Climatic ageing tests, fluid resistance

⁰¹Prerequisites

If you want to assess the impact of aging on the characteristics of your materials and/or parts, we can help you meet your needs.

Etim carries out various types of aging tests in accordance with existing standards or to our customers’ own specifications for composite materials, polymers and elastomers, etc.

⁰²Technical resources

• Climatic chambers: -70°C to 180°C
• Ovens: -70°C to 400°C
• Salt fog chambers
• QCT capacitor
• FORD tank with immersion heater
• UV chambers (*)

⁰³Our services

• Aging under controlled temperature and humidity conditions (isothermal, cycling) before testing, for a specified time or until saturation.
• Immersion aging (FORD tank, others…)
• Oven drying of specimens prior to testing, for a specified time or until completely dry
• Water saturation of specimens prior to mechanical testing
• UV aging (internal to CETIM Group)

⁰⁴Standards and accreditations

In progress