Environmental Testing

Proudly Australian owned and operated, Vipac Engineers & Scientists specialises in:

Vibration & Shock Testing

Acceleration Testing

High Altitude Testing

High Amplitude Shock Testing

Mechanical Load & Fatigue

Salt Spray/Corrosive Atmosphere Testing

Temperature & Humidity Testing

Vipac’s A2LA (Certificate #5677.01) accredited qualification services are compliant with a broad range of standards as per ISO/IEC 17025 for Infrastructure & Asset Integrity and Manufactured Goods. The company provides testing for aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, communication, Defence, electrical, electronics, infrastructure, medical, railway, renewable energy, heavy industrial and manufactured products.

Vipac offers the ability to custom design and build rigs for the fatigue load testing of a wide range of components. These can be built to customer specifications and load can be applied up to 20 tonnes.

By specifying Vipac you will receive a consistent, high-quality service, with environmental testing facilities in Melbourne plus onsite consulting from Brisbane, Adelaide, and Sydney. The company offers a complete suite of vibration & shock testing options in Melbourne.

We’re a registered Australian Government Research Service Provider (RSP#15701).

We’re a registered Australian Government Research Service Provider (RSP#15701).


Vipac’s

Environmental Testing

Services Overview


Services provided


  • Vibration & Shock Testing
    • Electrodynamic shakers up to 60kN force, and with a maximum displacement of 76mm peak-to-peak.
    • Hydraulic shakers for payloads up to 2,000kg and with a maximum displacement of 150mm peak-to-peak.
    • Multiple medium high-force shakers up to 32kN force.
    • Vibration controllers include sine, random, classical, sine-on-random (SOR), random-on-random (ROR), shock response spectra (SRS), and resonance track & dwell.
    • 1Hz to 3kHz vibration.
    • Up to 120kN shock.
  • Acceleration Testing
    • Up to 30g acceleration with 130kg payloads (including fixtures).
    • Slip rings enable functional testing whilst rotating.
    • 750mm2 test bed footprint.
    • Max. vertical clearance of 560mm and max. horizontal clearance 110mm.
  • High Altitude Testing
    • Up to 21,000m (70,000ft) and 3kPa (absolute).
    • Controlled pressure ascent and descent ramp rates.
    • Can be combined with high and low temperatures.
    • Suitable for Commercial, Defence, and Space assets.
  • High Amplitude Shock Testing
    • For payloads up to 450kg, with a table size of 1200 x 1200mm.
    • Up to 500g and 2.5ms high amplitude shock acceleration levels.
    • High velocity SRS testing (suitable for naval assets).
    • All common shock pulse shapes catered for.
  • Mechanical Load & Fatigue
    • Cyclic and static load ranges up to 20 tonne.
    • Programmable servo-hydraulic controller for extended duration fatigue testing.
    • Force, displacement, and strain gauging measurements available.
    • Common for the testing of automotive, rail, mining, and defence industry assets.
  • Salt Spray/Corrosive Atmosphere Testing
    • Assessment of equipment in harsh atmospheres.
    • Ideal for the comparison of coatings or anodizing on hardware.
    • For marine assets or the evaluation of materials.
  • Temperature & Humidity Testing
    • A wide temperature range from -70 to +180°C; Relative humidity from 5 to 98%.
    • Fast ramp rates exceeding 6°C/min.
    • Variety of chamber sizes from 1m3 up to 27m3.
    • Suitable for Commercial, Defence, and Space assets.

Notable Standards


Defence & Space

  • DEF(AUST)5000
  • DEF-STAN 00-35
  • MIL-STD 167
  • MIL-STD 810
  • MIL-HDBK
  • NASA GSFC-STD-7000
  • NATO
  • SpaceX Falcon User Guide
  • RTCA DO-160F
  • AECTP

Commercial

  • ISO/IEC 17025
  • ASTM B117
  • AS 1170.4
  • AS IEC 60068
  • AS IEC 60529
  • IEC 61373
  • BS EN 50125
  • BS EN 50155
  • ISO 16750

A2LA Accreditation


5677.01: Mechanical Field of Testing

Standard Version(s): ISO/IEC 17025:2017

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