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  • ANDI Thermal Manikin
    ANDI Thermal Manikin

    Simulate human physiology and test garments for heat loss and gain.

  • Newton Thermal Manikin
    Newton Thermal Manikin

    Thermal manikin designed for clothing and environmental testing.

  • Baby Thermal Manikin
    Baby Thermal Manikin

    Test thermal comfort properties of infant clothing and gear.

  • Partial manikins
  • Thermal Head Test System
    Thermal Head Test System

    Put helmets and headwear to the test by accurately measuring heat loss.

  • Thermal Hand Test System
    Thermal Hand Test System

    Research the effects of glove design, insulation, and ventilation.

  • Textile testing systems
  • Sweating Guarded Hotplate
    Sweating Guarded Hotplate

    Get accurate, repeatable measurements of thermal resistance (Rct) and vapor permeability (Ret) for textiles.

  • Dynamic Hotplate System
    Dynamic Hotplate System

    Test prototype swatches for positive and negative heat-flux measurements.

  • Drying Rate Tester 201
    Drying Rate Tester 201

    Measure and assess key moisture management features of your textiles with precision and ease.

  • Protective test systems
  • Flame Test Manikin
    Flame Test Manikin

    Test the performance of garments or protective clothing ensembles in a simulated flash fire environment.

  • Flash Fire Cylinder
    Flash Fire Cylinder

    A bench-top textile fire retardant testing cylinder.

  • TPP / HTP Test Device
    TPP / HTP Test Device

    Evaluate a fabric’s ability to block convective and radiant heat penetration to avoid burn injury.

  • Transportation
  • Automotive HVAC Manikin
    Automotive HVAC Manikin

    Measure passenger comfort and environmental conditions in automobile and transit cabins.

  • STAN Thermal Manikin
    STAN Thermal Manikin

    Test thermal comfort and moisture management characteristics of automobile, truck, and airplane seating.

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Manikin Whisperers

There are “dog people”, and there are “cat people”.  You know who they are.  You might even be one.  But did you know that there are also “manikin people”?  It’s true that our thermal manikins warm up to and work well with everyone, but some people seem to make a special connection – an immediate, unspoken bond.  A manikin whisperer, […]

HVAC Development Roadmap: Aligning Your Simulation and Measurement Tools

As the transportation industry moves to higher levels of electrification and incorporates more sophisticated cabin climate control systems, tools to develop and validate performance must follow suit.  Energy efficiency and occupant thermal comfort have risen to the level of importance previously reserved for cabin temperature. A recent post by ThermoAnalytics, our Calumet, MI colleagues, “Solving for […]

A tale of two STANs

Project Profile Centro Richero Fiat, in early 2001, was the first automobile manufacturer (and second user overall, after Delphi in 1998) to purchase Measurement Technology Northwest’s STAN Seat Test manikin system. For 10+ years, our STAN’s hot, sweaty backside was a fixture in the Fiat testing lab ably and accurately measuring the thermal comfort characteristics of […]

CDC/NIOSH Newton 34-zone Thermal Manikin System

Project Profile In 2010 the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory in Pittsburg, USA acquired a 34-zone Thermetrics Newton sweating thermal manikin for assessing protective clothing and equipment (PPE)characteristics and their effects on the individuals wearing them. Dr. Aitor Coca, Research Physiologist at the CDC/NIOSH lab, explains the reasoning behind their purchase: “The 34-zone configuration allows […]

Manikin Dream Vacation

As we all know, it’s exhausting to be “on” all the time. Thermetrics manikins agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment! It’s hard being a manikin. There’s the constant demand of paying attention to every detail… the challenge of translating objective sensor data into what humans call “feelings”… the cheerful willingness to be uncomfortable so that others […]

Thermetrics Rents Manikins!

Thermetrics’ advanced Newton 26-zone sweating thermal manikin, STAN seat test manikin, and the HVAC Automotive manikin are available for rent/hire. These complete turn-key systems include manikin, laptop PC, ThermDAC control software, startup and training at the client facility, as well as ongoing technical support. Thermetrics has prepared these rental systems because there are times when a manikin rental makes more sense than […]

Custom 32-zone Newton

Project Profile The University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings (UCEEB) is an independent institute of the Czech Technical University in Prague. UCEEB’s goal is to research and design buildings which are green, smart, reasonably-priced, and with a healthy interior climate.  As stated by the institute’s founder, Professor Zdeněk Bittnar, “Buildings represent an area with significant […]

What can you test on a Newton?

Here at Thermetrics there is one question we get asked all the time… What can you test on a Newton? Let’s begin with jackets, shirts, pants, and vests, Underwear, outerwear, sleeping bag tests. Athletic gear, uniforms, three-piece suits, Firefighting bunker gear – helmet to boots. Clothes for hunting, fishing, and boating, Clothes for when you’re […]

Thermetrics in-house calibration laboratory and our field calibration services are A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025

What does it mean? As regular readers may know, on October 11, 2016 Thermetrics in-house calibration laboratory as well as our field calibration services became A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. What is ISO/IEC 17025? It is the single most important standard for calibration and testing laboratories around the world. Laboratories that are accredited to this […]

Thermetrics ISO IEC 17025 Accreditation

Thermetrics is driven by the twin goals of continuous quality improvement and exceeding the expectations of our customers. As evidence of this ongoing commitment to excellence, Thermetrics is pleased to announce that our in-house test laboratory and field calibration services are now A2LA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025.  With this new accreditation you can be even […]

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