AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORT

AITEX has laboratories specialising in performing all the tests required by existing legislation for testing the physical, chemical, microbiological, acoustical tests, and fire behaviour performance of materials for use in every branch of the automotive and transport sectors.
We can undertake studies on all types of materials including wovens, non-wovens, rubber, polymers, foams, adhesives, felts, leather, etc.
Two work areas are of great importance:
EMISSIONS AND AGEING
Emissions:
– Formaldehyde
– VOC’s (Total and individual)
– Odour
– Fogging
– Amines
Ageing:
– Climatic chambers
– Thermal shock chamber
– Weather Ometer (Xenon)
– UV ageing
– Solar simulation chamber
– Corrosion and saline fog chamber
FIRE BEHAVIOUR
AITEX has a fully-equipped and approved fire testing laboratory for testing compliance with the requirements of each sector including; EN 45545-2 railways, PEF Code (IMO) for nautical applications and EU Directives on aeronautics and buses.
OEKO-TEX FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS
Applicable to INTERIOR MATERIALS used in the automotive industry.
The certification can be applied to individual materials or to the entire vehicle interior at every stage of production and determines the substances which are emitted by the components.
Infant and child seats are class I (baby products), seating upholstery is class II (articles in direct contact with the skin) and all other materials used on roofs, linings, pillars, trays, flooring and dashboards, etc. must comply with class IV (decorative materials).
When the entire vehicle interior is to be classified as a whole, the performance of each material is added up along with other products used in the interior and the total emissions produced must not exceed the limits stipulated by the Standard.
LABORATORIES
- Physical and Chemical Testing
- Harmful substances and Oeko-Tex
- Sport surfaces and Geotextiles
- Microbiology
- Industrial waste water
- Health and Hygiene products
- Chemical migration in materials in contact with foodstuff
- Automotive, Aeronautics-Aerospace, Nautical and Public transport
- Personal protection Equipment
- Ballistics and Knife Protection
- Fire protection
- Comfort and sport