Product Reliability

Why do industry experts recognize Daktronics as the indisputable leader in display technology? Simple. Daktronics engineers put as much craft and effort into testing their products as they do designing them.

As part of a continuing tradition of excellence in communications technology, Daktronics opened a state-of-the-art product reliability laboratory that uses the latest advancements in environmental technology to test the limits of every Daktronics product, providing valuable feedback during the product development life cycle.

From punishing salt and fog chambers that exaggerate the corrosive effects of coastal precipitation to blistering environmental simulators that mimic extreme climate changes, our dedicated product reliability technicians pushes each Daktronics product to its absolute performance limits, using their findings to implement continued product improvements and ultimately resulting in superior products that are built to perform for years to come.

	Environmental Simulator To assure that our displays are as tough as their components, Daktronics technicians use a massive 4,500 square foot environmental chamber to put entire video boards through a variety of stress tests before product release.
	Climate Chamber For component-level environmental testing, Daktronics technicians use a climate chamber to test components against heat (up to 170° C, 338° F), cold (-80° C, -112° F) and humidity (up to 95 percent RH), to assure that your display can function under even the most adverse conditions.
	Thermal Shock Chamber Using three isolated chambers (two hot and one cold), the lab’s thermal shock chamber alternates product components between extreme heat (200° C, 392° F) and intense cold (-73° C, -99° F) for periods of up to a month, providing valuable insight into a component’s capacity to handle prolonged temperature extremes.
	Salt Fog Chamber The Salt Fog Chamber punishes Daktronics products with a 5% salt solution at a sweltering 35° C (95° F) to help gauge a component’s capacity to withstand the corrosive effects of salty coastal air.
	Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) Chamber The HALT Chamber uses a combination of extreme temperature changes and intense mechanical vibrations to provide a detailed portrait of a product’s vulnerable areas, allowing our engineers to implement continued improvements throughout the product development cycle.
	IP Validation (Water/Dust) IP (Ingress Protection) testing drenches displays with high-pressure water jets to assure proper defense against moisture while a high-intensity  vacuum chamber helps gauge and combat dust penetration.