution or end-user environment.

Altitude Environmental Testing Services

Altitude testing is a process whereby a part, product, package, or component is subjected to a different air pressure. The air pressure ranges which are simulated in Altitude test chambers typically match those experienced in a range from 0 to 100,000ft.

Stability Environmental Testing Services

Under ICH Q1A guidelines, adopted by the FDA and EMA, stability testing is intended to demonstrate how the quality of a drug substance varies with time under a variety of environmental stresses. Stresses that are commonly used for stability testing include temperature, humidity, and light. Stability testing is also used as a verification process for packaging and packaged goods. It can also establish a re-test period for active pharmaceutical ingredient or a shelf life for the medicinal product and recommended storage conditions.

Salt Spray & Salt Fog Environmental Testing Services

Salt spray and salt fog are types of accelerated corrosion tests that are performed to assess the comparative corrosion resistance of certain materials when exposed to salt fog or salt spray at a specific temperature. In this test, specimens are put inside a chamber or cabinet for salt fog testing, with constant salt water spray or indirect fog, while the climate is maintained during the test. Salt fog is also known as the fog test or salt spray test.

Mechanical Shock Environmental Testing Services

Shock describes matter which is subjected to extreme force with respect to time. Mechanical Shock testing is a sub-category of vibration testing utilizing shock with a very specific purpose of validating the fragility of a product or component. Unlike impact testing, Mechanical Shock tests are conducted with controlled variables for G-force (gravitational units) and are limited to a single degree of freedom. Mechanical Shock testing is commonly used for fragility analysis and utilizes sudden, extreme acceleration or deceleration.