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SALT SPRAY TESTING

Humidity, acids, solutions, vapors, etc. corrode metals. Choosing the correct surface coating is extremely important. There are available various different coating processes and materials which may highly differ from one another. To prevent failures, methods and materials for preventing corrosion must be thoroughly tested.
One of the best known methods is fog test where different salt or salt/acid solutions are mixed with water vapor. The test method is commonly called SALT SPRAY TESTING.
For PROCESS HOUSES salt spray testing is the only reliable method to assure process capability. Customers require more and more often - in addition to chemical control - salt spray testing of test panels according to a specific standard. Sometimes also actual production parts are tested immitating chosen test standard.

TUMO PROVIDES SALT SPRAY TESTING ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR COMPETETIVE COST.

TEST PROCEDURE

In the test solutions are converted to fog according to the different standards. This fog surrounds the test specimen in the test chamber in continuous or cyclic mode. Corrosion resistance of each specimen is determined based on the time when first signs of corrosion appear or: how specimen tolerate corrosion specific test time.
We are able to perform spray test with different solutions according to following standards:
  • ISO 3768, ISO 3770, ISO 1456
  • ASTM B117, ASTM B287, ASTM B368, ASTM D1735
  • DIN 50 021, DIN 50 907, DIN 53167, DIN 40 046
  • BS 3900:F4
  • DEF 1053 Meth. 36, DEF 1053 Meth.24
  • NFX 41-002
  • MIL-STD-202, MIL-STD-810
  • Also other standards are possible.