Austest Laboratories has many years of experience in testing Vehicle mounted electronics, sub-assemblies, wiring looms and accessories for compliance to Automotive Component and Accessory product standards.
Our services include:
- EMC testing for Automotive Components and Accessories inc devices with 3G and 4G
- Mechanical testing
Automotive EMC Testing, Austest Melbourne - Climatic testing
- Accelerated ageing
- Acoustic testing
- Electrical testing
- Design and consulting
EMC
- Testing to FCC, R&TTE, EMC and Automotive EMC Directives for CE / European requirements including specific standards applicable to vehicle mounted products and accessories.
- Load dump tests to ISO 7637-2 and ISO 16750-2 on electrical devices
Mechanical Testing
- Vibration up to 2 Tonnes
- Shock and SRS
Combined (climatic+fatigue) testing – Automotive Wiring Harnesses - Drop and impact up to 30,000 G
- Cyclic fatigue specialists (inc on wiring harnesses and seats)
- Static load
- Impact (IK code)
- Enclosure protection (IP code)
- Fluid Resistance (TSM0502G cl.4.8.2)
- Scratch Resistance (TSM0502G cl.4.15)
Climatic Testing
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Thermal shock
- Thermal Cycle Test (TSM0502G cl.4.1.3)
- Low Temperature Resistance Test (TSM0502G cl.4.1.4)
- Humidity Resistance Test (TSM0502G cl.4.2.1)
- Power Application under High Temperature and High Humidity Conditions (TSC7019 cl. 4.3)
Colour and Appearance Measurement
- Paint, dry coating and plastics testing including gloss, abrasion and hardness
Accelerated aging
- Salt fog inc TSH1552G
- UV & Solar radiation covering UV-A and Broad Spectrum with rain simulation
- Toyota Standard TSM0501G cl. 9.20 for UV Degradation
- Accelerated Weather (Light) Resistance Test (TSM0502G cl. 4.7.3)
Acoustics
- Airborne noise
- Structurborne noise
Electrical safety
- Measurement and control equipment
- Information Technology equipment
- Generic electrical safety
Design and consulting
- e mark (lower case e) assistance per Directive 72/245/EEC with amendment 2004/104/EC and 2009/19/EC by EU
- E mark (upper case E) assistance per ECE Regulation by UN
- EMC advisory services and product modifications
- Vibration and shock consulting
- Design of cushions and resilient mounts
- Vibration measurement and diagnostics
- Acoustic design and noise mitigation
- Test fixtures design and manufacturing
Some of the test standards our laboratories are accredited for include:
- ISO 11452-2
- ISO 11452-3
- ISO 11452-4
- ISO 11452-8
- ISO 16750-2
- ISO 7637-2
- ISO 10605
- IEC60068-2 family
- MIL-STD-810G
- DEF STAN 00-35
- ISO 16450-3
- ASTM D4169-09
- ASTM B117
- ISTA 3A & 2A
- AS/NZS 60529
- IEC 60255-21-1
- IEC 60255-21-2
- TSC7019
- TSM0502G
- TSH1552G