Humidity and Humidity Freeze Testing
Humidity Testing is essential for assuring the suitability of product for its intended environment. It involves exposing the product to various humidity levels to reveal design defects that can lead to frequent humidity issues . direct and indirect condensation effects can be used for humidity assessment and help identity any design flaws and potential issues before release.
Humidity Testing is a type of corrosion analysis technique which determines the corrosion rates in materials. Products and materials can experience serious damage due to prolonged exposure to humidity. With humidity testing, issues like corrosion, electrical shortage, mechanical failure etc. can be mitigated. In a humidity test, both fog and humidity are controlled particularly for analyzing corrosion. This test can be used on a wide range of products, from coatings or electrodeposited paints to copper tube systems. Humidity test is mostly used to gauge the material’s corrosively or the impact of substances like residual contaminants. The specifications of the test define the test conditions and applied humidity, which can be a non-condensing test in case of which the humidity is present in the air but does not cause formation of condensation, or a condensing test, in case of which the humidity and temperature cycle is performed precipitating condensation onto the sample. Humidity Testing helps in studying a number of things like coating degradation, mechanical failures, parameter shift failures as well as various other factors which are essential for maintaining the quality of operations. A variation of the Humidity Testing, known as the Cyclic Humidity Testing, is also conducted to reproduce a high humidity and heat exposure. The cabinet used for testing must has a reliable humidity sensor as well as a feedback controller. All the data obtained through this testing is essential in planning and selection of paints, materials, coatings and products. The lifespan of the product can be extended if the product is properly protected against humidity.
The test equipment has ranges and capacities of
Temperature Range: 150°C to -50°C
Relative Humidity Range: 10% RH – 98% RH
Variable working space are available:
Dimensions are in mm:
- Max: 1000x1000x1000
- Max: 400x500x600
Standards followed:
- IEC 60068-2-14
- IEC 61215
- IEC 60068-2-78
- IEC 60068-2-30
- MIL-STD-810H Method 507.6
- IS 9000 Part 5
- ISO 16750-4
- RTCA DO-160 Section 6
- JSS 55555