The purpose of a MIL-STD Icing and Freezing Rain Test is to evaluate the effect of icing against the operational capability of material. Likewise, these tests evaluate the effectiveness of de-icing equipment and/or the de-icing techniques available to the user in the field. Some of the biggest challenges in this testing arena are a lack of automated process controls, operator safety, consistent and reliable ice formation, tight temperature control, and excessively long test times to reach the desired ice accumulation.
The fully automated Icing and Freezing Rain (IFR) Test Chamber developed by System of Systems, Inc. addresses all these challenges. It can simulate, on a reliable and repeatable basis, the conditions of icing and freezing rain on a given test item while satisfying all requirements in the MIL-STD 810H Method 521.4 for Icing/Freezing Rain Testing. The IFR will institute new standards in this field of testing.
