BET Test Center

The following standard-compliant tests can be carried out:

  • Lightning protection components to EN 50164-1
  • Spark gaps to EN 50164-3
  • Surge protection devices to EN 61643-11
  • Data cable protection devices to EN 61643-21
  • Cable support systems to EN 61537
  • Electrical installation duct systems to EN 50085-1
  • Connection sockets and housings to EN 60670-1 and -22
  • Environmental testing to EN ISO 9227 (neutral continuous salt spray testing)
  • Environmental testing to EN 60068-2-52 (cyclical salt spray testing)
  • Environmental testing to EN ISO 6988 (SO2 toxic gas testing)
  • Protection rating to EN 60592
  • Tensile strength to EN 10002-1

However, customer-specific requirements and tests not covered by standards can be tested up to the following parameters:

  • Lightning current pulses up to 200 kA, 100 As and 10 MA²s
  • Surge current pulses up to 200 kA 8/20
  • Combined surges of up to 20 kV 1.2/50 and 10 kA 8/20 (Ri 2 Ω)
  • Combined surges of up to 10 kV 10/700 and 250 kA 5/300 (Ri 40 Ω)
  • Combined surges of up to 1 kV 10/1000 and 90 kA 10/1000 (Ri 10 Ω)
  • Follow current system 255 V, 50 Hz, up to 3 kA
  • Insulation measurement up to 5 kV AC, 50 Hz
  • Insulation measurement up to 6 kV DC
  • Conductivity measurements up to 63 A, 50 Hz
  • Load testing of cable support systems up to 10 m up to 70 kN
  • Tensile and compression strengths up to 100 kN