CLIMATIC TESTING FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. CCK-30/1500T CLIMATIC CHAMBER

A major European university needed a chamber to conduct climatic tests on thermal and acoustic insulation materials, controlling temperature and humidity. This client already owned freeze-thaw (FTH) chambers from our company and entrusted us with the task of finding a suitable chamber for their needs.

The required specifications were:
👉 Medium-to-large chamber volume for all types of samples.
👉 Temperature range suitable for construction materials.
👉 Humidity control.
👉 High stability and uniformity.
 
OUR SOLUTION: The 1500-liter climatic test chamber, MODEL: CCK-30/1500T. This 1500-liter chamber, measuring 1000 x 1000 x 1500 mm (H x W x D), provided ample space for long test specimens. The chamber offered a temperature range from -30°C to +150°C and cooling gradients of 2.5 K/min and heating gradients of 4 K/min, enabling it to perform even some freeze-thaw tests. The CCK-T systems feature extended relative humidity control for conducting tests with more demanding humidity requirements. All of this was controlled via an advanced 7” touchscreen control system and our new totem with an operating status indicator light.

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Climatic chamber for curing cementitious materials, CM-0/1200 ICH

 In compressive strength testing of cementitious materials, the preliminary curing of test specimens is an essential step to ensure the reliability of the results.

This curing process is carried out in climatic chambers under controlled conditions: 20 °C temperature and 95% relative humidity, for a minimum duration of 16 hours and a maximum of 3 days before testing.

During this period, it is crucial to frequently check that the surface of the specimens remains adequately moist, preventing any drying that could affect their mechanical performance.

The CM-0/1200ICH climatic chamber is a compact model with a large storage capacity. Its vertical design with a large interior height allows for the placement of samples of various sizes. Its stainless steel construction, both inside and out, ensures the robustness of the equipment for this type of high-humidity testing. All of this is controlled by a simple control system with associated recording software.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR CONSTRUCTION TESTS WITH GWP LESS THAN 150 ACCORDING TO F-GAS, CCK-30/3000T

 Building materials are diverse and made of different materials, each with a different resistance to weathering or indoor conditions, which means that tests on materials are diverse and under different environmental conditions. The technological centres of accreditation in construction materials need chambers with a wide range of tests in order to be able to cover a large number of tests and to be able to make the investment profitable.

The climatic chamber model CCK-30/3000T has been built to be able to fulfil a large number of tests for different materials and under different climatic conditions, from freezing tests to high temperature and high humidity tests. The equipment has been internally reinforced to withstand heavy weights and made of high quality stainless steel on the inside. In addition, the chamber has been manufactured with a refrigeration system with a GWP of less than 150 in accordance with the new European refrigerant gas standard, F-gas.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

FREEZE-THAWING CHAMBER FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, CHD-896

 Building materials installed outdoors have to withstand strong climatic conditions for years: rain, ice, sun, wind, etc. In winter is when they experience the greatest thermal changes with day/night cycles, with moisture absorption during the day, frost at night, rain, etc., causing significant degradation of the material. This is why it is important to subject the products to the most demanding quality controls.

The freeze-thaw chambers are designed to carry out the most demanding thermal tests. Our model CHD-896 has been a modification in terms of interior volume of our standard designs to meet the load requirements. The equipment consists of a thermal test chamber in a horizontal configuration for greater ergonomics and a thermostatised bath to temper the water so that there is recirculation inside the chamber to carry out the defrosting at the temperature indicated by the standard.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CCK-5/1200ICH, CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR ADHESIVES, SEALANTS AND CHEMICALS FOR CONSTRUCTION

 In the Building Materials industry, it is always advisable to use quality adhesives, sealants and chemical products to offer the best durability and guarantee for the installation and maintenance of any wall or floor covering. For this, it is necessary that the products are tested to withstand the temperature conditions they will face during their useful life.

Our model CET-5/1200ICH offers a temperature range from -5 ºC to +60 ºC for the most realistic temperature tests possible. The chamber has a high storage capacity with several shelves to test the maximum number of samples at the same time. The system has a microprocessor to perform the temperature cycles and associated software to record and program the cycles.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC TEST CHAMBER FOR CARBONATION TESTS, CCK-0/300Tg

In the construction industry, reinforced concrete structures are built with conventional steel reinforcement which must be protected by a sufficient layer of concrete to guarantee the service life of the steel. Carbonation corrosion tests are used to evaluate the strength of the concrete in order to analyse the resistance capacity of the material. This type of test is carried out in a climatic chamber modified for this type of test.

