Boucherville

Element Boucherville Specialties

Environmental Testing

How do you accurately predict the integrity of a product before it is put into use in its planned environment? For manufacturers of technical components intended for use in satellites, aircraft and other critical assemblies that will regularly meet with harsh conditions in their daily operations, there is only one solution. With more than 50 years of materials testing experience, we know precisely how to take the guesswork out of predicting the lifecycles of critical components.

Through rigorous environmental simulation testing, products are far better prepared for their real-world applications by first submitting them to tests that simulate the conditions they will face once in use. Imagine the extreme thermal fluctuations that satellite components must successfully endure, and you begin to understand why this type of testing is so critical to a mission’s success.

Especially when equipment is exposed to direct sunlight, vibrations or other shocks, the importance of environmental testing cannot be stressed enough. When prototypes and products are still being developed, this type of testing allows engineers, designers and manufacturers to fully meet the needs of their clients — even when a client is the U.S. Department of Defense or NASA.

Many standards require the conducting of environmental testing. For aerospace suppliers to companies like Airbus and Boeing, environmental testing is required to meet the DO-160 standard. Additionally, all military contractors must conduct thorough environmental testing to conform to MIL standards, such as MIL-STD-810.

We can test everything from accelerated aging to surviving drops. In addition, environmental testing often involves acceleration, vibration, shock, thermal and humidity tests to fully simulate the conditions that products will endure once they are put into service.

What is also important to note is that when you entrust your electrical testing to us, you get the expertise of an ISO/IEC 17025-certified lab with its A2LA — or American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (Certificate Number: 0214.48).

EMI / EMC Testing

The conformity to electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC and EMI) norms and regulations is a crucial step in the development of every electric and electronic product. Plus, if for any reason the appropriate electromagnetic compatibility has not been fully taken into consideration during a product’s design, it is highly likely that its functional performance and reliability will be adversely impacted later.

For companies that supply electronic components to industries ranging from telecommunications to the defense sector, it simply makes sense for your individual products, as well as your business’s overall reputation, to be proactive about your EMI/EMC testing. That is why putting our technical expertise, semi-anechoic chambers and state-of-the-art equipment behind your next project is such a prudent decision.

The Element Boucherville EMC testing laboratory is fully equipped and ready to support during your products’ EMC and EMI qualification process—from prototype development to proper product certification.

EMI/EMC Testing Highlights

• Servicing the Consumer Electronic Products, Laboratory Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Medical Equipment, Automotive & Airborne Equipment
• In field-testing available for large equipment (example: vehicles)
• Radiated Susceptibility ~ 30 V/m, frequency range 10 kHz to 18 GHz,
• RF Emissions ~ 30 Hz to 40 GHz
• 3 meter emission semi-anechoic chamber – 94 inches x 80 inches doors
• Compact RF immunity chamber – 94 inches x 80 inches doors
• Transient generator for Surge, Electrical Fast Transients, Ring-wave, Damped Oscillatory Wave, Common Mode Disturbances

EMI/EMC Test Specifications

• Radiated electromagnetic field
• Conducted emissions
• Harmonic currents emissions
• Voltage fluctuations and flicker emissions
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Immunity
• Radiated electromagnetic field immunity
• Electrical fast transient/burst immunity
• Surge immunity
• Immunity to conducted disturbances immunity
• Pulse magnetic field immunity
• Damped oscillatory magnetic field immunity
• Voltage dips, short interruptions & voltage variation immunity
• Immunity to conducted, common mode disturbances
• Ripple on DC Input Power Port Immunity
• Damped oscillatory wave immunity
• DC Input Power Port Immunity Tests

Primary Test Specifications

• MIL-STD-167
• MIL-STD-202
• MIL-STD-331
• MIL-STD-810
• MIL-STD-833
• GM 3172
• GM 6139
• GM 15310
• GM 15725
• GM 16288
• ASTM D3580
• ASTM D4728
• ASTM D775
• ASTM D999
• ASTM B117
• GR-1209
• GR-1221
• GR-468
• Chrysler PF-11710
• Chrysler PF-12032
• Chrysler PF-12184
• AS/NZS 61000-xx
• ICES-001
• ICES-003
• ICES-00
• IEC 60068
• IEC 60255
• IEC 62493
• IEC 61373
• IEC 61547
• JEDEC JESD22
• RTCA DO-160
• FCC Partie 15 & 18
• CISPR 11
• CISPR 12
• CISPR 14
• CISPR 15
• CISPR 22
• CISPR 32
• AS-NZS CISPR22
• 5IEC 61000--xx
• EN 55011
• EN 55022
• EN 61000-xx
• EN 60255-xx
• EN 61547
• KN 61000-xx
• ISO 10605
• ISO 11452
• and more...