Environmental Testing – Climatic

Climatic Testing

Austest Laboratories is exceptionally well equipped for all types of climatic testing featuring:

  • Climatic facilities in NSW, VIC and SA
  • Twelve programmable environmental chambers:
    Austest Climatic Laboratory (Sydney)
    • Temperature range -85°C to +150°C
    • Humidity range 10% RH to 100% RH
    • Internal volume ranges from 0.3 m3 to 15 m(walk-in)
  • Cryogenic cooling chamber
    • Temperature range -185°C to +150°C with
    • Combined vibration/fatigue testing
  • Ultra-low humidity testing (2% RH – unique in Aust.)
  • Thermal shock testing
  • Combined climatic / altitude testing
  • Combined climatic / solar radiation testing
  • Combined climatic / vibration testing
  • Combined climatic / fatigue testing

    Combined (climatic+fatigue) testing – Automotive Harnesses

Austest Laboratories has unmatched experience and an in-depth understanding of temperature and humidity control. This enables us to tackle even the most complex climatic tests and on more than one occasion our team has been able to perform tests labelled as “impossible” by other laboratories.

Our laboratories hold formal accreditation for testing to wide range of commercial, defence, automotive, transport and other standards, including but not limited to:

Generic:

  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-2
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-30

    Climatic testing – Opal Gate
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-14
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-1
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-78
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-38
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-39
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-66
  • IEC/EN/AS 60068-2-67

Defence:

  • MIL-STD-810G
  • MIL-STD-202

    Large Environmental Chamber
  • MIL-STD-883
  • DEF STAN 00-35
  • DEF(AUST) 5168
  • RTCA DO-160G

Rail:

  • IEC/EN 61373
  • IEC/EN 50155
  • EN 50125-3
  • AREMA C&S Manual

Automotive:

  • ISO 16750-4
  • GMW14650

    Climatc testing – Marine Life Buoys
  • SAE-J1455

Transport:

  • ISTA 3A
  • ISTA 2A
  • ISTA 2B
  • ASTM D4169
  • ASTM D4332
  • ASTM F2825
  • ST/AG/AC.10/11/Rev. 6

Others:

Climatic testing – Train Control Equipment
  • AS/NZS 1158.6 (luminaries)
  • AS/NZS 3439.5 (low voltage switchgear)
  • ISO/AS 7240 (fire detection systems)
  • BS/EN 45502-1 (surgical implants)
  • AS 4607 (personal response systems)

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