Home Appliance Testing
QIMA offers testing services in accredited laboratories for a wide range of large and small home appliances to help manufacturers ensure their quality and compliance with regional regulations.
QIMA offers testing services in accredited laboratories for a wide range of large and small home appliances to help manufacturers ensure their quality and compliance with regional regulations.
Quality and safety are critical when it comes to both large and small appliances as they can pose a risk to both consumers and their property. Today’s household appliances are increasingly more complex, with built-in connectivity, customizable functions and smart technology. Meanwhile, global demands for safer, more environmentally responsible and secure products are driving changes to regulations and standards worldwide.
QIMA offers testing services to help you improve household products, avoid costly recalls, build consumer confidence and gain a competitive advantage while ensuring consistent quality and market compliance. With global experience in quality testing and market inspections, QIMA keeps up with the current state of regulations for markets around the world and can help you keep up, too. QIMA's laboratory tests will ensure that your home appliance products meet international safety standards and the requirements of your destination market.
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Manufacturers and importers must guarantee that their products comply with the quality and safety standards of their target market. QIMA’s accredited and internationally active laboratories can help, and our strong lab calibration experience ensures consistent test methods, results and service quality between labs.
QIMA's accredited laboratories offer the following tests for your home appliance products, ensuring that they meet the quality and safety standards of your destination market:
Electrical safety (LVD)
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC/EMI)
EU Low Voltage Directive compliance
EU Machinery Directive compliance
EU Product Safety Directive compliance
EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED) testing
FCC Radio equipment testing for wireless and RF products
Heavy metal analysis (lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel)
Plasticizers (phthalates)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Product safety testing (UL/IEC)
Toxics in packaging
US DOE ENERGY STAR Testing
We can tell you whether your product measures up by testing it in accordance with applicable standards and customer-specific requirements. In addition to testing products ready for series production, we also offer tests for the product development phase – helping you stay on the safe side right from the start.
QIMA has global experience testing a wide variety of appliances to make sure products comply with the required standards and regulations. Appliances include:
Refrigerators
Freezers
Washing machines
Dryers
Washer-dryer combinations
Stoves and ovens
Extractor hoods
Steam ovens
Grills
Dishwashers
Microwaves
Deep fryers and air fryers
Toasters, sandwich makers and waffle irons
Blenders, mixers and slicers
Coffee makers, automatic coffee machines, coffee capsule compability
Irons
Steam cleaners
Vacuums
Hair dryers and styling devices
Electric toothbrushes
QIMA’s testing services include physical, mechanical and chemical tests to check the safety, quality and performance of your home appliance products.
Depending on the product, these services can include:
Combustion testing
Durability tests
Earth continuity
Electrical safety
Electromagnetic fields
Energy labeling testing
Eco design
Flammability testing
Hipot test
Hygiene and microbiological testing
Internal construction review
IoT (e.g., wi-fi, Bluetooth,
Motor rotation speed measurement
Noise level measurement
Power consumption
Power cord pull test
Product function/performance test
Product parameter check
Sensory analysis
Stability test
Waterproof test
Working current/voltage check
Other tests according to customer programs or predetermined rules
QIMA also offers certification for your home appliance products, which allow you to demonstrate superior product quality and safety to your consumers. Certification services you may choose from:
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