Environment Associates Inc.
Environment Associates offers a variety of environmental testing solutions for qualification and reliability test needs. With over 55 years in operation, WE KNOW TESTING. Our testing division can precisely simulate and control environments to test products ranging from military connectors, and life-supporting medical equipment to commercial and military aircraft instrumentation and satellite components. Using state of the art equipment, our technicians have the experience and knowledge to induce the exact test conditions you need
- (818) 709-0568
- bob@eatest.com
- joshb@eatest.com
- 9604 Variel Avenue
Chatsworth, CA 91311
United States of America
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Accelerated Aging Testing
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Accelerated aging is a testing method used to estimate the useful lifespan of a product when actual lifespan data is unavailable. This occurs with products that have not existed long enough to have gone through their useful lifespan: for example, a new type of car engine or a new polymer for replacement joints or medical products and packaging.
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Explosive Atmosphere Testing
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A product that is designed for or could potentially be placed in a hazardous, explosive environment must be evaluated, especially if it could cause the environment to ignite. This is imperative for products that operate within engine compartments, electrical panels that are mounted in adverse environments, pumps and much more. We can test using almost any mixture of propane or hexane gas and can support these tests with altitudes up to 50,000 ft. If you are concerned about your product’s potential risks, see us about putting your test plans in action.
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Salt Spray, Salt Fog & Cyclic Corrosion Testing
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We service most industry segments with harsh environment, salt fog corrosion testing.If your product is coated or painted for the marine, automotive or military industries, we are equipped to provide accredited testing within multiple chambers.We provide ASTM sample preparation for coated and painted articles to ensure that your test is performed correctly.We also provide custom configurations with varied salt concentrations and temperatures for many customers with products that are used in unique environments. Products like circuit boards, electronic devices and sensors may all have specialized testing requirements.
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Shock Impact Testing
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Environment Associates provides everything you need in drop shock testing — package/container, drop shock/impact systems and electro-dynamic simulated pulses. With our equipment, we specialize in tuned, matched impacts from 20 Gs to 30,000 Gs and from 30 ms to .02 ms in sine, saw-tooth, square-wave, gunfire and rotational cam pulses for almost any set of standards, or for any real-life condition. We can also handle a large range of weights and sizes. EA’s specialists will match the right test, equipment and configurations to your product. We also provide fixture design and special set-up solutions to mount and monitor your product’s functionality during and after testing.
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Vibration Testing
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As specialists in dynamic testing, we provide equipment capable of exerting a 6,000 to 40,000 pound force with the capacity to perform closed-loop control from a single input to multiple channel inputs (from 2 to 32) with averaging or notched channel control. Vibration control systems can be programmed for real time monitoring, scheduled for length of time, or level scaled by dB or percentage, or scaled at various durations at different acceleration levels.
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Life Cyclic Durability Testing
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Environment Associates can provide everything you need for cyclic durability testing and performance fixturing. Services include mechanical cycling to a position or load, fatigue cycling to a fixed load, rotational torque cycling, and simple push/pull cycling. EA can design your fixture with electro-dynamic, air, or hydraulic assistance to mechanically move your part. All of our fixtures can be manufactured to withstand a wide range of temperature, humidity and vibration inputs. If required, forces can be monitored electronically, using a wide variety of inputs (i.e. strain gages, load cells, rotational transducers, thermocouples, shunts, and more). EA can create holding and check fixtures to perform “pre” and “post” evaluation for dimensional issues that may occur during testing. EA can provide fixtures for single tests run internally for EA test labs and can manufacture fixtures to be purchased directly by the customer for their internal use.
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Altitude Testing
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Our environmental testing facilities simulate altitude testing from -400 ft. (-121 meters) to outer space at 100,000 ft. (30,480 meters) or up to 10-6 Torr (1.3e-7 kPa) with temperature applied as low as -300°F (180C). We can reach these heights within 5 minutes or less. We are capable to handle products measuring up to 4ft X 4ft X 8ft to many standards, including MIL-STD-810 and RTCA DO-160.
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Tensile & Compression Testing
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If you are looking for a value on the forces needed to assemble a product, or what it will take to overcome a connector latch or other device that mates together, let Environment Associates perform these tests for you. We can test in both tensile and compression on samples that are less than 14" (35.56 cm) wide and can handle product travel less than 54" (137.6 cm), with sensitivities at 0.01 lbs. (4.53 grams) at a wide range of speeds. EA specializes in the determination of connector performance for many different applications and styles.
