Environmental Testing Services for Products & Components
Environmental testing is a crucial component of conserving our planet and safeguarding the health of its inhabitants. The responsibility of providing reliable testing lies with the environmental laboratory, which must stay up to date with the latest technologies and comply with all safety regulations. Through their efforts, we can ensure the accuracy of our environmental testing and protect the health of our environment.
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- Overview
- Scope, Applications, and Benefits
- Test Process
- Specifications
- Instrumentation
- Results and Deliverables
Overview
Environmental testing subjects products, components, and materials to simulated environmental conditions — temperature, humidity, thermal cycling, UV radiation, salt spray, altitude, and combined stresses — to evaluate their performance, durability, and reliability under real-world and accelerated exposure scenarios.
This service supports product qualification, reliability validation, regulatory compliance, and design verification across industries, including electronics, aerospace, automotive, defence, and consumer products, ensuring that products perform safely and reliably throughout their intended service life.
Scope, Applications, and Benefits
Scope
Environmental testing evaluates how materials, components, and finished products perform under a wide range of real-world and accelerated environmental conditions. It helps assess durability, reliability, and long-term performance by simulating exposure to harsh climatic and operating environments.
Key areas covered in environmental testing include:
- Temperature extremes and thermal cycling: Assesses performance under very high and very low temperatures, including repeated heating and cooling cycles through tests such as HALT and HAST.
- Humidity and moisture resistance: Evaluates the effect of prolonged exposure to high humidity, condensation, and moisture ingress on material integrity and functionality.
- UV and solar radiation exposure: Measures resistance to sunlight, ultraviolet degradation, discolouration, and ageing caused by prolonged outdoor exposure.
- Salt spray and corrosion testing: Determines resistance to rust, oxidation, and corrosive environments, especially for metals and coated surfaces.
- Altitude and pressure simulation: Tests product stability and functionality under reduced atmospheric pressure and high-altitude conditions.
Applications
- Electronics and PCB qualification (IEC 60068, MIL-STD-810)
- Automotive components environmental certification
- Aerospace and defence equipment validation
- Consumer electronics and appliance durability testing
- Medical device environmental qualification
Benefits
- Accelerates identification of design weaknesses
- Reduces field failures and warranty claims
- Supports regulatory and customer certification requirements
- Enables design optimisation for target environments
- Provides defensible qualification data for product launch
Test Process
Test Plan
Conditions, profiles, and duration are defined as per the applicable standard.
1Specimen Conditioning
Samples are mounted and stabilized under standard conditions.
2Environmental Exposure
Defined test cycles are run with continuous monitoring and data logging.
3Post-Test Evaluation
Samples are inspected and tested against acceptance criteria.
4Technical Specifications
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Temperature Range | -70 °C to +180 °C (chamber dependent) |
| Humidity Range | 10% to 98% RH |
| UV Exposure | UVA-340, UVA-351, UVB-313 |
| Salt Spray | Neutral, acetic acid, CASS per ASTM B117 / G85 |
| Altitude Simulation | Up to 30,000 m equivalent |
Instrumentation Used for Testing
- Thermal shock and cycling chambers
- Temperature-humidity test chambers
- UV weathering chambers (QUV, Xenon arc)
- Salt spray and CASS corrosion cabinets
- Altitude/pressure simulation chambers
Results and Deliverables
- Chamber condition data logs (temperature, humidity, UV dose, etc.)
- Pre- and post-test functional and visual assessment results
- Pass/fail compliance determination per acceptance criteria
- Failure mode documentation and root cause observations
- Full environmental test report with traceability
Frequently Asked Questions
Environmental testing evaluates performance under defined exposure conditions (often single-stress), while accelerated life testing (ALT/HALT) combines multiple stresses at elevated levels to precipitate failures faster and identify reliability limits.
IEC 60068 is the primary international series for electronic environmental testing. MIL-STD-810 governs defence and aerospace equipment. JEDEC JESD22 applies to semiconductor-level environmental qualification.
Yes. In-chamber functional monitoring can be set up to capture electrical performance data during thermal cycling, humidity exposure, or vibration, identifying conditions under which functional failures occur.
Duration varies widely. A basic salt spray test per ASTM B117 may run 96–500 hours. Thermal cycling qualification per IEC 60068 may require 100–1000 cycles. Test plans are customized to the applicable standard and product requirements.
Yes. Combined environment testing (CERT) replicates real-world conditions more closely and can expose interaction failure modes not revealed by single-stress tests. Available configurations include temperature + vibration and temperature + humidity + vibration.
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