Laboratory Services

Vipac's Air Distribution and Acoustics Testing Laboratory provides a highly-specialised facility for design, development and performance testing of air distribution systems and components. It is the largest independent NATA certified testing laboratory of its type in the Asian-Pacific region, employing a professional team of experienced staff. The facility can be used for full scale mock-ups to investigate the effectiveness of specific air distribution systems. The air diffusion and reverberation laboratory measures 9mx4mx4.2m and is sufficiently large to allow airflow patterns to be modelled in three dimensional space. Flow visualisation and video recording of smoke patterns can be readily undertaken. Supplied with a 'quiet air supply', it can produce measured flow rates from 10L/s to3,500L/s at static pressure up to 1kPa. Air can be supplied at temperatures between 2ºC to 50ºC for non-isothermal testing. This laboratory, conforming to ISO3741, is connected to a second reverberation chamber (9.6mx4mx4.6m) which allows the testing of insertion loss.

Services include testing in accordance with ASHRAE, ARI, ADC, AMCA, ISO, BSI and Australian Standards.

• Fan Testing (up to 500kW)
• Air Diffusion Testing (10º to 45ºC) and ADPI
• Sound Testing / Sound Power Determination
• Performance Testing
• Leakage Testing of Dampers
• Air-Flow Visualisation
• Measurements of flow, pressure drop and throw
• Silencer Insertion Loss - Static and Dynamic
• Water Penetration Testing (O/A Louvers)
• Erosion Testing

Testing of:

• Fans, Louvres, Diffusers, Grilles
• VAV Boxes (radiated/discharge)
• Evaporative Air Conditioners
• Silencers, Jet Diffusers, Flexible Ducts
• Light/Air Boots, Mixing Boxes
• Fibrous Insulation, Dampers

To find out more about these services, please email: