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This document discusses salt mist testing, which evaluates how well equipment can function in salt-laden atmospheres. Salt mist testing is relevant for equipment used in marine, coastal, and roadway environments where salt is present. A salt mist test exposes equipment to an artificial salt fog to accelerate corrosion and identify potential issues. Salt mist testing can help obtain product approvals, demonstrate robustness, shorten development time, and identify areas for improvement. The document describes standardized and customized salt mist testing options available at DELTA laboratories.

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TC Prod - Sheet Salt Mist Test

This document discusses salt mist testing, which evaluates how well equipment can function in salt-laden atmospheres. Salt mist testing is relevant for equipment used in marine, coastal, and roadway environments where salt is present. A salt mist test exposes equipment to an artificial salt fog to accelerate corrosion and identify potential issues. Salt mist testing can help obtain product approvals, demonstrate robustness, shorten development time, and identify areas for improvement. The document describes standardized and customized salt mist testing options available at DELTA laboratories.

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Salt mist test
Avoid the damaging efects of salt in the atmosphere
When is a salt mist test relevant?
How well is your equipment able to function
in a salt-laden atmosphere? This question
is relevant to producers of marine and wind
turbine equipment as well as automotive
and certain equipment for military use. Salt
is present in the atmosphere offshore, in
coastal areas as well as near roads where
salt is spread in order to prevent icing and
the effect of salt can be quite damaging,
as many of the producers have already
experienced.
The purpose of a salt mist test is to
demonstrate that equipment can with-stand
the infuence of a salt-laden atmosphere.
What is there to gain
from a salt mist test?
A salt mist test gives you one or more of the
following advantages:
Approval according to EU directives
or international standards
Confdence in your product with
respect to robustness against
salt laden atmospheres prior to
introducing it to the market
Shorter time-to-market when you specify
a relevant salt mist test from the onset
of the development of your product
Knowledge about potential
areas of improvement
One type of test, diferent
objectives
Reproducible and accelerated tests are
required for approval of certain equipment
such as exposed marine equipment which
needs approval according to IEC/EN 60945
or IACS E10.
However, the same tests are often
applied to products that will be used in
close proximity to the sea or at sea like
wind turbines or to equipment otherwise
exposed to salt like vehicles and automotive
equipment in countries where salt is spread
on roads during wintertime. Due to the fact
that salt is ubiquitous as a natural element
in the environment and its severe impact
on material, salt mist tests have lately been
applied more broadly to all types of mobile
equipment from cell phones to hearing aids.
On metallic parts, the test will demonstrate
the electrochemical impact of salt corrosion
and similar complex chemical reactions
apply to other materials as well.
Standardised or customised tests
At DELTA the salt mist test is typically
carried out according to relevant
international standards. In addition to these
standardised tests, DELTA can assist in
developing special ised tests addressing
unique or severe environmental conditions
or extended lifetime impact. As an example,
DELTA has developed in collaboration with
one of our customers a special HALT (Highly
Accelerated Life Testing) concept using salt
mist exposure.
Trouble-shooting and
product review
If a salt mist test reveals unexpected
damage to the product, DELTA offers
assistance in evaluation of the test result,
trouble-shooting and identify-ing possible
new solutions. On request the same
knowledge and experience of DELTAs
specialists in this area can be applied
during initial specifcation of the product,
increasing the chance of a successful
outcome of the fnal salt mist test
considerably.
Accredited test report
If required, DELTA will during the test
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develop an accredited test report with a
description of the test, key fndings and
conclusions. DELTAs DANAK accreditation
will allow this report to be used for formal
product approval, if required.
Facilities
DELTA has two salt mist chambers, one
of which is a new Weiss SC-1000. The
chamber is programmable with automatic
control of salt solution, humidity and
temperature and supports all relevant
international standards for reproducible,
accelerated corrosion tests. The maximum
size of the equipment to be tested is 70
130 50 cm (h w d).
Antennas in a harsh environment
RFS Denmark wanted to verify that their
TMAs (Top Mounted Amplifers) were
able to withstand severe environmental
conditions.
The amplifers were to be mounted on masts
in costal areas of southern Europe as well
as other places. DELTA designed a test
sequence which included 28 days cyclic
salt mist as well as UV, vibration, HALT,
bump, cyclic humidity and IP. Different
design alternatives were tested, and based
on the results, RFS Denmark was able to
verify the robustness of the design prior to
introducing it on the market.
From the process we gained knowl-
edge about the margins of our product
with respect to the severe environment
as well as valuable input about areas
of potential improvements in future
products,
states Mechanical Engineer Henrik Hangler,
RFS Denmark A/S
International standards
IEC 60068-2-11 Ka Salt mist.
A steady-state salt mist test.
IEC 60068-2-52 Kb Salt mist, cyclic.
MIL-STD-810F, Method 509.4 Salt fog.
A military testing standard for equipment
specifying a cyclic salt mist/fog test
consisting of alternating salt mist/fog
exposures and drying exposures.
EN 50155:2001 Railway appli-cations
Electronic equipment used on rolling stock.
Nordtest method NT elec 016G Electrical
equipment: Environmental test procedures.

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