Thermal & Aging Performance

Short & long-term aging performance is undertaken in a variety of thermal chambers, the smallest of which sits on a benchtop, & the largest of which can accommodate 20 full sized instrument panels.

Thermal aging may be used to accelerate service life testing, or as a means to assess the performance of components after exposure to high temperatures (such as direct solar loading or paint refinishing.)

Low temperature performance can also be assessed down to -65ºC in a number of standard & special-purpose chambers.

Humidity & moisture aging is also available possible, & we have a purpose built Infra-red chamber with which we undertake solar loading tests.

Performance assessments can be made before & after thermal exposure (such as appearance, colour & gloss change,) & additionally, some characteristics may also be measured at the maximum anticipated service temperature (rigidity, impact performance etc.)