Our primary purpose was the development of a high-performance, compact tester, so we subjected NEXIS to more intensive temperature-cycle testing both in the development laboratory and the testing chamber.

The NEXIS uses a dual-element heating and cooling system that can decline in temperature from 100 to -40ºC at a rate of 15 per minute.

It can rise from -40 to 100ºC at rate of 50 per minute, which makes the unit suitable for testing both heaters and coolers.

The new LCD touch panel design allows interactive operation, and the unit incorporates a new computation capability that allows it to respond to rapid temperature changes.

Setting the rate of temperature change (slope) allows selection of the optional heat stress for a given sample.

Addition of the wing table allows systematic equipment layout, making NEXIS a new type of workstation.