Washington Laboratories offers Full Ingress Protection (IP) Services.
We provide testing for both physical ingress and water protection per IEC/EN 60529. Commonly referred to as IP-code (or ingress protection) testing, these tests are often called out for equipment designed to be installed or operated in unprotected environments, and can be useful when a higher level of protection is desired than provided by regular rain and settling or blowing dust tests.
We provide testing for the following levels of IEC/EN 60529:
- IP1X: Protection against physical ingress of 50 mm diameter or larger
- IP2X: Protection against physical ingress of 12.5 mm or larger
- IP3X: Protection against physical ingress of 2.5 mm or larger
- IP4X: Protection against physical ingress of 1.0 mm or larger
- IPX1: Protection against water, vertical drops (Drip)
- IPX2: Protection against water, vertical drops at 15° angle (Angled Drip)
- IPX3: Protection against water, spray at 60°angle (Spray)
- IPX4: Protection against water, multi-angle splash (Splash)
- IPX5: Protection against water, jets (12.5L Jet)
- IPX6: Protection against water, powerful jets (100L Jet)
- IPX7: Protection against water, immersion (1m Immersion)
- IPX8: Protection against water, severe (Special Levels)
We are able to offer full water Ingression Protection (IP) to our clients who need to have equipment qualification for wet and outdoor locations.
