● HAST Chamber, Accelerated testing is an approach for obtaining more information from a given test time than would normally be possible. It does this by using a test environment that is more severe than that experienced during normal equipment use. Highly Accelerated Stress Testing (HAST) is one method of accelerated testing. HAST chamber has gained in popularity as it can deliver results in typically 100 test hours.
● Highly Accelerated Stress Testing (HAST) was developed by Nihal Sinnadurai while working as a Research Engineer at British Telecommunications Research Laboratories in 1968 in order to perform highly accelerated reliability testing of electronics components that are likely to encounter humid environments during normal (ambient) operation. The test is sometimes referred to as the Pressure Cooker Test (PCT).
● Temperature Humidity Bias (THB) is a similar humidity and temperature testing process. THB is used to accelerate corrosion activities in metal and typically requires a test time of 1000 hours. Test samples at room temperature are placed in the hast chamber, any electrical connections being made. Humidifying water is also added. After the chamber has reached 100C air from within the chamber is released so that the atmosphere remaining in the chamber is water vapour.
| 1 | Inner Dimension: | 450×300 mm(φ×D) Testing Room Space |
| 2 | External Dimension: | 1050×950×1550 mm(W×D×H) |
| 3 | Inner Material: | SUS304# Stainless Steel Material |
| 4 | Body Material: | SUS304# Stainless Steel Material |
| 5 | Temperature Range: | 105℃ ~ 132℃can be set freely. |
| 6 | Humidity Range: | 60%~100%RH saturated steam humidity can be set freely |
| 7 | Pressure Range: | 0.5Kg/cm~2.00Kg/cm2 |
| 8 | Safety Pressure Capacity: | 2Kg/cm2 / G = 1ambient atmosphere pressure |
| 9 | Time Range: | 0 ~ 9999 Hours |
| 10 | Temperature Difference: | (+/-) 1.0℃ |
| 11 | Heating Time: | RT ~ 132℃within 65 min |
| 12 | Pressure Time: | 0.0Kg/cm2 ~ 1.00Kg/cm2 about 35 min |
| Features and Advantages for Wewon HAST Chamber WEW-HAST-450: The Wewon HAST chamber with the circular box & adopt stainless steel material. Conforms to the industrial safety standard to prevent condensation dripping phenomenon during test. | Features Advantages |
| Wewon HAST chamber with a precise designs: Good air tightness, and little water consumption , can be work 1h continuously and after manually adding water and 9999 hours after automatically adding water. | |
| Automatic safety door, when the pressure in the door is bigger than outside, the door can’t be open to keep safety. LIMIT protection, display abnormal reasons and fault indicator light；Regular dry function to keep specimen dry. | |
| The equipment is mainly used for temperature and humidity tests under pressure conditions. It has manually and automatically add water function to keep test continuously, after test, the equipment can release pressure automatically. |
| Testing Standard | IEC 60068-2-66: Environmental Testing Part 2: Test Methods – Test Cx; Damp heat, Steady state (unsaturated pressurised vapour) |
| Testing Standard | IEC 60749 : Semiconductor devices Mechanical climatic test methods. 5C Damp heat, steady state highly accelerated. |
● Unless fully protected – Hermetically Sealed, semiconductor devices and other components will be subjected to the effects of moisture in the air, Humidity. The use of desiccants and other moisture extraction systems can reduce the humidity that the devices are subjected to.
● Relative humidity is the term used to describe the amount of moisture in the air relative to the maximum amount of moisture that the air can hold at a given temperature and pressure. Therefore for a relative humidity of 50% the moisture in the air is half the amount of moisture that the air could hold. The chart below illustrates relative humidity for 100% and 50%. From the chart it can be seen that the amount of moisture that air can hold rises rapidly with temperature.
● The relative humidity (φ ) of an air water mixture is defined as the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapour (H2O) (ew) in the mixture to the saturated vapour pressure of water (e*w) at a prescribed temperature. Relative humidity is normally expressed as a percentage and is calculated by using the following equation:
● The processes used in HAST chambers are intended to accelerate moisture penetration into the internal parts of the item under test by raising the water vapour pressure using a test chamber. The level of penetration and the effects are then evaluated to determine the test item’s resistance to humidity. The use of vapour circulation fans, vapour heaters and condensation shields will improve test reproducibility. As condensation will form on the walls and ceiling of the chamber if a shield is not provide it can drip onto the test item affecting the test results.
● Simplistically, the HAST chamber is a pressure vessel able to withstand the planned temperatures and pressures required for the test. The chamber contains water and a heater in order to produce the required humidity and gauges to measure the conditions within the chamber. More complex test systems consist of two chambers that allows for the creation of saturated or unsaturated levels of humidity.
