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Corrosion Test Chamber Creates 4 Environments

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Weice Testing Instrument Company Ltd. has introduced a supply cycle corrosion test chamber that can create four distinct environments: salt spray, air drying, controlled humidity and standard atmosphere.

Any combination of different environments may be programmed to occur sequentially in any order, to form a corrosion cycle that can then be performed automatically or repeated a pre-set number of times, according to the manufacturer. Each environment can also be selected individually. Refrigeration is available as an option.
 
Features and Specs
 
The company lists these technical parameters for the Model WTC120:

Internal dimensions: 120 x 80 x 50 cm
External dimensions: 190 x 110 x 140 cm
Chamber volume: 480 L
Solution reservoir volume: 40 L
Atomizing nozzle: 2 pieces
Operating hours: 72
Cover lifter: Available
Programmed setting: Available
Saturation tower volume: 4 L
Construction: Polypropylene or PVC

Salt spray test
Test chamber temperature: Up to +600C
Saturation tower temperature: Up to +700C
Tests: NSS, AASS, CASS are available

Air drying
Test chamber temperature: Up to +700C
Test chamber humidity: > 50% RH

Controlled humidity
Test chamber temperature: Ambient to +600C
Test chamber humidity: 60% ~ 98% RH adjustable

Standard atmosphere
Test chamber temperature: 230C ± 20C
Test chamber humidity: 45% ~ 55% RH

Refrigeration: Down to -20 0C

Weice has been a global supplier of environmental testing chambers since 1998. The company offers salt spray chambers, cyclic corrosion chambers, and temperature and humidity chambers, as well as a variety of other environmental testing chambers. The company says that all of its testing chambers meet ASTM, ISO, JIS, ANSI, UL, TAPPI, AATCC, IEC, VDE, CSA, and CEN standards.