Test results

A selection of validated use cases in sealed enclosures

For each case: the application context, the test protocol, the measured result and what happened next. Most of these evaluations were run by the customer’s own teams, without us. Company names are withheld — this work is covered by a non-disclosure agreement.

Sector Volume / rating Test run by Validation
Autonomous mobile robotics Sealed camera enclosure Run by the manufacturer Deployed
Outdoor infrastructure monitoring 0.6 L — IP67 Run and written up by the customer Deployed
Autonomous agricultural robotics ~3 L and ~50–60 L — IP65+ Customer’s internal evaluation Validated by the engineering team
Safety instrumentation IP54 instruments Run by the manufacturer, without us Validated by the engineering team
Critical electronics, large volumes Up to 60 L — 0.1 m² of material Independent laboratory + customer tests Validated by the engineering team
Connected consumer sensor Sealed housing, volume production So Sponge laboratory test on customer housings Deployed
Electric vehicle charging stations 95 L IP65 station — 0.32 m² of material Joint field study with the operator Validated by the engineering team
Self-storage and containers Storage units and containers — several m³ Pilots in live operation at operators Deployed
Shipping containers 10-foot container — uninsulated Joint field test with a container converter Validated by the engineering team
Case 1 Autonomous mobile robotics Deployed

Onboard camera: control versus equipped comparative test

Chilled — fogging inducedControl cameraFogged opticsAS-BCamera with AS-BDry optics

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Cameras mounted in sealed enclosures on autonomous mobile machines, in permanent outdoor duty. Condensation was forming on the optics and degrading image capture.

Test

Comparative test run by the manufacturer: one camera fitted with a 10 cm² AS-B sticker, one identical control camera with nothing. Fogging induced by chilling.

Result

Fogging appeared on the control camera, none on the equipped camera.

Where the customer stands

The manufacturer decided to fit its fleet in series. Oven-cycling tests are planned in addition, without affecting that decision.

Case 2 Outdoor infrastructure monitoring Deployed

0.6 L IP67 camera enclosure: 48 h in a climate chamber

0 h24 h48 h100 %40 %Condensation zoneControl enclosureEnclosure with AS-B−1 / +3 °C90–94 % HR48 hRelative humidity inside the enclosure

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

A 0.6 L IP67 camera enclosure installed outdoors, with no possibility of on-site intervention. Winter condensation on the optics made the system unusable.

Test

Climate chamber, 48 h at −1 to +3 °C and 90–94 % RH, with one AS-B strip inside, sized to the rule of roughly 10 cm² per litre. The test was run by the customer and recorded in their own technical investigation report.

Result

Inner glass and optics completely dry across the full 48 hours.

Where the customer stands

The customer was evaluating heated glass in parallel. They chose the passive solution, at 0 W, and placed an order.

Case 3 Autonomous agricultural robotics Validated by the engineering team

Desiccant and pressure compensator already fitted — and not enough

Enclosures pre-loaded with moisture — compensator in placeDesiccant + compensatorCondensation persistsAS-BCompensator + AS-BMoisture removed

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Camera and electronics enclosures on autonomous agricultural machines, IP65+, in two formats. Silica gel and pressure compensators were already fitted and were not sufficient: even the small enclosures were affected.

Test

Evaluation run by the customer’s engineering team, on enclosures pre-loaded with moisture, with the pressure compensator left in place.

Result

The sticker draws the moisture out of the enclosure despite the compensator being present. Internal report validated and escalated to management.

Where the customer stands

The internal report was validated and escalated to management, then confirmed by a technical review at CTO level. The project has moved into industrialisation.

Case 4 Safety instrumentation Validated by the engineering team

IP54, target service life beyond 10 years: thermal cycling run by the customer

0 h24 h48 h100 %40 %Condensation zoneWithout stickerWith AS-B sticker−1 / +3 °C90–94 % HR48 hThermal cycling under controlled humidity

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

IP54 instruments for which internal condensation must be controlled over a service life of more than ten years.

Test

The manufacturer ran its own thermal cycling of enclosures, with and without the AS-B sticker, under controlled humidity — entirely independently, on material bought from our online shop.

Result

Preliminary data judged promising by the manufacturer, who confirms the sticker’s potential in their configuration.

Where the customer stands

On the strength of its own measurements, the manufacturer has started listing the product with its purchasing and supply chain teams, with series production in view.

Case 5 Critical electronics, large volumes Validated by the engineering team

Performance, fire behaviour and a head-to-head against desiccant sachets

60 L container — AS-C strip versus desiccant sachetsAS-C · 0,1 m²Alu witness boxNo condensationDesiccant sachetsCondensation on the ceiling60 L38 °C95 % HR10 days

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Large sealed volumes housing critical electronics, with the humidity tolerance raised to 80 % RH and fire and smoke qualification required on any added material, to aerospace standards.

Test

Three campaigns. (a) 300 cm² of active material in a closed box against an unequipped control box. (b) Vertical 12 s flammability, and smoke density and toxicity, at an independent laboratory. (c) A real 60 L container, 0.1 m² of material sized with our simulator, 10 days at 38 °C and 95 % RH, benchmarked against desiccant sachets with an aluminium witness box.

