Icing, cooling and solar radiation – test your product in freezing cold and blazing heat

What happens when moving parts such as doors or hinges ice up? Will your product be functional and safe in extreme weather conditions? Does your engine make a flawless cold start in freezing cold conditions? Do your droneʼs rotors still work at freezing altitudes? What if itʼs not freezing cold? How does your product perform in extreme sunlight? Does it affect the operability or readability of displays and other control panels?

Find the answers by testing your products in our Large Cube: from forklifts to drones, excavators to e-charging columns: make your product fit for any of the worldʼs extreme conditions from Alaska to Zambia.

In the Large Cube, we are able to simulate extreme altitudes of up to 9000 meters as well as almost any extreme weather phenomena.

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The test in a nutshell:

snow

wind

precipitation

sun

hight altitude

humidity

size big cube

Measures:

The interior dimensions of the Large Cube are 12 m x 6 m x 5 m (L x W x H). The total available area is 137 m² plus 100 m² for test set-up. The entrance to the test chamber is formed by a wing gate with the dimensions: 3.6 m x 4 m (W x H). The maximum size of the test object can be 10 m x 3.6 m x 4 m (L x W x H).

Accredited tests:

Tests accredited by Accredia according to the following standards:
CEI EN 60068-2-1:2007, IEC 60068-2-1:2007
Environmental testing: Cold CEI EN 60068-2-2:2008, IEC 60068-2-2:2007
Environmental testing: Dry heat IEC 60068-2-13:2021
Environmental testing: Low air pressure, IEC 60068-2-39:2015, CEI EN 60068-2-39:2016
Environmental testing: Temperature and low air pressure

Technical data:

Temperature: -40...+60°C
Relative humidity: 10 % – 90 %rH
Maximum simulated altitude: 9000 m
Air pressure: 95 kPa – 33 kPa
Wind: 0 m/s – 30 m/s

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