Test Facility Information
Officially recognized reliability and impartiality
ESPEC test facilities have advanced technical capabilities and management and operating capacities, which are certified under a range of systems regulated by official institutions. All ESPEC test facilities are ISO/IEC17025 certified by the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB).
Various ways of using test facilities
Tours of ESPEC's test facilities and calibration departments can be arranged. Facility tours are a handy way to research laboratory testing services or equipment purchases while seeing actual equipment. Test facilities also have many other uses, such as enabling clients to observe their outsourced testing. Contact ESPEC for inquiries about test facilities.
E-mail:test@espec.co.jp
Battery Safety Testing Center（in Utsunomiya Test Center）
Offering comprehensive battery testing and certification services
The Battery Safety Certification Center provides one-stop services from ideal test method proposals for automotive battery packs and modules—including compliance testing for United Nations regulation UN ECE R100-02, Part. II—to safety testing and accreditation application.
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23-1 Kiyohara Industrial Park (inside Utsunomiya Techno Complex), Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan 321-3231
Getting there:
About 30 minutes by taxi from JR Utsunomiya station; about 30 minutes from the Kanuma interchange on the Tohoku Expressway; about 30 minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange on the Tohoku Expressway About 25 minutes from the Utsunomiya-Kaminokawa interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway
Utsunomiya Test Center
One of the largest comprehensive test facilities in eastern Japan
Located in the massive Utsunomiya Techno Complex, the Utsunomiya Test Center supports a wide range of reliability tests for the cutting-edge technologies of the semiconductor and electronic device industries, and for many other industries such as the automotive-related industries of eastern Japan. Its ample utility is meeting growing demand for laboratory testing services.
Wide range of test equipment
Along with conventional temperature/humidity tests, the Center's test equipment can reproduce saltwater environments and various other failure factors. It supports static testing with added conditions such as low pressure, vibrations, drops, falling balls and temperature/humidity
ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing laboratory
The Utsunomiya Test Center has been accredited by the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) as an ISO/IEC 17025-certified testing laboratory.
This certification includes the following.
- Railroad: IEC 60571 (Railway applications – Electronic equipment used on rolling stock)
Access map
23-1 Kiyohara Industrial Park (inside Utsunomiya Techno Complex), Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan 321-3231
Getting there:
About 30 minutes by taxi from JR Utsunomiya station; about 30 minutes from the Kanuma interchange on the Tohoku Expressway; about 30 minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange on the Tohoku Expressway About 25 minutes from the Utsunomiya-Kaminokawa interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway
Toyota Test Center
ESPEC's largest test facility
Toyota Test Center is ESPEC's largest test facility, and one of the largest environmental test facilities in Japan. The Center's equipment is continually upgraded to the latest models supporting a wide range of tests, such as automotive electronic device tests encompassing many different evaluation items.
Rental test space
Drawing on the benefits of a large test facility, the Center has test space tailored to client needs available to rent. Separated from common area, independent test rooms for exclusive use by only the designated clients can be utilized.
ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing laboratory
The Toyota Test Center has been accredited by the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) as an ISO/IEC 17025-certified testing laboratory.
This certification includes the following.
- Automotive: ISO 16750-4 (Road vehicles – Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment)
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3-44-1 Seishincho, Toyota, Aichi, Japan 471-0844
Getting there:
20-minute walk from Meitetsu Tsuchihashi station; about 10 minutes from the Toyota interchange on the Tomei Expressway
Kariya Test Center
Assisting development of car electronics
Meets growing, mainly automotive-related demand in the Chubu and Tokai regions. Assists in the development of car electronics. Naturally also has standard equipment for temperature/humidity tests and thermal shock tests.
Supports reliability tests of automotive electronic devices
The Center's large scale thermal shock chambers are its mainstay for supporting automotive electronic device tests. It also features Large Capacity Liquid to Liquid Thermal Shock Chambers and specialized equipment enabling testing that is difficult with general-purpose testers.
ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing laboratory
The Kariya Test Center has been accredited by the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) as an ISO/IEC 17025-certified testing laboratory.
This certification includes the following.
- Automotive: ISO 16750-4 (Road vehicles – Environmental conditions and testing for electrical and electronic equipment)
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1-3 Shinmeicho, Kariya, Aichi, Japan 448-0034
Getting there:
5-minute walk from Kariya station on the JR Tokaido Honsen line/Meitetsu line
About 40 minutes from the Nagoya-Minami interchange on the Isewangan Expressway
About 40 minutes from the Toyota interchange on the Tomei Expressway
Kobe Test Center
A comprehensive test facility in western Japan
Located on the site of a massive R&D center, Kobe Test Center is a comprehensive test facility in western Japan that provides reliability test services for clients. In addition to standard environmental test chambers, the Center also features special large equipment such as large scale temperature chambers, vibration testers and low-pressure test chambers.
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5-2-5 Kanokodai Minamimachi (in Kobe R&D Center), Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 651-1514
Getting there:
15 minutes by taxi from Mita station on the JR Takarazuka line
10 minutes by taxi from Dojo-Minamiguchi station on the Kobe Dentetsu Mita line
10 minutes from the Nishinomiya-Kita interchange on the Chugoku Expressway; 15 minutes from the Kobe Mita interchange on the Chugoku Expressway
Laboratory Testing Services & Consulting
- Request Procedure
- Laboratory Testing Services
- List of Laboratory Testing
- Damp Heat Test / Cold Test
- Dry Heat Test
- Rapid Change Temperature Test
- Air to Air Thermal Shock Test
- Liquid to Liquid Thermal Shock Test
- Combined Sequential Cold, Low Air Pressure and Damp Heat Test
- Dew Cycle Test
- HAST (Highly Accelerated Stress Test)
- Vibration Test/Combined Climatic (Temperature/Humidity) and Dynamic (Vibration/Shock) Test
- Salt Mist, Cyclic (Sodium Chloride Solution) Test
- Drop Test
- Sand and Dust Test
- Battery Charge-Discharge Test
- Battery External Short Circuit Test
- Battery Nail Penetration Test
- Cell Safety Test
- PID Test (Chamber Method)
- Power Cycling Test
- Conductor Resistance Evaluation
- Insulation Resistance Evaluation
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