Our CCK-0/300Tg has been modified to meet different carbonation standards. With an interior made of AISI316 stainless steel, it can withstand the tests over time, and the CO2 analyser will allow to control the concentration of CO2 in the environment, regulating the amount injected according to the regulations.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC TEST CHAMBER FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, CCK-40/512T

There are numerous testing standards for building materials, ranging from curing standards, freeze-thaw, variable climate, carbonation, etc. All of them have different environmental test conditions depending on the type of product and its application, since the resistance of the materials for storage, use and useful life against the most adverse atmospheric conditions on the planet must be guaranteed. There is no chamber on the market that allows all the tests to be carried out in a single chamber, but we can combine many of them to be able to carry out as many tests as possible.

Like our CCK-40/512T model which has been designed with the peculiarity of an interior volume made to measure for the client, with an extended temperature range down to -40 ºC to be able to carry out tests where temperatures are more extreme and with the capacity to carry out curing tests where a high percentage of relative humidity is required.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR TESTING THERMAL INSULATION PRODUCTS IN BUILDINGS, CCK-0/81

One of the most commonly used elements in building construction today are insulating panels due to their speed of assembly, their insulating capacity and their rapid manufacture. However, in order to guarantee their durability over time in outdoor conditions, there are various standards to verify the resistance of materials to climatic conditions. One such standard is EN 1604, a standard that specifies equipment and procedures for evaluating dimensional changes of test specimens under specified conditions of temperature, relative humidity and duration of exposure.

Our bench-top chamber model CCK-0/80 allows for the high temperature and high humidity conditions required by the standard, when the customer wants to perform scale tests on small specimens. The chamber has a high quality stainless steel interior finish and a measuring system based on a special capacitive probe that allows measurement over a wide dew point range.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

BTI-450e, WATER THERMOSTATIC BATH FOR BUILDING MATERIALS

 All the materials that surround us must pass strict quality controls based on environmental tests, although at first glance we may not realize it. Such as construction materials. Did you know that concrete has strict conditions for its conservation? This test consists of storing the concrete specimens in water at a temperature of +20 ºC. This entails a high-volume, temperature-controlled bath to store the largest number of test tubes. And cooling/heating a bath with a volume of 450 liters of water requires an important technical system.

Our BTI-450e thermostic bath has been designed according to the customer’s needs. Based on a robust design with an AISI316 stainless steel interior, which allows it to withstand the test conditions over time. The exterior is made of painted AISI304 stainless steel for greater durability. To be able to place the samples, 6 independent holes are made with interior baskets for better extraction. Each basket with a capacity of 35 samples. The microprocessor-based control allows precise control of the working temperature of the bath, placing it at +20 ºC, for homogeneous sample conservation.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

Introducing the 480-Liter Climatic Test Chamber: The Perfect Solution for Environmental Testing of Construction Materials!

In the construction industry, the durability and resilience of materials are essential to ensure the safety and longevity of any project. To guarantee that materials meet the highest quality standards, rigorous environmental testing is crucial. This is where our 480-liter climatic test chamber becomes your best ally!

Key Features:

– 480-Liter Capacity: Ample space to conduct multiple tests simultaneously, optimizing time and resources.
– Precise Temperature Control: Temperature range from 0°C to 100°C, ideal for simulating various climatic conditions and evaluating material performance in extreme situations.
– Advanced Humidity Control: With adjustable relative humidity from 20% to 98%, this chamber allows for accurate replication of both dry and humid environments.
– Easy Operation: Intuitive design that facilitates control and monitoring of test conditions. With recording capability to document each test in detail.
– Reinforced Trays for Triple Molds: Specifically designed to support the weight and volume of test molds, ensuring stability and uniformity in each test.
– Feedthroughs and Observation Window: Equipped with feedthroughs for inserting cables or probes without compromising the internal environment. Also features an observation window to monitor tests without opening the chamber.

