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Accredited Thermal Vacuum Testing Services in Southern California
Environment Associates is your trusted source for Thermal Vacuum testing services since 1967. When you want to test your product for extreme space conditions, that include temperatures from 155°C to -175°C at space vacuum altitudes, Environment Associates is your solution. Using this test to determine the unique failures of space mechanisms that orbit the earth is key in improving system reliability. Thermal vacuum testing is similar to thermal cycling but adds deep space vacuums for detecting corona/arcing and intermittence and increases a product’s out-gassing. The key failure modes found during this test are: 1) electrical intermittence, 2) thermal control issues, 3) arcing, 4) corona, 5) material out-gassing, and more, to determine a product’s flight-worthiness for workmanship and processing issues.
We provide heating and cooling by direct contact through the use of a conductive chilling plate or the chamber’s shroud surface in our recently refurbished, State-of-the-Art thermal vacuum chambers.
We regularly meet the requirements of contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NASA JPL, Northrop Grumman and Astrium.
Contact us to review your particular testing needs. http://www.eatest.com
Environment Associates Upgrades Vibration Capabilities at Los Angeles Laboratory
http://www.eatest.com Environment Associates is excited to announce the delivery of multiple new ETS Solutions IP Series Amplifiers and Data Physics vibration controllers at their Los Angeles laboratory location. These new Amplifiers and controllers are part of EA’s overall expansion plan consisting of upgraded vibration, high-level shock, thermal vacuum, connector and high-G acceleration testing capabilities. EA is currently in it’s 55th year of operation and our staff offers an extremely high level of competent and personalized testing services at very competitive prices. Please contact us today to discuss how EA can be of assistance on your next engineering or qualification test project! http://www.eatest.com
NEW TEST CHAMBERS HAVE ARRIVED AT BOTH ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATES TEST LAB LOCATIONS!
Environment Associates Adds Two New Shakers To Chatsworth Aerospace Testing Laboratory (Los Angeles, Ventura County, Southern California)
Environment Associates, Inc. recently added two new large shaker systems to their Chatsworth, California Testing Laboratory in order to meet the increasing demand for vibration and shock testing in the Southern California Aerospace, Military, Automotive, Medical and Packaging markets. Please let us know how we can be of service on your next engineering or qualification test program. Contact: Andrew Spaulding (818-709-0568, andrew@eatest.com).
Vibration Testing in Los Angeles at Environment Associates
Vibration Testing at Environment Associates, Inc.
http://www.eatest.com As specialists in dynamic testing, we provide equipment capable of exerting a 6,000 to 18,000 pound force with the capacity to perform closed-loop control from a single input to multiple channel inputs (from 2 to 32) with averaging or notched channel control. Vibration control systems can be programmed for real time monitoring, scheduled for length of time, or level scaled by dB or percentage, or scaled at various durations at different acceleration levels.
We have electro-dynamic shakers at 2-inch stroke and servo-dynamic shakers at 4-inch stroke with a range of capabilities. Most of our electro-dynamic shakers are attached with slip-plates to perform multi-axis testing.
We regularly perform vibration testing to MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-750, MIL-STD-202, as well as ISTA, EN, IEC, and ASTM specifications. We also provide unique tests like Gunfire, Transportation Packaging and NAVMAT screening. .
When called upon, we provide specialized environments that include Temperature, Humidity, Rapid Temperature Change, Salt Spray and Combination Environments with our vibration tests that can be supervised 24/7 with on-site monitoring or remote monitoring.
The key to developing a great test plan is having vibration fixtures that are non-resonance, controllable configurations, manufactured from aluminum or magnesium materials that hold single or multiple parts for test. Many times, we stock pre-configured expansion heads and plates that can be easily incorporated to your test article, which will lower your fixture cost and accelerate your time to test. Each fixture is tested for performance and tuned to perform at its best. Let us help with your fixture designs and manufacturing needs.
Real-time performance assessment (Vehicle or Machine Vibration Data) can be provided by our systems technicians by instrumenting your product with accelerometers, thermal couples, stress and strain devices, measurements on test tracks, or machinery for improved testing in the lab. As an engineer, you need to know what you are designing for and the conditions for use so you don’t under or over test your product. Having this information is also important for your FEA design staff to determine stress input.
Large Test Chambers Available for Temperature and Humidity Testing in Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Valencia at Environment Associates
Environment Associates, Inc. has ten large walk-in chamber systems that allow for large systems and large quantities of products to be exposed to temperature and humidity conditions. A variety of ports allow for the test sample to be operated while the test is being performed. EA’s walk-in temperature and humidity chambers can accommodate full pallets for preconditioning requirements called out in ISTA and ASTM D4169 as well as conditions that are called out in most 4-Corner test plans. Please call us today at 818-709-0568 or visit us on the web at http://www.eatest.com and let us know how we can be of service on your next testing project!
RTCA DO-160 Icing Testing performed at Ventura County, Santa Barbara, los Angeles, at Environment Associates, a Orange County Area Southern California Test Lab
Environment Associates has recently upgraded their testing capabilities and can now offer the full range of Icing Testing per RTCA/DO-160, Section 24 (Categories A,B & C). EA has performed testing for all supplier tiers in the aerospace market. This testing includes: vibration, temperature, humidity, acceleration, crash safety, altitude, shock and other critical RTCA DO-160 or MIL-STD tests.
Many of the key manufacturers have their own commercial standards for their specific aerospace electronics and components—for example, Boeing’s D6 standards, Douglas’ WZ standards and Airbus’ Specifications.
If you are a supplier to one of the above aerospace manufacturers and you want to make sure that your critical prototype design is reaching your design targets and is robust, then let us put together an accelerated test plan that best identifies inherent weaknesses.
If you have designed a product that reaches space conditions for NASA, then be a part of our team in testing for the extreme temperatures in space atmospheres.
EA has over forty years of history servicing this industry, performing a wide range of product testing—from cockpit to tail—on electronics, components and systems.
Please visit our Website at http://www.eatest.com or call us today at 818-709-0568 for more information
Ingress Protection (IP) Testing in California at Environment Associates
Environment Associates in Chatsworth, California (http://www.eatest.com) offers Ingress protection (IP) testing services to specifications such as NEMA 250, IEC 60529, RTCA-DO-160, MIL-STD-810, SAE and DIN. EA offers services such as water ingress, sand and dust, solid object ingress, immersion, and fluid susceptibility using calibrated equipment and data collection that will validate your enclosure rating. Please contact us today to let us know how we can be of service on your next testing program, we can be reached at 818-709-0568, or at http://www.eatest.com, please contact Andrew Spaulding
MIL-S-901D Lightweight Shock Testing in Southern California at Environment Associates
Environment Associates performs high impact mechanical shock which applies to equipment, machinery, systems and structures mounted on ships . The purpose of these requirements is to verify the ability of shipboard installations to withstand shock loadings which may be incurred during wartime service due to the effects of nuclear or conventional weapons. We also perform vibration per MIL-STD-167 for mechanical vibration of shipboard equipment to complement our shock testing services. Please visit our website for more information, http://www.eatest.com .
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