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.)
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
WHAT DOES CounterAct's TESTING SHOW?
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)
