Validation, Verification and Quality Assurance
To help you deliver high-performing electrical systems, components and materials to market, our network of labs is equipped to conduct Accelerated Stress Testing, Life-Cycle Simulations, Failure Analysis, and Automotive Materials Testing to OEM standards. Our state-of-the-art environmental performance testing capabilities allow us to complete evaluations at compressed times to meet your development schedule deadlines.
Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) – Accelerated Reliability, Failure Mode Verification Testing (FMVT), HALT/HASS/Step Stress Testing, Key Life Testing, Multi Environment Overstress Testing (MEOST)
Exposure/Contaminants Testing – Water Spray, High-Pressure Spray, Salt Spray Cyclic Heat, Ingress Protection (IP) Testing, Chemical Resistance
Flammability Testing – Plastics testing to determine the relative rate of burning per ASTM D635, ISO 3795
Simulated Environmental Performance – Explosion, Immersion, Humidity, and Altitude Simulation Testing, as well as Thermal Aging, Thermal Shock Testing, and Thermal Cycling
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Testing – Identify and analyze gaseous VOC constituents emitted from automotive materials
Weathering Testing – Expose your automotive materials, parts and components to a range of environmental extremes and ambient conditions per these standards and more: ASTM G154, ASTM D2565, ASTM D4329, ASTM D4587, ISO 4892, VDA 75202, PV 3929, PV 3930, E J1885, SAE J1960
Road Vehicles – Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment based on ISO 16750 series