NTS FACILITY SPOTLIGHT

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Our state-of-the-art laboratory is positioned just outside

downtown Chicago

Multiple EMI/EMC test chambers including a 5m oversized unit

Discover the robustness of your product after exposure to

harsh environments

www.nts.com800.270.2516

sales@nts.com

ABOUT NTS CHICAGO

NTS Chicago features a 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Mt. Prospect, IL. We

have over thirty years’ experience partnering with customers to provide significant gains

in compliance, reliability and durability. Our team guides your product through testing

while providing seamless communication and program management. We have your

solution to qualification requiring both EMC and environmental simulation requirements

such as military, avionics, automotive, off-road automotive and aerospace.

This location houses full EMC/EMI capabilities and blowing sand/blowing dust testing to

complement our long-standing environmental capabilities such as vibration, thermal shock

and cycling, temperature humidity, acceleration, corrosion, altitude and HALT/HASS. With

the addition of these capabilities, we can now offer a one-stop-shop solution to partner

companies who want to get their compliant products to market quickly and efficiently.

EMI/EMC/ESD TESTING

• 5-meter semi-anechoic chamber with 10’x10’ door, 12,000 lb capacity turntable, vehicle exhaust system and troubleshooting projection screen inside the chamber

• Four EMI test chambers

• Large, sectioned ground plane with pre-configured commercial immunity stations for expedited testing

• Full vehicle automotive testing

• Automotive Testing to JDQ 53.3, JDQ 202, JDQ 203, load dumps, transients

• Commercial Product Testing – FCC, EMC Directive, CISPR, 61000-X-X

• Medical Directive Testing – 60601-1-2

• Military MIL-STD-461 (D,E,F)

• Avionics RTCA/DO-160 ( D,E,F,G)

• Other customer standards as requested

DYNAMICS TESTING

• 20,000, 18,000 and 6,500 force pound electrodynamic shakers

• Vibration at Temperature

• Constant Acceleration/Centrifuge

• Loose Cargo Vibration

• ISTA Package Testing

• HALT/HASS Chambers (30”x30”x30” and 48”x48”x48”)

• Package Drop

CHEMICAL TESTING

• Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid-Salt Spray (CASS)

• Chemical Compatibility

• Chemical Resistance

• Contamination by Fluids

• Fluid Compatibility

• Fluid Immersion

• Fluid Resistance

• Fluid Susceptibility

• Porosity

• Salt Spray/Fog/Mist

• Solderability

NTS Chicago1660 Wall St. Suite 100Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

800.270.2516 | www.nts.com

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Our chemical engineers can offer a myriad of solutions for the most

complicated challenges

NTS Chicago’s expertise in HALT testing will find the limits and

discover the weak links of your products and systems

ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATION

• Temperature/Humidity Testing

» 9 standing chambers

» 2 walk-in chambers up to 11’x12’

» Temperature ranges -70 to 130˚C

» Humidity control throughout condensing range of 5 to 90˚C

• Altitude Chamber

» 70,000 ft. with temperature -55 to 150 degrees C

» Rapid Decompression, Explosive Decompression

• Thermal Shock/Thermal Cycling

» 9 Single-Zone, 10 Dual-Zone and one Large Dual-Zone Thermal Cycling Chamber

• Blowing Sand

• Blowing Dust

• Settling Dust

• Ingress Protection IPXX, levels 1 through 9k

• Icing/Freezing Rain

• Explosive Atmosphere

• Salt Fog

• CASS Testing

• Solar Radiation

• Gravel Bombardment

• Advanced Cycling and Abrasion Testing

• Flammability

ELECTRICAL TESTING

• AC/DC High Voltage

• Capacitance

• Continuity Monitoring

• Current Measure

• Dielectric Strength

• Dissipation Factor (Tam Delta)

• Dielectric Withstand Voltage

• High Pot

• Inductance

• Insulation Resistance

• Leakage Current

• Low-level Contact Resistance

• Moisture Insulation Resistance

• Power & Current Cycling

• Q Factor

• Resistance

• Resistance Temp Coefficient

• Surface/Volume Resistivity

• UN/IATA Battery Testing

• Voltage Drop

MECHANICAL TESTING

• Abrasion

• Adhesion

• Bend

• Breaking Force/Strength

• Compression/Compression Set

• Durometer Hardness

• Fatigue Life

• Insertion/Engaging/Withdrawl

• Mechanical Durability/Cycling

• Peel Strength

• Push/Pull/Deflection

• Resistance to Solder Heat

• Separating Force

• Shear/Lap Shear

• SolidWorks Fixture Design

• Strain Gauge

• Tensile/Elongation/Flex

• Torque/Torsional Strength

ABOUT NTS

As one of the largest commercial test laboratory networks in North America, NTS offers

test, inspection and certification services for environmental, dynamics, EMC, wireless,

product safety, materials, ballistics and much more. Our client partners rely on NTS to

bring quality products to market quickly and efficiently, and so can you.

NTS FACILITY SPOTLIGHT | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS