The new ISO/IEC 17025 accredited electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) laboratory grows the company’s testing and certification capabilities across the automotive, industrial and consumer electronics sectors. At the specially-adapted 6,300m2 site, everything from small components to large complex systems can be handled.
Its laboratory houses a 10m EMC chamber, featuring a 6m diameter turntable with a load capacity of 10 tons (dynamic) and 35 tons (static). There is also a heavy-duty test area away from the turntable that can accommodate vehicles and specimens of up to 15 tons/m2, 20 tons axle load or 35 tons of weight. Access to the chamber is made easy by the 4.2 x 4.2 m door, noted SGS.
Two 5m absorber chambers are also housed at the facility. Larger than the conventional 3m type, they are geared towards testing current and next-generation medium-sized test specimens and complex setups for high-voltage systems in the context of e-mobility, according to SGS. The laboratory is designed to test specimens up to 125 A/400 V and 1,000 VDC or 500 ADC.
Additionally, the laboratory can assist with fire and flammability, radio frequency and product safety testing on a wide range of products, including lamps and luminaires, in-vitro, medical, IT, audio-visual and laboratory equipment. Its new lighting technology laboratory incorporates an 18m long dark room with an expanded scope covering photometric properties and photobiological safety in lamps, luminaires and lasers.
The Puchheim laboratory holds an official designation from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA) for EMC testing, in accordance with ECE-R10, alongside German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) accreditation in the areas of EMC, RF, product safety, medical devices, lighting technology and fire and flammability. The site can issue EMC certification for US and South Korean markets and CB certification for EMC and product safety.