Benefits:

– Reliability and Precision: Ensures consistent and accurate results in every test, helping to identify potential failures and improve material quality.
– Versatility: Suitable for a wide range of construction materials, from cements to advanced composites, adapting to the specific needs of your project.
– Efficiency: Optimizes the testing process, reducing test times and improving laboratory productivity.

Applications:

Our climatic test chamber is ideal for:

– Research and Development Laboratories: Where new formulations and materials need to be tested under controlled conditions.
– Quality Control in Factories: Ensuring products meet specifications before hitting the market.
– Educational Institutions and Training Centers: For conducting detailed studies and practical training in controlled environments.

Don’t leave anything to chance when it comes to the quality of your construction materials. With our 480-liter climatic test chamber, you’ll have the confidence that your products can withstand the most challenging conditions.

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For more information and to schedule a demonstration of our climatic test chamber, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. We’re here to help you take your testing to the next level!

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR DRYING CONCRETE SAMPLES, CCKMB-10/2016T

One of the most widely used construction materials in architectural and engineering works worldwide is concrete, whose base is cement, sand and stones (or gravel), thanks to its high malleability, great consistency, low cost and fast drying. It is also a 100% recyclable material and contributes to energy efficiency in buildings. In order to evaluate its different properties in laboratories, the specimens are subjected to different climatic tests of curing, conditioning or drying under controlled environmental conditions.

In DYCOMETAL we have manufactured our CCKMB-10/2016T chamber for drying concrete specimens under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. A large volume chamber, built on a metal structure to have mobility and to be easily moved. In addition to providing greater ergonomics for the pieces. Since up to one ton of samples will be tested, the chamber has a reinforced structure, as well as reinforced trays to place the samples inside. Its advanced touchscreen-based control allows users to easily and conveniently access test information.

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

SOLAR SIMULATION CHAMBER FOR AGING TESTS ON BUILDING MATERIALS, CL-294

Solar radiation is one of the main degradation factors for different materials exposed to sunlight. An accelerated ageing test using solar simulation will allow the durability of construction materials or raw materials, etc. to be assessed. This type of accelerated tests can control the energy radiated on a surface, as well as the temperature, allowing to simulate the climatic conditions that will degrade the materials outdoors and to verify that there is no non-conformity in the product.

Our CL-294 chamber has been designed to be able to carry out solar simulation tests under controlled temperature environments. Its interior dimensions of 600 x 700 x 700 mm have been studied to have a certain area of irradiation on a reinforced tray. In addition, its reflective interior improves the interior irradiation conditions. The solar simulation system consists of a powerful lamp positioned above the test chamber at a certain height to guarantee irradiation. The temperature is controlled by an advanced microprocessor to guarantee specific environmental conditions.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC TEST CHAMBER FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, MODEL: CM-0/480

Building materials should be tested under strength conditions to demonstrate the toughness of the materials to withstand environmental conditions, but before samples are tested under strength parameters, they should be cured in a climatic chamber under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity.  

Our climatic chamber model, CM-0/480, perfectly meets the purpose of most climatic tests for building materials. With simple control and robust design, it allows testing of a large number of samples at the same time.

For more information, please contact us by email: comercial@dycometal.com or on our website: www.dycometal.com . 

DYCOMETAL, a company with more than 40 years of experience in the development of simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers its customers ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO THEIR NEEDS.

CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR THERMAL INSULATION TESTS, MODEL: CCK-25/6800

 The European guide EAD-040287-00-0404, establishes the bases for the construction and testing of thermal insulation systems, indicating a series of tests to verify their reliability, among which are the hygrothermal behavior tests, which must be carried out in a climatic chamber.

The CCK-25/6800 climatic chamber model has been designed and built in a robust way to guarantee maximum durability over time against these heating/rain and heating/cooling cycles. The CCK-25/6800 will allow one or two ETICs to be tested in parallel.

If you want more information you can contact us through our email: comercial@dycometal.com  or on our website: www.dycometal.com .

DYCOMETAL company with more than 35 years of experience in the development of chambers for simulation of environmental tests, offers its customers the CLIMATIC TEST CHAMBER FOR BUILDING WALLS TESTING.

