Integration and Thermal Testing Services

In this laboratory, thermal and humidity tests are performed under vacuum or ambient conditions (atmospheric pressure). These tests make it possible to simulate the extreme conditions of the service environment of the assemblies or their components, in order to characterize their behavior or to guarantee their operation.

Thermal vacuum tests are part of the environmental tests that satellites must comply with in order to meet mission requirements and are therefore of utmost importance in the manufacturing cycle of any space part or component. Chambers that simulate space environment conditions, called thermo vacuum chambers, are used.

The tests performed on the ground consist of placing the satellite or part of it inside these chambers under high vacuum conditions and exposing them to different thermal conditions. The satellite has to be prepared to withstand abrupt temperature changes without altering its performance.

In addition, this laboratory integrates thermal components, such as temperature sensors, thermostats or heaters, which are responsible for controlling that the different elements of the satellite do not operate outside the critical ranges expected in flight.

TESTS

Services

Thermo-vacuum tests

Environmental thermal cycling tests 

Thermal shock test

Moisture testing

Integration of active thermal control elements 

Bakeouts 

(decontamination bakeouts) 

Numerical simulation to predict the behavior of the devices under test

Engineering consultancy for test definition and planning 

Calibration of temperature sensors 

Design of thermal MGSEs

(mechanical support equipment) 

and thermal setups

(equipment to set specific test conditions)

FEATURES

EQUIPMENT

HVT400

USEFUL VOLUME
316 liters
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS
710 mm diameter
800 mm depth
LAST PRESSURE
1x10-6mbar
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-190°C / 130°C
MAXIMUM WEIGHT (DUT)
40 kg

HVT10100 

USEFUL VOLUME
9500 liters
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS
2050 mm diameter
3030 mm depth
LAST PRESSURE
1x10-6mbar
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-190°C / 130°C
MAXIMUM WEIGHT (DUT)
200 kg

TGSE

USEFUL VOLUME
31230 liters
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS
2560 mm diameter
5000 mm depth
LAST PRESSURE
1x10-6mbar
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-190°C / 130°C
MAXIMUM WEIGHT (DUT)
500 kg

DY500 

USEFUL VOLUME
454 liters
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS
880 mm width
580 mm depth
890 mm high
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-75°C / 180°C
HUMIDITY RANGE
5% / 98%
MAXIMUM WEIGHT (DUT)
50 kg

DY1400 

USEFUL VOLUME
1368 liters
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS
1000 mm wide
1342 mm deep
1020 mm high
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-75°C / 180°C
HUMIDITY RANGE
5% / 98%
MAXIMUM WEIGHT (DUT)
50 kg

TEMPERATURE CALIBRATOR

OPERATING RANGE
-100°C a 155°C

GENERAL VENG BROCHURE

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