Thermal Testing

General:

  • K+ test facilities are visibly clean; however, they are not classified as cleanrooms.

  • K+ test engineers manage setup, operation, and shutdown of K+ test equipment. The customer is responsible for operations of their unit under test (UUT).

  • Daily rate assumes 8 hour days and applies to setup, test, and teardown operations.

Operations:

  • Overnight use of the chamber is possible, but will be unsupervised outside of business hours and will require coordination with the K+ team. Redundant temperature sensor alarms and power cutoffs are in-place to prevent overtest.

  • Test data will be delivered within 48 hours of test completion.

Technical specifications:

  • Tenney T64RC with VersaTenn III controller

  • Chamber certified by Tenney Thermal Product Solutions (TPS)

  • Internal dimensions: 1,190 x 1,190 mm base, 1,190 mm height

  • Temperature range: -70 ºC up to 200 ºC

  • Average ramp rates

    • Ramp up (25 ºC to 200 ºC): ~3.5 ºC/min

    • Ramp down (25 ºC to -65 ºC): ~1.5 ºC/min

  • Average full cycle time (25º C > 200º C > -65º C > 25 ºC): ~4.5 hours

  • Three accessory ports on the side of the chamber are available for UUT monitoring and control cabling. After cables are routed, the ports are sealed with malleable plugs.

Limitations:

  • No humidity control, ambient air only. Standard hot cycle to reduce ambient moisture in the chamber.