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CounterAct
Passes The Test! |
CounterAct Electronic corrosion
control system, extensive testing
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CounterAct electronic rust protection systems have undergone
continuous development using field evaluation in the harshest
of environments and controlled laboratory tests (since 1987)
that have shown our system and process to be effective in
reducing the spread of corrosion by as much as 80% on automotive
grade steel test panels.
But....
any product's testing claims are only as good as three factors:
1. The applicability of the test to real world situations.
(CounterAct Corrosion Protection utilizes ongoing field
evaluations to supplement our laboratory results)
2. The reliability of the testing agency. CounterAct Corrosion
Protection uses recognized facilities familiar with standardized
corrosion testing methods and apparatus.
3. The repeatability of the test for verification purposes
(We have employed not just one testing facility, but numerous
internationally recognized facilities and ASTM standardized
tests.)
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A Sampling
of Our Evaluators:
Respected Independent
Laboratory Testing:
LACOR Corrosion Laboratory(UFRGS)
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 12-9-1987
Stds: ASTM D 1654
American Analytical Laboratories
Akron, OH 44311, 4-11-1990
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242, 6-28-1990
Queensland University of Technology |
Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4001
5-5-1995
Laboratory Report # HC1213
ETL Testing Laboratories
Div. of Inchcape Testing
Cortland, New York 13045,
4-9-1995
Certified Test Report No. 561472
Stds: ASTM D1654
EMC Services Pty. Ltd
Certified Test Report: # 91051
Stds:As/NZ 4251.1 11-2-1999 |
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WHAT DOES CounterAct's TESTING SHOW?
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At
CounterAct we are often asked: "Why have you conducted
so many different tests on your electronic rust protection
devices?" |
| CounterAct Corrosion Protection
has conducted and continues to conduct a vigorous testing
program of both laboratory and field testing to demonstrate
and verify our electronic rust protection system's effectiveness.
The above listings are merely a representative sampling of
the testing CounterAct has conducted on three continents according
to a logical and rational process that serves to demonstrate
both to the trained scientist and the average person how CounterAct
electronic rust protection works and the practicality and
effectiveness of the CounterAct electronic rust protection
method.
The Kent State and American Analytical Labs tests were conducted
to demonstrate that our capacitive coupling method produces
an electrostatic charge on the metal body to which it is applied
and an alteration in the surface charge on the metal body's
surface. In other words this testing illustrated how the CounterAct
electronic rust protection method is a demonstrable and measurable
effect that can be monitored by the scientific method.
The Queensland University of Technology test was conducted
to demonstrate that our capacitive coupling method produced
an electrostatic charge on the entire surface of a metal automobile
body to which it was applied and an alteration in the surface
charge on the automobile's metal body surface even at a distance
from the capacitive coupler. (Note: In our electronic rust
protection method our capacitive coupler behaves like the
positive half of a capacitor.)
The Queensland University of Technology test demonstrated
that the CounterAct electronic rust protection effect was
measurable over the complete surface of a typical automobile's
body by routine scientific methods.
The LACOR and INCHCAPE/ETL tests were conducted to ASTM standard
D 1654 to demonstrate that our capacitive coupling method
produced a reduction in the rate of corrosion in uniformly
scribed and painted automotive grade steel panels in a controlled
environmental humidity chamber. (100% humidity, 100 degrees
F).
(It is important to note that this was not an immersion test
with the steel panels submerged in a tank nor a "salt
spray" test. Such tests are often employed for traditional
impressed current cathodic protection devices but have no
applicability to the reduction of corrosion in motor vehicles
or open air structures unless one plans on parking a car at
the bottom of a swimming pool! Under such conditions an ordinary
flashlight battery could be made to produce a traditional
impressed current cathodic protection effect and reduce the
corrosion process. Under real world conditions in a open air,
non-submerged environment at the Earth's surface, such as
what CounterAct's controlled environmental heat and humidity
chamber testing mimics, impressed current cathodic protection
proves ineffective )
Our tests have shown that under laboratory conditions a greater
than 80% reduction in the corrosion rate can be produced by
CounterAct electronic rust protection devices. |
CounterAct
Corrosion Protection's Professional Affiliations and Accreditations: |
Member: Manufacturer's Association
of NW. PA.
Member: SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association.)
Member: NACE (National Association. of Corrosion Engineers)
Member: ACA (Australian Corrosion Association) |