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At Proactive
Test Solutions Ltd, we provide our customers with the
means to improve the reliability and performance of their products.
Our many years of working in the environmental test industry, as
both users and suppliers, has given us the experience and knowledge
to be able to work with clients to significantly enhance the quality
of their products.
Environmental testing is used to confirm that a product; material,
device, substrate, piece of equipment etc is robust enough to
operate in the environment that it was designed to. Examples include
extremes of temperature; rapid temperature variations; high and low
humidity; high and low pressure; wet, dusty and corrosive
environments; solar radiation and also combinations of these
environments. We are able to reproduce, in an enclosed, controlled
space, almost any condition found on, inside and surrounding our
planet with accuracy and repeatability.
We support a wide range of industries including Aerospace;
Agriculture & Horticulture; Automotive; Construction; Defence;
Electronics; Food & Drink; Oil & Gas; Packaging; Pharmaceuticals;
Scientific Research and Telecommunications. We supply test chambers
for product validation or compliance, thermal stress screening,
accelerated ageing and accelerated life testing. We also provide
advice and consultancy on environmental test specifications,
procedures and equipment. We can calibrate and repair any make and
type of test chamber as well as refurbish and upgrade existing
equipment. We supply brand new Environmental Test Chambers as well
as good quality pre-owned equipment for sale or rental.
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Over the years we have worked closely with other OEMs, particularly
in the Pharmaceutical and Electronics Production Industries, adding
value to their products. We are able to design and manufacture
equipment to provide close temperature and humidity control where
climatic stability is essential to a process or activity.
We recognise that controlling the environment is only part of the
job as far as many of our customers are concerned. The ability to
accurately measure and log conditions over a period of time can be
extremely important too. To meet this requirement we are able to
supply a wide range of instruments and loggers for temperature,
humidity, pressure, wind speed, vibration, acceleration, velocity,
displacement, sound, light, conductivity, pH, CO2, and dissolved
oxygen. An on-board SD memory card records data which can be
downloaded directly into an Excel™ spread sheet for storage and
analysis; no other software is required.
Contact us for further information concerning all environmental
test, control and measurement applications.
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Environmental Test Chambers |
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We supply
equipment that can reproduce such environmental
conditions and effects as: Temperature; Humidity;
Altitude (pressure); Corrosion; Pollution; Sand and
Dust; Rainfall and Sunlight in a range of enclosures
from small bench top to large walk-in facilities. All
types of products and materials can be tested from
mobile telephones to military vehicles; packaging to
composite structures. We have the expertise to assess
test specifications or applications and offer suitable
solutions worldwide.
The vast majority of environmental tests and processes
can be carried out in one of our standard chambers.
However, we also have the answer when something special
is required; we are able to reproduce almost any
condition found on or around the planet in a test space
designed for control and repeatability. |
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Air Treatment Units |
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We
occasionally find that a test object is an unusual shape
or size, or it might be very large or it comes with a
complicated test rig and will not fit inside a standard
or conventional type of test chamber. In this case we
find that an Air Treatment Unit (ATU) is usually the
right solution. Applications can change and a flexible
approach can often reap dividends. The ATU is a device
for delivering conditioned air into a made-to-measure
test enclosure, often built around the test object.
Connection can be by way of flexible hoses or fixed
insulated ducting. We have designed and manufactured
ATUs for temperature / humidity cycling, high and low
temperature soaking and stability applications. |
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Thermal Platforms |
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Using thermal conduction
rather than convection (as in test chambers) the Device
Under Test (DUT) is attached directly to a thermal
plate, which is heated and cooled as required. This
technique is particularly effective when an intervention
such as adjusting or tuning the DUT is necessary while
it undergoes a temperature cycling regime. |
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Service and Support |
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In order to safeguard the
long-life and minimise the downtime of your
environmental test equipment we recommend a preventative
maintenance regime. We can calibrate and repair any make
and type of test chamber whether or not it was
originally supplied by us; our provision includes:
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Ad-hoc servicing at a
standard daily rate
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Bespoke service and
calibration contracts including preventative
maintenance
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Extended warranties on
new equipment
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Instrumentation |
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As well as simulating
various environmental conditions we realise that many of
our customers also need to make accurate measurements
and log conditions over time. We have a comprehensive
range of high quality measurement and logging
instruments for the following environmental parameters:
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Temperature
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Humidity
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Pressure /
Vacuum
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Wind Speed
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Vibration
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Acceleration
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Velocity
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Displacement
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Sound
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Light
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Conductivity
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pH
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CO2
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Dissolved
Oxygen
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The latest additions to
the range can take SD memory card to record data
which can be downloaded directly into an Excel
spread sheet for storage and analysis; no other
software is required. Most instruments are supplied
with the appropriate probes and sensors and we also
stock accessories including batteries, SD cards and
thermocouples. Calibration certificates to National
Standards or NAMAS can be provided for most
parameters.
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