Environmental Testing
NTS engineers and technicians are recognized experts in the performance of a wide array of environmental testing simulations. Regardless of what environment you need to simulate during your dynamometer testing, NTS can help. Whether testing under water, at extreme hot or cold temperatures, under salt spray, sand slurry, thermal shock, or combined environments, we can provide the test parameters needed to meet your requirements. Capabilities include more than 20 different chamber, shaker, and drop tower test platforms.
NTS runs start-to-finish turnkey projects from a simple qualification test of a new product, to the efficient management of your complete laboratory. The technical personnel at NTS have extensive experience in hydraulics/pneumatics, dynamics, and environmental testing. NTS has the expertise to accurately monitor equipment response and performance during the most severe test environments. Our extensive knowledge of current test and conformity requirements, both domestic and international, can assist you in your product assessment and define the proper requirements for your environmental test program to achieve maximum customer acceptance.
NTS offers broad environmental test capabilities meeting most international, military, aircraft and commercial standards. Our expert engineers will conduct your independent or combined environmental test with the highest level of expertise and care.
NTS Environmental Test Services, Capabilities & Equipment
Services
- Temperature: Steady State, Cyclic, Liquid Nitrogen Boost
- Humidity: Low Dew Points, R & D, Long Term Tests
- Altitude: Rapid Decompression, Ramped Temp
- Thermal Vacuum: Flight Hardware, Satellites, Temp Cycling to -130 degrees Celsius
- Thermal Shock: Air to Air, Fluid to Fluid, Automated, 1 Minute Transitions
- Sand and Dust: MIL-STD-810, Procedures I, II, III
- Rain: MIL-STD-810, Procedures I, III
- Immersion: MIL-STD-810, ASTM, Most Other Standards
- Icing: Procedure 1, MIL-STD-810
- Structural Testing: Instron 4206 Tensile and Compression
Capabilities and Equipment
- Large selection of temperature/ humidity chambers from 2'x2'x2' to 8'x8'x8' walk-in chamber.
- Combined Environments: Temperature/Humidity/Altitude, Temperature/Vibration, and Temperature/Altitude
- Thermal shock, 3 shuttling chambers, 30 cu ft, 1 minute transition
- Altitude: up to 100,000 feet.
- Thermal Vacuum: 170°C to 180°C, multi-zone temperature control; chambers: 35, 56 & 85 cubic feet; explosive decompression.
- Salt fog chambers
- Wind driven rain, up to 40mph.
- Explosive atmosphere
Contact NTS today to find out how to get environmental testing for your product!
