Skelmersdale

• EMC Testing 
• Explosive Atmospheres Testing
• Radio & Wireless Testing
• IP Testing 
• Climatic & Environmental Testing
• Certification
• Advisory
• Radio Frequency Testing
• RFID testing
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Wireless Power Transfer
• Cellular
• CE Marking
• Radio Equipment Directive
• FCC 
• ISED Canada 

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