Frequently Asked Questions

1. How long has SCSI been in the Environmental Test Chamber Business?

SCSI has been in the Environmental test Chamber Business since 1967 with our first installation at the test facility at General Motors in Detroit, Michigan.

2. Does SCSI provide a complete Environmental Test Chamber System?

Yes, Scientific Climate System provides SCSI employed and professionally managed projects on all installations of SCSI Environmental Chambers. Commencing with the project timeline and plant facilities layout, the installation process is thoroughly outlined to identify project benchmarks, milestones, critical paths and the time allocated to complete each phase of the project. SCSI prepares detailed schedules to inform our clients when engineering and design, procurement, fabrication, shipment, installation, start-up and training will occur. . This way, the customer is guaranteed a single source responsibility.

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3. Are you geographically restricted where you can install Environmental Chambers?

No. In fact, we have delivered and installed Environmental Chambers that are in operation all throughout the United States and locations throughout the world. SCSI installations include a range from small start-up companies and mid-sized companies to many Fortune 500 Companies.

4. What are some of the benefits of an SCSI Environmental Test Chamber?

With SCSI Environmental Chambers, you receive a single source responsibility, guaranteed low humidity performance, an accomplished and experienced staff with a full range of engineering specialties including mechanical, structural, chemical, and electrical. Also, SCSI offers the latest in computerized Dry Room controls along with a full-service support by our trained team of in-house engineering and construction professionals.

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5. What are your Environmental Test Chamber Size capabilities?

SCSI Custom Environmental Test Chambers range in sizes from 100 sq. ft. pilot facilities to 25,000+ sq. ft. production plants. Most of our Environmental Chambers are customized to any variety of design configurations and dimensions in order that we may accommodate our customers who have restricted building requirements.

6. What is your standard warranty?

SCSI's standard warranty on Environmental Chambers include ten years on the modular wall panels, five years on the specified refrigeration components, two years on the dehumidification system, a one-year parts warranty. Additional warranties and Service Maintenance Contracts are also available.

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7. Can you incorporate a Clean Room environment into an Environmental test Chamber?

Yes. We have installed many Environmental test Chambers that also have a Clean Room environment that include Clean Room classifications of 100,000, 10,000, and even 1,000 ppm.

8. What is the lowest capability of temperature and humidity level your Environmental test Chamber System can maintain?

SCSI can provide our customers with Environmental Chambers that are able to maintain temperature control levels between -50C to + 100 C and humidity levels at less than 1% Relative Humidity to 99% relative humidity

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9. Who will do the installation?

SCSI will send our own experienced, factory trained personnel to do the complete installation. We insist that all of SCSI's technical personnel are thoroughly experienced and have a practical knowledge of complex, mechanical systems. Extensive, hands-on training with every conceivable system and component is standard procedure for each SCSI technician. All of this helps insure that every single Environmental Test Chamber we construct is done right the first time, every time. Quality is Job Number 1.

10. Who will handle the service after the installation?

SCSI will train your selected personnel on how to operate and do standard, normal maintenance on the SCSI Environmental Chamber. Additional maintenance service contracts by SCSI Factory trained personnel are also available.

11. How safe are your Environmental Chambers?

At SCSI we have a focus on safety. All motors are explosion proof and all room panels and insulation are fire retardant.

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