Testing services

State-of-the-art facilities and expertise for testing the physical, chemical, environmental and flammability properties of materials and products. A SATRA test report offers the most accurate interpretation of results and has considerable authority.

Weathering

Rapid deterioration of materials and products can occur when exposed to extreme weathering conditions such as strong sunlight, high ozone levels and corrosive atmospheres. SATRA offers a range of weathering testing to test product exposure to weather. Such weather testing will ensure materials and products will not deteriote in service and will meet industry standards and user requirements.

 

Laboratory weathering

SATRA has facilities for measuring the resistance of all types of materials to environmental deterioration, including textiles, leathers, plastics, rubbers, metals and ceramics. We test individual materials and complete products and can measure the effects of exposure to:
Light - two chambers that work on the xenon arc principle to expose samples to high intensity UV light
Heat and humidity - various chambers that permit temperature to be varied between minus 40° C up to 1500° C in certain specialist applications. Humidity can be adjusted between 10 and 95% rh
Ozone - plastics and rubbers can lose a significant proportion of their strength when exposed to ozone. Textiles are also prone to fading. SATRA's ozone cabinet enables samples to be exposed for varying lengths of time
Salt spray - our salt spray cabinet reproduces the harsh marine environment to assess corrosion resistance of metallic components
Airborne chemicals - such as hydrogen sulphide and nitrous oxides
Weather conditions - our accelerated artificial weatherometer chamber reproduces regional weather conditions to assess outdoor items for deterioration or colour change

Contact

All enquiries to Matthew Holt on +44 (0) 1536 410 000 or email matthewh@satra.co.uk