Monday, December 21, 2009

CertifiGroup Opens Ingress Protection Testing Laboratory for CE and UL Product Certifications

Ingress Protection is the appellation of a product’s adeptness to bear the access of objects, dust or liquid. The IP Code is abiding in a 2 chiffre format. The aboriginal digit, “Protection adjoin adopted objects” is from 0 (Not protected) to 6 (Dust tight). The additional chiffre “Protection adjoin moisture” is from 0 (Not protected) to 8 (Protected from submersion). For example, a artefact that could bear the a lot of astringent dust storm and be baptize bound would backpack the appellation IP68. Some electric motors and electrical enclosures blade the IP55 designation: Dust adequate and adequate adjoin baptize jets. The US agnate to IP56 (for UL Certification) is NEMA 4 and 4X. For the complete IP table and advertence material, appointment CertifiGroup.com and go to the “IP Code Testing” page.

The CertifiGroup Ingress Protection class includes a array of accessories for testing articles that crave affidavit of these aegis characteristics. Some articles crave testing in the “Dust chamber”, others are accountable to tests performed by an “Oscillating aerosol tester”, “Drip box” or “Jet nozzle” analysis apparatus. Joshua Hunt, an NC State alum in automated engineering and arch of the IP lab talks about the challenges for manufacturers. “A aggregation ability architecture lights for the top of a building, but they’re absolutely not abiding if the enclosures are baptize or dust bound until we analysis them. If they’re traveling to bazaar these articles for acrid environments they charge to be sure, or failures after on can be disastrous”. This testing has to be done with the appropriate equipment. “Recently we had a chump appear to us because their antecedent testing lab, a nationally accepted artefact assurance lab, acclimated a battery in their bath for testing a lighting product”, Hunt said. “They were not assured this testing was done correctly”.

Some contempo CertifiGroup audience include: Toshiba, Parker Hannifin, Altman Lighting, Standard Motor Products. The articles activated ambit from baby USB drives to enclosures to ample 3 appearance automated motors. Some added audience with acclaimed names accept projects area there were testing failures, and they are in the action of re-design or modifications. Because of these situations, it is a acceptable business accommodation to get articles to the testing lab early, afore a analysis abortion can adjournment projects or shipments.

CertifiGroup aswell tests abounding categories of electrical articles for UL & CSA Certification, SEMI S-2, CE Marking for Europe. CertifiGroup aswell has appropriate programs for manufacturers and designers of “Green Energy” equipment, including solar, wind turbine, geothermal and more.

For added advice or to align a bout of our new Ingress Protection lab, appointment the CertifiGroup website (CertifiGroup.com) or alarm 800-422-1651.

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