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GeneralInformation

Lab Services

Prototype Testing andQuality Certification

Watlow lab services start at the frontend of product design by assistingyou through a battery of teststo research and develop the optimumsensor for your application. Our certi-fication processes can verify yourfinished product is built to specifica-tions set forth by the world’s leading standards agencies.These in-house services are avail-able also for testing your owntemperaturesensing products, notjust the sensors,wire or cable wedesign and manufacture for you.

Product Development and Prototype Test Lab

Our prototype testing evaluates newsheath materials, new configurationsand new manufacturing processes.Watlow is always stretching the limits and always searching for the better way to handle unique applications. We offer testing for: Time response •Measures sensor output relative toa step change in temperaturefrom ambient up to 70°C (160°F) per ASTM Vibration• Sine and random electrodynamic excitation High temperatures Humidity •Up to 1700°C (3090°F) •To 95°C/95 percent RH (200°F/95percent RH) Cryogenic temperatures •Up to -195°C (-320°F) for liquidnitrogen; -80°C (-110°F) continu- ously variable up to 0°C (32°F) •Testing to 500 kg (1,000 lb) Life testing Tensile and compression •In molten aluminum and corrosiveliquids Cycle and drift •Testing up to 1700°C (3090°F) Wire insulation abrasion testing •Repeated scrape and wire to wire Micro-hardness• Vicker’s scale or conversion toother common scales. Dielectric breakdown testing •Capabilities to 5000V Î (dc) 30