Boxborough, MA Laboratory Capabilities
Laboratory Capabilities:
Intertek’s Boxborough laboratory is one of the largest among our entire network of 1,000 labs. We specialize in Electrical product safety testing across a wide range of industries, but we also offer EMC, performance, and additional services that may help you meet your product development goals.
Product Safety Testing
Intertek’s Boxborough facility is recognized as a CB Scheme Test Laboratory, testing to over 75 standards in the CBTL scope:
- IT Equipment (IEC 60950 and 62368)
- Medical Devices (IEC 60601 series)
- Laboratory Equipment (IEC 61010 series)
- Consumer Electronics (IEC 60065 and 62368)
- Household Appliances (IEC 60335 Series)
Additional capabilities include:
- Industrial machinery testing for EN/IEC 60204-1, UL 60947-4-1A, CSA C22.2 No. 14, and UL 508A shop listing programs.
- 50 Hz power configured to 230 Vac, single phase, 60 A and 400 Vac, 3-phase, 30 A
- 60 Hz power configured for 120 Vac, single phase, 60 A; 240 Vac, single phase 60 A and 480/277, 3-phase, 60 A
- Comparative Tracking Index Testing, Glow-wire testing, Small-scale Flame testing, and compressed air for pneumatic applications
Electromagnetic Immunity Testing
Our EMC/EMI capabilities include:
- Testing to IEC, EU, FDA, ANSI Australia/New Zealand (ACA), GOST-R (Russia), Korea and NEBS.
- Fully automated radiated RF immunity testing to 18 GHz in compact absorber-liner chamber
- Electrical Fast Transient (EFT), Electrical Surge, Power Quality Failure (PQF), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), Magnetic Field Disturbance, Conducted RF Disturbance, and Shielding Effectiveness
- 50 Hz power at 230 V single-phase and 400 V three-phase
- 60 Hz power at 120V & 240V single-phase, and 208V 240V, and 480V three-phase
10 Meter Semi-Anechoic Chamber
Our facility is equipped with a full, automated chamber testing at 3 and 10 meters in an RF ambient-free environment.
- Testing to FCC, CISPR, Australia / New Zealand (ACA), Taiwan (BSMI), Russia (GOST-R / EAC), Industry Canada, and NEBS standards
- Accredited by A2LA and registered with the FCC, Industry Canada, and VCCI
- 50 Hz power at 230V single-phase and 400V three-phase
- 60 HZ power at 120V and 240V single-phase, and 208V, 240V, and 480V three-phase
Wireless / Radio Testing
Regulatory conformance testing on radio or wireless devices and systems.
- RF Output Power
- Power Spectral Density
- Spurious Conducted
- Spurious Conducted Emissions, Antenna Port
- Spurious Radiated Emissions, Enclosure Port
- Occupied Bandwidth
- Frequency Stability (Variations in voltage and temperature)
- Peak Excursion of the Modulation Envelope
- Emission Mask
- Transmitter Attack Time/Release Time/Transient Frequency Behavior
- Other Transmitter Characteristics such as the number of hopping channels
- Fully automated radiated RF immunity testing to 18 GHz in compact absorber-liner chamber
- Adjacent Channel Power/Transient Power
- Dynamic Frequency Selection
- Receiver Test Suits
Environmental / Performance Testing
Our facility provides performance testing for virtually any type of products to national, international, or industry standards, as well as retailer or your own specifications.
- Humidity Chambers: 95% RH
- Temperature Chambers: -60C to 160C
- Shock and Vibration Shaker System: 35”L x 35”W, 3 Axis
- Shock Machine – Max. shock 30000g
- Dust Ingress Testing: IEC 60529, Settling Dust, SAE J575, MIL-STD-810F/G, EC EN 60068-2-68 LA2
- Water Ingress Testing: IEC 60529 X1 through X8
- Washing Machine Tests
- Large Altitude Chamber: Temperature, Altitude and Humidity
- Vacuum/Pressure Chamber: 135 kPA or 6000 feet below sea level
- Drop, Force and Load Testing
- Icing and Freezing Rain: MIL-STD-810F/G
- Salt Spray/Fog Test Chamber: MIL-STD-810 F/G, ASTM B117, IEC 60068-2-52
- Thermal Shock Chamber: Min. -73C Max. 212C Recovery Time 12C/Min
