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TEA AG joins the Goodfellow Group
Goodfellow Group, the advanced materials supplier, has acquired TEA AG, an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited independent testing and engineering laboratory based in Wetzikon, Switzerland. The acquisition extends the range of testing and certification services Goodfellow can offer its customers in Europe, North America and Asia, and is the Group’s latest step in building an integrated advanced materials and testing platform. TEA AG and Suisse Technology Partners AG, Goodfellow’s existing Swiss laboratory, will together form one of the broadest independent testing offerings in Switzerland, operating from Wetzikon and Neuhausen am Rheinfall.
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Expansion of the scope of our
accreditation:
The Swiss Accreditation Service SAS added a number of additional procedures to the scope of TEA AG’s accreditation, including:
- Solar Radiation EC/EN 60068-2-5, ISO 9022-9, MIL_STD-810 and others
- Additional IP ratings, e.g. NEMA 250
- Packaging transit testing simulation ISTA 2A, 3A
- Impact testing IEC EN 60068-2-75, 60079-0
- Coating testing EN ISO 4628-x
- Product standards, e.g. for rail applications EN 50155
- Connectors for electronic equipment, z.B. SAE/USCAR-21, IEC 60512ff
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New: Chamber for Solar Radiation
TEA AG is now equipped with test chambers for Solar Radiation simulation
- Standards: IEC/EN 60068-2-5, ISO 9022-9, MIL_STD-810 and others.
Technical data:
- Dimensions test sample: WxDxH 670 x 670 x 670 mm
- Temperature range: -75°C bis 180°C
- Humidity: 10 bis 98 % r.F.
- Radiation intensity: max. 1200 W/m2
- Wave lenght: 280 nm bis 3000 nm
New: Test chamber for ice splash water tests
TEA AG is equipped with a brand new test chamber for ice splash water tests.
- Standards: ISO 16750 - 4 (Road Vehicles)
- Dimensions (inner): W * D * H: 1600 * 1000 * 1000 mm
- Heatable up to 180 °C
- Specification ice splash water:
- Temperature: 0° bis 4° C
- 3 l/s per nozzle
- Tap water or with 3% Arizona dust
New: Heatable dust chamber for Arizona dust
TEA AG added a new and unique dust chamber for IP testing with Arizona dust to its existing test chamber for talcum powder.
- Standards: IEC/EN 60529 (Enclosures), ISO 20653 (Road Vehicles)
- Chamber size: W * D * H: 1200 * 1200 * 1000 mm
- Heatable up to 80°C
- Dust tests, including Arizona dust
Newly added to our scope of accreditation:
Electrical connectors
- Plug connector testing
- Resistance and insulation resistance, electric strength
- Specifically: performance of electrical crimps for the automotive sector: SAE/USCAR-21