Posts Tagged ‘product reliability testing’

Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology Recognizes Cascade TEK Front Range for Innovative Product Testing Services

Friday, January 6th, 2012

The Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) recognized Cascade TEK’s Front Range facility in Longmont, Colorado this month for our innovative product testing services.

Innovation at Cascade TEK testing facilities includes continued expansion and dedication to providing test equipment that meets the ever-changing needs of the Cascade TEK customer.

“Making sure we continuously expand test capabilities is crucial to the success of Front Range,” says Cascade Vice President Mary Babitz. “Our customer’s test requirements are ever changing. It’s our job to have the test equipment they need to help bring products to market as quickly as possible.”

By mid-January our Colorado laboratory will add several new pieces of equipment:

  • 2500lb capacity incline impact tester for ISTA package testing.
  • 40,000lbf electro-dynamic vibration system. (The 4th vibration system to come on line)
  • Free Fall Shock Tower

Front Range has acquired certification from the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA)for package testing, and provides a broad range of testing services for the automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical and packaging industries.

Our Colorado facility offers a wide variety of testing services, including vibration, shock, temperature and humiditythermal shock, sand and dust, UV exposure, salt-fog, altitude, rapid decompression, g-force acceleration, IP (ingress protection)and ISTA package testing.

Click here to read more about our Cascade TEK’s Front Range laboratory in the CAMT newsletter!.

Cascade TEK Front Range test lab near Longmont ramps up

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Here is an article from the Boulder County Business Report, highlighting our expansion into the Denver area. Cascade TEK’s new product reliability testing lab will be operating out of Longmont.

From the article: “Cascade Technical Sciences Inc., which is based in Hillsboro, Oregon, is opening a testing facility at 1530 Vista View Drive in the Vista View Commercial Center, located east of Longmont in Weld County. The company, which will do business as Cascade Tek Front Range, will perform mechanical and environmental tests for clients.

Cascade Tek took possession of the building this week and plans to open by the end of March or early April, vice president of operations Terry Candlish said. Cascade Tek is equipping the 15,525-square-foot space with about $1 million worth of equipment.”

http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=55433

MIL-STD 810F Solar Radiation – Weather Tester Coming Soon

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Cascade TEK has placed an order for an Atlas Ci4000 Weather-Ometer Test System.  This new machine meets international test standards for Xenon Weathering, Solar Radiation and Accelerated Aging of Automotive Parts, Plastics, Inks, Paints/Coatings, Packaging, Photovoltaic, Textiles and Pigments/Dyes.  By Fall 2010 Cascade TEK will be testing to the following popular UV – light test specifications:  MIL-STD 810F (Solar Radiation),  SAE J1885 (Accelerated exposure of automotive interior trim), SAE J1960 (Accelerated exposure of automotive exterior materials),  A series of Volkswagen specs: PV1303, 3929, 3930 (Light fastness, dry-hot weathering, wet-warm weathering) as well as Ford, GM and Hyundai requirements.  We expect to have the machine up and running by the end of summer 2010.

Cascade TEK currently performs Photo-stability UV testing as well as UV exposure to meet ASTM standards.  Additional accelerated aging tests such as salt-fog, temperature/humidity and physical fatigue/life cycle testing are also available from Cascade TEK.  Contact Joe Fratiello, joe@cascadetek.com or Terry Candlish, terry@cascadetek.com if you have any questions about UV, weathering or accelerated aging tests. Atlas

Engineers & Their Toys

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Anthony's Very Cool Copter

Anthony's Very Cool Copter

Anthony Vo, Mechanical Engineer at Rockwell Collins is our guest today.   He brought in the coolest remote controlled helicopter we’ve ever seen. It’s a T-REX 700 with a size 90 motor.  It can fly inverted, backwards and inverted AND backwards.  It took Anthony about 6 months to learn that skill.  Many crashes, too.  Total flight time is about 10 minutes, before burning through the two nitro (alcohol based) fuel tanks.  The helicopter has a range of about 1/2 mile and he’s taken it to about 500 ft altitude.  Costs about $2K.  

Cascade TEK does quite a bit of testing on aircraft components.  RTCA- DO160 is the test standard most common for avionics.  Let us know if we can help with your flying machine.

Cascade Tek 12.2 meter Package Drop Test Video for Test Spec. PRF 12990872

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Hello Everyone,
Please excuse our lapse in blogging. We make our blogging return with a video about a unique package testing application we performed. The test requires a 12.2 meter Package Drop Test Video for Test Spec. PRF 12990872. This includes a temperature pre-conditioning to determine if temperature has an effect on the product at the time of impact. Enjoy the video, and send along any questions or comments.

Cascade TEK Announces A2LA Accreditation for Vibration and Environmental Testing Services

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007


Cascade TEK of Hillsboro, Oregon has received the A2LA accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The staff at Cascade TEK’s environmental testing facility has spent the last year completing the extensive accreditation process, which now insures compliance of internal quality systems, technical staff, and calibration protocols to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 – General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories. See details at Cascade TEK of Hillsboro, Oregon has received the A2LA accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The staff at Cascade TEK’s environmental testing facility has spent the last year completing the extensive accreditation process, which now insures compliance of internal quality systems, technical staff, and calibration protocols to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 – General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories. See details at A2LA Vibration Testing