Temperature Test Chambers and Humidty Test Chambers from Design Environmental

Design Environmental has been established for 25 years as a UK based designer and manufacturer of Temperature Test Chambers and Environmental Test Chambers and rooms. Now part of the Schunk Environmental Group the world's largest manufacturer of environmental test equipment, which brings many benefits to our customers. These include financial stability and a wide range of products and services to meet customer needs and expectations.

Design Environmental has an ever growing and diverse customer base encompassing many industries such as electronics, aerospace, defence, automotive, pharmaceutical, confectionary and food as well as higher education. Our wide customer base and years of experience mean we have a solution for almost any requirement for temperature or humidity testing and have supplied equipment to test everything from missiles to chocolate bars!

Based in South Wales the company has seen steady growth over the years and in 2009 doubled its production facility and created an additional fifteen jobs.

We have our own team of installation and field service engineers ensuring continuity of all aspects of the job in hand and also offering comprehensive after sales service and calibration.

A knowledgeable and experienced sales department can assist in identifying the correct solution for your test requirement whether it is for reliability, qualification or R & D. Our field sales managers cover the whole of the UK and Ireland and will discuss your requirements in detail before offering a solution from our technical design team. They will also conduct site surveys offering advice on the suitability of the location and the services required.

Design Environmental is an ISO 9001:2008 company and all products are fully CE marked.

As well as standard test chambers we are most well know for our customised chamber solutions which represents 80% of our production. At Design Environmental we are geared to producing those special one-off requirements at an affordable price. The process starts by consultation to gain an understanding of your problem and then utilising our widely experienced resources to propose an acceptable solution.

A customised chamber can mean many things, from a small modification to one of our standard chambers to a complete unique design for a special product.

Customised solutions include:

Size - Large walk in or drive in rooms capable of accommodating vehicles and in some cases aircraft.

Temperature - Typically temperature extremes available are from -100°C to +200°C and anything in between. This can also accommodate test items dissipating large amounts of heat at low temperatures and even intrinsically safe heaters and explosion relief panels.

Humidity - Fully controllable humidity from between 5%RH to 98%RH.

Fast Rate of Change - Chambers with specific test loads that achieve a temperature rate of change of up to 80^o/minute with liquid nitrogen or up to 20^oC/min with compressors. Options for water or air cooled refrigeration plant are available.

Interface - Rooms and chambers that can interface with other test equipment such as vibration generators, tensometers and conveyor systems.

Turnkey - Design Environmental also has the capability to provide turnkey packages offering complete testing solutions to include solar arrays, single axis and multi axis vibration and hypoxic requirements. We can also provide laboratory cold room packages including lab furniture and a safe working environment for laboratory technicians.

Remote Conditioning - We supply Remote Air Conditioning Units of various size to accommodate and condition a temporary test enclosure for equipment that just won't fit into a standard test chamber due to its size or operational requirements.

If you have a specific requirement not mentioned above then please get in touch with our sales team, we are sure we will have done something similar before or will find the correct solution for you.

A range of high quality, standard test chambers and ovens are available for cyclic or stability testing and we also have an extensive range suitable for ESS, Halt Hass and Harass testing with or without vibration.

Our standard chambers range in size from 20 litre to 125 litre bench mounted or 110 litres to 2000 litres floor standing.

Temperature ranges from -40^oC to +180^oC or -70^oC to +180^oC are typical with optional humidity control for climatic testing between 10% RH to 98% RH.

All can be supplied with full programmable control of temperature and humidity or with just temperature. Programming with logging can also be provided via our comprehensive Contour software package.

Various options are available for most chambers including special ports, mobility units, temperature alarms, additional event relays, Nitrogen gas or air purge, compressed air dryers for low humidity and de-mineralisers for humidity water conditioning.

As well as supply and installation we offer a full after sales service. This is provided by our own experienced, qualified, mobile service engineers with up to date certification for electrical, mechanical and the handling of fridge gases.

Preventative maintenance contracts - Maintenance contracts for any make of chamber, tailored to your needs and budget, consisting of one or two scheduled visits per year with additional breakdown visits free of additional charge.

Calibration - Design Environmental offer calibration traceable to UKAS on all makes of climatic test chambers and rooms. Signed certificates of conformity are issued with every calibration and a label affixed to the equipment showing the date and time the next visit is required. Multi point temperature and humidity calibration is available as well as air velocity, light levels (lux) and pressure.

Refurbishment - The life of a test chamber or room can be extended through refurbishment and modernisation. An initial free of charge appraisal will be followed by advice on a suitable upgrade path and a detailed quotation. If upgrade or refurbishment is not cost effective then no quotation will be offered and disposal recommended.

Disposal - Our service engineers are fully trained and qualified in the safe handling of refrigerants. Design Environmental are licensed to handle and then dispose of refrigerant through an authorised agent. After safe removal of the refrigerant gas the chamber body can be disposed of by conventional means.

Relocation - Design Environmental has extensive experience in the successful decommissioning and relocation of all types of test chambers and environmental rooms both in the UK and overseas. Taking things apart is not difficult, putting them back together again so they work reliably to their original specification, or in some cases better, is where our skill and experience counts. This service is available for single units or multiple chambers and all work is covered by warranty and traceable certification.