SCLE EMC Laboratory (SCLE SFE)
Toulouse, Occitanie, France
+33 5 61 61 74 0025 chemin de Paleficat, Toulouse, Occitanie, 31200, France
About
The SCLE EMC laboratory was created in 1997 by SCLE SFE, a manufacturer that has been building equipment for high-voltage substations for more than 40 years. That origin explains the laboratory's character: substations are electrically hostile environments, and validating its own products' emission and immunity performance led SCLE to build a test facility that it then opened to external customers. It is based in Toulouse and has been COFRAC-accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 since 1998, specialising in the civil, industrial and railway sectors, and positions itself as both a test provider and an engineering partner able to evaluate installation performance and reliability. The facilities are unusual in mixing conventional EMC with high-power infrastructure. A Faraday chamber with external dimensions of 7.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 m and an interior of 6 x 2.8 x 2.5 m provides radiated immunity from 80 MHz to 3 GHz at 3-30 V/m over a 1.5 x 1.5 m uniform field area at 3 m. An electromagnetic field free zone east of Toulouse supports 10 m radiated emissions measurement from 30 MHz to 6 GHz against Class A and Class B limits to EN 55011, EN 55022 and IEC 61000-6-4. A 1,000 m2 power test platform with four test areas supplies up to 20,000 V and 3 MW, covering 750 and 1500 VDC and 400 to 20,000 VAC with a programmable supply to 180 kVA. The standout capability is a purpose-built coil designed in-house to qualify equipment against ITER's static magnetic field environment, generating 0 to 265 mT across a homogeneous 0.7 m cube with -0/+3 dB uniformity from a 150 kW input, weighing 8 tonnes; higher levels are available on request. The accredited standards list covers CISPR 11/22/24/32, CISPR 14-x, IEC 60255-26 for protection relays, the full 61000-6 generic family including 61000-6-5 for power plant and substation environments and 61000-6-8 for professional equipment, EN 50121-x railway, EN 50130-4 alarm systems, IEC 61326-x, IEC 60601-1-2 and EN 12015/12016 for lifts and escalators, plus an immunity test suite that includes the less common IEC 61000-4-10 damped oscillatory magnetic field and IEC 61000-4-16 common-mode conducted disturbance from 0 Hz to 150 kHz.
Accreditations
| Accreditation |
|---|
| ISO/IEC 17025 |
| EMC Directive 2014/30/EU |
Testing Services
| Test Type | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Radiated Emissions | CISPR 11 / NF EN 55011, CISPR 22 / NF EN 55022, CISPR 32 / NF EN 55032, CISPR 16-2-3 / NF EN 55016-2-3, IEC 61000-6-4, 30 MHz - 6 GHz at 10 m, Class A and B, Open-area electromagnetic field free zone east of Toulouse |
| Conducted Emissions | CISPR 16-2-1 / NF EN 55016-2-1, CISPR 11 / NF EN 55011, CISPR 32 / NF EN 55032, IEC 61000-6-3, IEC 61000-6-4 |
| Radiated Immunity | IEC 61000-4-3 / NF EN 61000-4-3, 80 MHz - 3 GHz at 3-30 V/m, 1.5 x 1.5 m uniform field area at 3 m, IEC 61000-6-1, IEC 61000-6-2, IEC 61000-6-5 |
| Conducted Immunity | IEC 61000-4-6 / NF EN 61000-4-6, IEC 61000-4-16 (common mode 0 Hz - 150 kHz) |
| ESD | IEC 61000-4-2 / NF EN 61000-4-2 |
| EFT/Burst | IEC 61000-4-4 / NF EN 61000-4-4, IEC 61000-4-18 damped oscillatory waves |
| Surge Immunity | IEC 61000-4-5 / NF EN 61000-4-5 |
| Voltage Dips/Interrupts | IEC 61000-4-11 / NF EN 61000-4-11 |
| Power Frequency Magnetic Field | IEC 61000-4-8 / NF EN 61000-4-8, IEC 61000-4-9 pulsed magnetic field, IEC 61000-4-10 damped oscillating magnetic field, ITER static magnetic field coil 0 - 265 mT (0.7 m cube) |
| Medical Device EMC | IEC 60601-1-2 / NF EN 60601-1-2 |
| Railway EMC | NF EN 50121-x railway applications |
| Pre-Compliance Testing | Installation performance and reliability evaluation, Engineering support and specification assistance, Custom test facility design |
Certifications / Marks
| Certification |
|---|
| CE |
| EU Declaration of Conformity |
| ITER equipment qualification |
Industries Served
| Industry |
|---|
| Energy & Power |
| Industrial Equipment |
| Medical Devices |
| Nuclear |
| Railway |
Major Equipment
| Equipment |
|---|
| Faraday/semi-anechoic chamber (ext 7.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 m, int 6 x 2.8 x 2.5 m) |
| Electromagnetic field free zone (open-area test site), 10 m measurement distance |
| 1,000 m2 power test platform with 4 test areas |
| 20,000 V / 3 MW power supply capability |
| 750 VDC and 1500 VDC, 400-20,000 VAC supplies |
| Programmable supply up to 180 kVA |
| ITER static magnetic field coil: 0-265 mT, 0.7 m cube, 150 kW input, 8 tonnes |
| ESD simulator |
| EFT/burst generator |
| Surge generator |
| Damped oscillatory wave and magnetic field generators |
| Conducted RF immunity system (incl. 0 Hz - 150 kHz common mode) |
| EMI measurement receivers and antennas |
