About Element Skelmersdale 

The Element Skelmersdale site is the home of Element’s European certification department, along with a fully equipped and accredited test laboratory for EMC and radio compatibility testing, as well as testing of products for use in explosive atmospheres. Skelmersdale is home to experts in the fields of radio equipment compatibility, electro-magnetic compatibility, products for use in explosive atmospheres, and the general safety of electrical and electronic products. The team specialises in  testing and certifying general industrial, commercial, and domestic products.

 

Industrial equipment we test:  

  • Sensors
  • Alarms
  • Traffic control camera systems 
  • Lighting
  • Luminaire
  • Control station
  • Control panel
  • Motor
  • Terminal box
  • HMI
  • Gas detector
  • Instrumentation
  • Flow meter
  • Process seal
  • Valve
  • Valve actuator
  • Cable gland, Stopping plug, thread adaptor, cable entry device
  • Battery cells
  • Plug and socket, connectors
  • Industrial computer
  • Temperature sensor
  • Trace heating
  • Cable cleat

 

Consumer, IT & Industrial Devices We Test: 

  • IT equipment 
  • Communications equipment 
  • Smart Home devices 
  • Household devices 
  • Vending equipment 
  • Smart energy readers 
  • A/V equipment  
  • Measurement equipment 
  • All other electrical equipment

EMC/EMI testing:  

  • Full EMC testing of products against European legislation (EMC Directive 2014/30/EU) and UK legislation (Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations SI 2016 No.1091) 
  • Partial testing for verification of design 
  • Radiated Susceptibility ~ 20 V/m, Frequency Range 80MHz to 6 GHz  
  • Radiated Emissions ~ 30 Hz to 110 GHz  
  • Two 3 meter Semi-Anechoic Chambers:  
    2.0 (w) m x 2.1 (h) m Door, 2 metric tone Capacity Turn Table 
    2.1 (w) m x 2.4 (h) m Door, 1 metric tone Capacity Turn Table  
  • AC & Telecom Port Surge, Electrical Fast Transients, Ring-Wave, and Bust Testing  
  • Shielding Effectiveness, Transfer Impedance
  • Electrostatic Discharge to 15 kV 

 

Explosive atmospheres (ATEX, IECEx, Hazloc, UKEX) testing:  

Protection Concepts:

  • Intrinsically safe / intrinsic safety – Ex i, Ex ia, Ex ib, Ex ic – IEC 60079-11 
  • Flameproof / explosionproof – Ex d, Ex da, Ex db, Ex dc – IEC 60079-1 
  • Increased safety – Ex e, Ex be, Ex ec – IEC 60079-7 
  • Purged and pressurised – Ex p, Ex pxb, Ex pyb, Ex pzc – IEC 60079-2 
  • Encapsulated – Ex m, Ex ma, Ex mb, Ex mc – IEC 60079-18 
  • Dust protection by enclosure – Ex ta, Ex tb, Ex tc (formally Ex tD) – IEC 60079-31 
  • Optical radiation – Ex op is, Ex op pr, Ex op sh – IEC 60079-28 
  • Oil filled – Ex o, Ex ob, Ex oc – IEC 60079-6 
  • Powder filled – Ex q, Ex qb, Ex qc – IEC 60079-5 
  • Type n, non-sparking, non-incendive, restricted breathing, Ex n, Ex nA, Ex nC, Ex nR – IEC 60079-15 
  • Non-electrical – Ex h – ISO IEC 80079-36 and ISO IEC 80079-37 
  • Trace heating – Ex 60079-30-1 –IEC/IEEE 60079-30-1 

 

Radio & Wireless testing:  

  • RFID 125 kHz, 13,56 MHz
  • WiFi 2,4 GHz / 5 GHz /6 GHz  
  • Bluetooth, BLE, Zigbee  
  • Short Range Device 433 MHz, 868 MHz, 915 MHz  
  • Ultra-Wide Band  
  • Module integration testing  
  • Cellular integration testing  
  • Antenna Radiation Pattern  
  • Radiated Emissions ~ 30 Hz to 110 GHz  
  • 3-meter Semi-Anechoic Chambers:  
    2.0 (w) m x 2.1 (h) m Door, 1 metric Pound Capacity Turn Table  
  • Blocking chamber   
  • Antenna characterisation   
  • AC Power Line   
  • Antenna Characterisation  
  • Cellular Module integration  
  • Temperature chamber –40 C  to + 60 C

Ingress Protection testing: 

  • IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP4K, IP5, IP6, IP7, IP8, IP9
  • IP1X, IP2X, IP3X, IP4X, IP5X, IP6X  

 

Environmental testing:  

  • Temperature/Humidity Testing  
  • 2 standing chambers  
  • 1 walk-in chambers 2.1m wide x 2.550 m high x 2.275 m deep 
  • Temperature ranges -65 to 200˚C  
  • Humidity control between 10 to 98 %rh   
      

Certification services: 

  • EU EMC Directive 
  • UK EMC Directive
  • EU Radio Equipment Directive
  • UK Radio Equipment Directive 
  • (US) FCC Certification 
  • (Canada) ISED Certification 
  • (Japan) MIC-R and MIC-T Certification
  • ATEX testing and certification 
  • IECEx testing and certification 
  • UKEX testing and certification 
  • USA and Canada hazardous location certification (using the Element NRTL Mark)
  • Partial testing 

Approvals, accreditations and documents

  • Skelmersdale IECEE NCB Certificate
    PDF - 377.11 KB View
  • Skelmersdale ISO 17025 UKAS Certificate
    PDF - 1.23 MB View
  • Skelmersdale ISO 17025 UKAS Scope
    HTML - 136 B View
  • Skelmersdale ISO 17065 UKAS Certificate
    HTML - 559 B View
  • Skelmersdale ISO 17065 UKAS Scope
    HTML - 147 B View
  • Skelmersdale ISO 9001 LRQA Certificate
    HTML - 558 B View
  • Skelmersdale JOSCAR Certificate
    PDF - 473.35 KB View

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