Element Chicago Mount Prospect

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Element's Chicago/Mount Prospect laboratory is a purpose-built, 40,000-square-foot EMI/EMC, environmental, and dynamics testing facility located in Mount Prospect, Illinois, within a 10-minute drive of Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Originally opened as NTS Chicago, the lab was designed from the ground up to provide a comprehensive one-stop testing solution for manufacturers across the automotive, medical device, aerospace, energy, industrial, consumer electronics, military, and avionics sectors. The facility's EMC capabilities center around a large-format oversized 5-meter semi-anechoic chamber for emissions measurements, along with additional EMC chambers for immunity testing, troubleshooting, and ESD evaluation. The lab offers full EMI/EMC testing services supporting commercial, automotive, medical, military, and aerospace compliance programs. Blowing sand and blowing dust testing — a less common capability — complements the EMC offering, particularly for products destined for harsh environments. On the environmental and dynamics side, the lab delivers vibration testing (random, sinusoidal, and mechanical shock) using systems capable of up to 25,000 lbf, thermal shock and cycling, temperature/humidity testing, acceleration, corrosion testing, altitude simulation, IP ingress protection testing, HALT/HASS, impact, free-fall drop, and transit/transportation testing. The dynamics team also provides turnkey solutions including field-data replication, fixture design, fixture characterization, resonance detection, transmissibility, and dampening functions, supported by an internal machine shop with Solidworks, ProE, and CAD capabilities for custom fixture fabrication. The lab emphasizes fast queue times and competitive pricing, aiming to help customers reduce risk, accelerate time-to-market, and achieve regulatory compliance efficiently. As part of the Element U.S. Space & Defense network, clients also have access to Element's broader global resources.

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