Ingress Protection Test

Ingress Protection (Ingress Protection or Leak Test) helps you evaluate the dust and water resistance of your products.

The Ingress Protection (Ingress Protection or Leakage) test evaluates the resistance to particle and fluid ingress for a closed product. Once tested, the product receives an IP rating based on IEC 60529 based on achieved resistance to solid particles and liquids.

For IP testing, we have the ability to evaluate your product for dust and water resistance according to the IEC 60529 standard. To comply with common standards or NEMA classifications, products must demonstrate an acceptable level of ingress protection. IP ratings are also often required by vendors or retailers before a product is purchased from manufacturers and resold to consumers, regardless of the product's purpose of protection against dust or water.

Whether it's validating advertising claims, providing IP ratings for retailers, or testing intrusion protection against industry requirements, EUROLAB can provide all relevant testing and evaluations from a single-source laboratory. As the world's first NRTL, our seal of approval gives customers, retailers and regulators confidence that the product in question meets advertised claims and performs as intended.

We can provide complete dust entry into dust circulation chambers and entrance tests with different foreign bodies and different standard access probes.

EUROLAB, environmental simulation laboratories can provide IP testing to specifications including RTCA-DO-160 (aerospace), MIL-STDs (military), IEC 60259 and NEMA 250 (electronics), and DIN and SAE standards (automotive).

EUROLABhas been certifying various products for dust and water manufacturers and enclosures of panel shops (IP Code) for ingress protection for many years.

Our Ingress Protection (IP Test) Capabilities

Solid Content (Dust and Foreign Objects)

• IP5X - Protects the object from limited dust
• IP6X - Object dust proof

Values ​​for Liquids (Water)

• IPX1 - Shields against falling water
• IPX2 - Shields against water vertically with component inclined up to 15 degrees.
• IPX3 - Shields against vertically falling water with up to 60 degrees inclined component.
• IPX4 - Shields against splashing water from all directions
• IPX5 - Shields against water jets where very little water is allowed
• IPX6 - Shields against heavy water seas reflected by powerful jets
• IPX7 - Protects against the effects of immersion in water from 15 minutes to 1 m from the surface for 30 minutes
• IPX8 - Protects against the effects of prolonged pressure immersion in water
• IPX9 - Shields against the effects of high pressure water jetting

Most Requested or Required Points

• IP65 Enclosures - Protects Against Water Jets
• IP66 Enclosures - Protects Against Powerful Water Jets
• IP67 Enclosures - Protects against immersion up to 1 m

Relevant Standards

• IEC 60529
• IEC 60068 2 68
• ISO 20653
• GR-20
• GR-326
• GR-409
• GR-487
• GR-771
• GR-1081
• NEMA 250
• EN 60945
• FOTP-12
• FOTP-82
• RTCA DO-160
• MIL-STD 810
• ETS 300-019-2-1 to -8

EUROLAB, with its highly expert team and internationally accredited laboratories, Ingress Protection Test It performs all test, analysis, measurement, evaluation and report generation services completely and reliably.