Environmental Durability Testing

Environmental Durability Testing: Use and Effects
Environmental durability testing techniques involves testing a product in order to evaluate and secure its durability against environmental influences. The effects of environmental durability testing can be climatic (moisture, oxygen, ozone, temperature), chemical (air pollutions, salts), electrostatic (electromagnetic fields) or mechanical (vibrations, impacts, wearing). Environmental durability is important in all parts of a product’s origin and life cycle, such as dimensioning, design, choice of materials, surface treatment, assembling, testing and packaging, as well as control of the environment surrounding the product during transport and use.

Environmental Durability Testing: Need
Environmental durability testing techniques are an important tool to help build quality into the product. Several environmental factors are taken into consideration; their number and severity depend on product and application. The work of environmental durability testing is carried out in several steps. In the preliminary planning, the environment (natural or induced) is predicted, based on various experiences and standards. Accelerated testing is often used to simulate the environmental factors expected to affect a product. These test programmes are usually based on extensive field investigations. The results provide the basis for an environment prognosis describing the reality that will affect the product during its life-time.

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Environmental Durability Testing: Capabilities
These environmental durability testing services are offered from our European, Americas and Middle East regional laboratories:
• Climatic Environmental Durability Testing
• Environmental Durability
• Test Tailoring
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods