Hiawatha, Iowa, USA – Crystal Group Inc., a trusted manufacturing partner of rugged commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) custom-developed computers, displays, switches, and storage devices, announced today that the company has added the Thermotron® SE 600-10-10 temperature and humidity chamber to its engineering suite of environmental, thermal, vibration and EMI testing equipment.
Environmental test chambers, like the Thermotron unit provide a controlled environment for scientifically evaluating products in temperature and humidity scenarios. Environmental chambers are used to ensure the reliability of electronic items through tests such as prolonged thermal cycling and prolonged exposure to various humidity conditions. The unit can achieve more than 10°C per minute temperature change rates over the range of -40°C to +70°C.
The addition of the Thermotron unit more than doubles Crystal Group’s thermal testing capability while adding humidity testing. Crystal Group is using the environmental testing chamber in part for stress and fatigue analysis of electronics to verify that components and systems can operate in a manner that customers expect, specifically in accordance with MIL-STD-810G Method 507.6.
“We’re a vertically integrated engineering-based company,” explained Crystal Group’s Jim Shaw, EVP of Engineering. “Whether we are working on the development of an individual component or working on a complete system-level rugged compute solution, the projects begin in engineering and are processed through defined R&D, design, testing and certification processes. The addition of the Thermotron environmental chamber to the company’s testing suite allows Crystal Group to bring certified product designs and configurations more quickly to market.”
About Crystal Group Inc.
Crystal Group Inc., an employee-owned small business located in Hiawatha, Iowa, USA, is a technology innovation leader specializing in both custom and COTS products for defense, government and industrial markets since 1987. Crystal Group designs and manufactures installation-ready rugged servers, displays, networking devices, embedded systems, power supplies and storage devices that fit critical applications in demanding environmental conditions.
The company is certified to quality management standards AS9100C:2009 and ISO 9001:2008. Crystal Group products meet and exceed MIL-STDs 810, 167-1, 461, MIL-S-901, IEEE and IEC industrial standards. Additionally, the company offers integration services, configuration management, product life-cycle planning and 5+ year warranties.
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