Controlar’s lifetime test rigs accelerate the aging of plastic components by controlling water temperature and oxygen levels. Developed for thermotechnology applications such as heat pumps, they help assess wear and identify potential failures over a component’s service life.
Assess plastic-component durability under controlled aging conditions
- Tests up to 54 devices simultaneously
- Supports test durations of up to 208 weeks
- Three independent water circuits with temperature control up to 90 °C
- Test-module size and quantity can be configured to requirements
Understand how temperature and oxygen affect service life
Plastic components in heating and water systems age with exposure to temperature and oxygen. These rigs reproduce controlled conditions for durability assessment.
An additional rupture-test module enables expected service-life calculations using the Arrhenius equation, based on the collected test data.
