Clients send samples of product components to environmental testing labs like ATS to verify that they perform according to expectations. As one of the foremost environmental testing services providers in the US, ATS technicians bring cumulative decades of expertise conducting these methods to their relevant standards.
Environmental Stimuli
Our labs subject client samples to a variety of environmental agents that the final product must endure. These may include any one or more of the following:
- Heat
- Cold
- Rapid Temperature Fluctuations
- Pressure
- Humidity
- Corrosion
- Solar Radiation
- Vibration / Shocks
- Drops
- Flames
- And other, product-specific stimuli
Regularly Requested Methods
ATS’ environmental testing division simulates and accelerates these effects using a variety of advanced equipment. Our lab offers access to everything from walk-in thermal chambers to free-fall drop testers to seismic shakers. Furthermore, we can fabricate custom fixtures to either perform accelerated life cycle testing or facilitate other methods of analysis.
With this wide range of equipment at our disposal, ATS technicians perform the following methods of environmental testing:
- Altitude
- Cyclic Corrosion
- Salt Spray
- Flammability
- Ingress Protection
- Drop
- Abrasion
- Adhesion
- Color and Gloss
- Accelerated Life Cycle
- Thermal Cycling
- Thermal Shock
- Ultraviolet (QUV)
- Xenon Weathering
- Vibration
- Shock
Common Applications
Clients contact ATS to perform these tests for many applications, nearly as varied as the companies they represent and the samples they send. Some of the most common applications for the above testing methods include but are not limited to:
- Resistance to Outdoor Exposure
- Paint / Coating Qualification
- Product Safety
- Product Durability
- Product Aesthetic Longevity
- Compliance Testing
- Package Testing
- Accelerated Aging
Standards and Specifications
The technicians that staff our labs have vast experience performing environmental testing methods to relevant standards. Our staff regularly performs testing in compliance with standards published by the following organizations, as well as client specifications:
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Japanese Automotive Testing Standards (JIS)
- Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE)
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- Ford Testing Standards
- General Motors Testing Standards
- Mercedes-Benz Testing Standards
Industries Served
ATS serves a range of industries with our wide array of environmental testing capabilities. They come to us because our lab can help qualify coatings for use in production, determine the life span of an assembly, and dozens of other applications. Companies from the following industries regularly work with our environmental testing division to determine the characteristics and performance of their samples:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Consumer Products
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Nuclear
- Oil and Gas
ATS: Outstanding Among Environmental Testing Labs
ATS offers testing, inspection, and consulting engineering capabilities of peerless quality. We are a multidisciplinary firm dedicated to answering the needs of clients the world over with the services of technicians, scientists, chemists, investigators, inspectors, calibrators, and Professional Engineers.
Quality as a Priority
Our extensive scope of accredited test methods includes several of the environmental testing specifications most commonly requested by the industries we serve. Our labs hold ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditations for testing and calibration competencies. Furthermore, we maintain ISO 9001:2015 registration to hold ourselves accountable for the quality of testing we perform for our clientele.
To ensure our clients enjoy the best experience when working with ATS, we promote good customer service practices:
- Testing in accordance with client specifications
- Accurate, clear, and detailed reporting
- Short turnaround windows
- Responsive customer service representatives and experts
Contact Us
If your company needs environmental testing services from one of the most dependable labs in the country, contact us today.
