EMC Testing Labs in Munich – Accredited Facilities

IABG Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH

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IABG, founded in 1961 at Ottobrunn near Munich as the German aerospace industry's shared analysis and testing organisation, operates one of Europe's most capable electromagnetic test complexes as part of its wider product qualification business. The site runs four EMC laboratories - three anechoic chambers plus one unshielded hall - including a chamber configured for the 10 metre measurement distance and a second sized for large objects such as complete vehicles, satellites and airframe sections. Measurement extends to 40 GHz, and high intensity radiated field testing reaches beyond 2000 V/m, which is what qualifies the facility for civil aviation HIRF campaigns rather than component-level work alone. Its most distinctive asset is the Magnetic Field Simulation Facility (MFSA), described by IABG as unique in Europe: it compensates the Earth's field and generates controlled artificial fields, allowing magnetisation and demagnetisation of test articles, magnetic cleanliness and dipole/multipole characterisation of spacecraft, and magnetometer calibration. The laboratories also house lightning indirect-effects (LEMP) and nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP) simulators alongside conventional emissions, ESD, surge and transient benches. The EMC laboratory is accredited to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, and its test programmes span space standards (ECSS-E-ST-10-07, NASA and ISS requirements), civil aviation (RTCA DO-160, Airbus ABD0100, Boeing D6-16050), military specifications (MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-704, VG 95373) and platform-specific requirements for Tornado and Eurofighter, plus commercial IEC/EN and automotive standards. Specialisations are spacecraft and satellite qualification, aircraft and avionics HIRF and lightning work, defence platform electronics, and vehicle and rail systems.

SGS Germany GmbH - Puchheim EMC Laboratory

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The SGS Germany EMC laboratory at Puchheim west of Munich is one of the largest commercial EMC test estates in southern Germany, operating five semi-anechoic chambers and three shielded EMC chambers. The flagship facility is a 10 metre chamber able to take vehicles up to 12 metres long and 35 tonnes, which puts complete trucks, buses, agricultural tractors and construction machinery inside a full-size absorber hall rather than restricting the site to component work. Emission measurement reaches 40 GHz and radiated immunity fields reach 600 V/m; the power benches handle three-phase harmonics and flicker up to 75 A, surge to 10 kV and 10 kA, ESD to 30 kV, and high-voltage work including ISO/DTS 7637-4 plus surge and burst on DC rails to 1,000 V and 100 A - the combination needed for traction inverters and electric-vehicle powertrains. The regulatory designations are correspondingly broad: DAkkS accreditation to EN ISO/IEC 17025 including ZLG scope for medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, KBA Technical Service designation for ECE homologation, recognition by the Bundesnetzagentur as a conformity assessment body for US FCC requirements, IECEE CBTL status for CB certification, VCCI registration for Japan and a Korean laboratory listing - so one campaign can be converted into European, North American and East Asian market access. Accredited standards run from the EN 55011 to EN 55035 emission and immunity families and the IEC 61000-4 and 61000-6 series through EN 60601-1-2, ISO 11451 and ISO 11452, RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-461, FCC Part 15, ETSI EN 301 489 and ITU-T K.20 to K.54, to the vehicle manufacturer specifications of BMW, Volkswagen and Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Hyundai, Volvo, Scania, Nissan and Fiat Chrysler. Specialisations are automotive and e-mobility, construction and agricultural machinery, medical devices and IVD, rail systems, and marine equipment.