PRODUCT BULLETIN: CCK-25/6800, Climatic Chamber for tests of ETICS acc. With ETAG.004)

A system of thermal insulation (ETICS) is a constructive solution of several materials to isolate the facade of buildings both acoustically and thermally from the outside. This insulation must be constructed in accordance with European technical evaluation specifications, which guarantee that the product can be used once its performance has been verified.

This set of materials should be constructed and tested according to a guide, ETAG 004, which establishes a series of tests to verify their reliability, among which are the tests of hygrothermal behaviour to determine the specification of the product to be analysed, which They will perform in a climatic chamber.

The climatic chamber CCK-25/6800 is prepared to perform the Hygrothermal behavior tests, where the ETICS will undergo different heating / rain and heating / cooling cycles. The chamber has the option to perform the test on one or two ETICS at the same time, with the measurements as indicated in the test guide.

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DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years of experience in the development of Chambers for environmental testing simulation, offers its customers Climatic Test Chambers for of EXTERNAL THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEMS (ETICS) WITH RENDERING.

PRODUCT BULLETIN: CCK-0/630, CLIMATIC CHAMBER FOR BUILDING MATERIALS

The building materials have to be tested under conditions of resistance to demonstrate the hardness of the materials to suffer the environmental conditions, but before the samples are tested under resistances parameters, they must to be cured in a climatic chamber under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity.

The design of the CCK-0/630 is perfect to introduce the samples with a high   ergonomics. The cooling group is placed in the top of the chamber in order to give a full access to the entire workspace, from the ceiling to the floor of the chamber. The two regulators allow an easy configuration of the temperature and humidity parameters.

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DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years of experience in the development of Chambers for environmental testing simulation, offers its customers CLIMATIC CHAMBERS to do these tests.

PRODUCT BULLETIN: CCK-0/1200, Climatic Chamber for Mortar Curing

Curing is a very important stage in the process of hardening of the mortar, at this stage the mortar will develop its main physical characteristics under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity. It should take into account that the mortar is susceptible to adverse environmental conditions, such as high temperatures and low relative humidity. The chamber climate will allow have a control exhaustive of the temperature and the humidity, so the process of curing is it the most accurate possible.

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DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years of experience in the development of Chambers for environmental testing simulation, offers its customers the Climatic chamber to do these tests.

PRODUCT BULLETIN: CCK-25/180c, Carbonation Chamber

The carbonation is the pH loss when the atmospheric CO2 reacts with the humidity of the concrete samples, generating an acid atmosphere. This process happens all days, and affects to the reinforced concrete and induces the corrosion of the steel. The structures could suffer a serious damage.

Carbonation tests will be done in modified chambers with CO2 detector/analyzers with the possibility to detect the CO2 concentration in different range of temperature and humidity. It’s recommended manufacture the chamber with a robust stainless steel alloy because the gas of the reaction are corrosive, for example AISI 316.

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DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years of experience in the development of Chambers for environmental testing simulation, offers its customers the climatic chambers for building material industry.

BUILDING. Thermostatic Baths

Often, it is interesting to see the degree of resistance of materials to liquids such as water, oil or other substances. This type of testing is usually done at different temperatures in thermostatic baths.

The options include:

 •       Immersion baths with water

 •       Immersion baths with glycoled  water or glycol. 

 •       Immersion baths with 2, 4 or 8 compartments

BT Series. Thermostatic Bath

DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years experience in developing simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers customers THERMOSTATIC IMMERSION BATHS  to carry out such tests

BUILDING. Freeze- thaw chamber

Building materials installed outdoors, must endure for years strong climate action: rain, ice, sun, wind, etc. In winter, they continue to experience large temperature changes in the day / night cycle, moisture absorption during the day and freezing at night, causing significant degradation of the material.

With freeze-thaw chambers, manufacturers of building materials can optimize their products in the laboratory, and as a result can be minimized or eliminated the damage.

Standards like: UNE-EN ISO 10545, UNE 67048, UNE 22174, etc. Are used in these elements.

CHD. Freeze-Thaw chamber with thermostatic bath

DYCOMETAL, company with over 25 years experience in developing simulation chambers for environmental testing, offers customers FREEZE-THAW CHAMBERS  to carry out such tests.