Result

No condensation on the equipped side, while the control box goes above 100 % RH. Performance validated at both 160 cm² and 300 cm². Smoke density and toxicity: pass. Flammability: pass once the material is bonded to an aluminium plate, whatever the binder.

Where the customer stands

Humidity-control performance is settled. The remaining tests address other criteria — fire behaviour on the new formulations, adhesive ageing, tests on target objects — not anti-condensation efficiency.

Case 6 Connected consumer sensor Deployed

From laboratory test to integration on the production line

Integration on the production linePre-cut reelCut to pitchApplied at assembly

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Sealed connected water-analysis sensors, manufactured in volume, with humidity-sensitive electronics inside a closed housing.

Test

Evaluation carried out in our laboratory on the customer’s actual housings, with the report handed to their product team.

Result

Results in line with the customer’s expectations, on their own enclosure geometry.

Where the customer stands

Moved to series integration on the production line, in pre-cut reel format. First production runs delivered, with volume ramp-up committed for the following year.

Case 7 Electric vehicle charging stations Validated by the engineering team

85 winter days on three charging stations in service

Jan.MarchApril100 %40 %Condensation zone (> 95 % RH)Control stationStation with AS-C95 L0.32 m²85 daysRelative humidity inside the station

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

IP65 charging stations of 95 litres, installed outdoors and connected. The daily temperature swing inside reaches 14 °C: the enclosure breathes, humid air enters through the seals and cable glands, and moisture accumulates.

Test

An 85-day field study in mid-winter, from 25 January to 20 April, on three identical stations from the same fleet: two controls and one fitted with two AS-C strips (0.32 m² of active material). Four temperature and humidity loggers at a 5-minute interval, including an outdoor reference, giving 24,385 aligned measurements.

Result

Time spent above 95 % RH — the band where condensation forms on cold walls and components — drops from 13.3 % to 5.1 %, a factor of 2.6. Internal humidity variability is divided by 3 and correlation with outdoor humidity falls to 0.02: the atmosphere inside the station is decoupled from the weather. No power, no maintenance.

Where the customer stands

The measurements make it possible to derive the water flux entering through the sealing defects, about 200 mg per day, and therefore to size by calculation rather than by rule of thumb.

Read the full study — protocol, raw data and analysis →
Case 8 Self-storage and containers Deployed

From pilot site to repeat orders, across dozens of sites

Storage unit — AS-C strip versus absorbers on the floorAS-C on the ceilingStored goodsNo condensation on the ceilingAbsorbers to replaceDripping and stainingUnitUnheatedUnventilatedSeason

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Self-storage units and storage containers, unheated and unventilated, where condensation damages the goods inside and generates customer complaints. Salt absorbers and desiccant sachets are consumables that have to be replaced continuously.

Test

Pilot phases on sites in real operation, at several French operators: AS-C strips installed on the ceiling of the units, then monitored over a full season with the operations teams.

Result

The pilots proved out site after site, and converted into repeat orders — the most reliable signal in this business, since an operator only reorders once their customers stop complaining.

Where the customer stands

The solution is in routine operation at French operators, across dozens of equipped sites, with regular repeat orders. It is the oldest and widest deployment of the AS-C range.

Case 9 Shipping containers Validated by the engineering team

Two identical containers, close to a year of monitoring

Two 10-foot containers — equipped versus controlAS-C stripGoodsStays below 80 % RHNo treatment"Container rain"10-footUninsulatedDay/night cycle~1 year

Diagram of the test set-up. Schematic representation, not to scale.

Context

Thermally uninsulated shipping containers, where the day/night swing produces "container rain": relative humidity climbs sharply at night and water drips from the ceiling onto the goods.

Test

Two identical 10-foot containers instrumented for temperature and humidity. Three days empty first, to verify that both behave identically with no outside influence. Then a sized strip installed in one of the two, with readings continued over several months.

Result

The equipped container stays below 80 % RH, under the condensation threshold, while the control follows the day/night cycle undamped. The strip’s spontaneous regeneration is visible on the curves every day.

Where the customer stands

The strip stayed in place for close to a year with no loss of performance — the longest continuous observation we have of the material regenerating.

Read the full field study →

What these cases have in common

In most of these enclosures, something was already fitted: a pressure-compensation vent, a desiccant sachet, sometimes a heater. Those three solve different problems.

The pressure vent

It equalises pressure and blocks liquid water. It does not remove the vapour already inside the enclosure, and it lets humid air back in on every breathing cycle.

The conventional desiccant

Silica gel and molecular sieves adsorb from very low humidity, then saturate. Once saturated they do nothing, and they cannot regenerate in service — hence a replacement interval.

The heater

It works, but it draws power continuously. On a mobile machine or a remote site, that energy is not always available — nor free.

SRD acts somewhere else

SRD is a mesoporous alumina, chemically inert. Most of its capacity sits in the 60–100 % RH band, which is where condensation actually forms, and it desorbs on its own as humidity falls. Every day and night cycle regenerates it. No power, no maintenance, nothing to replace over the life of the equipment.

That is why several of the cases above moved into multi-cycle or multi-year qualification rather than a single-shot test.

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Evaluations in progress

Alongside the cases above, further evaluations are running at industrial customers. They have no consolidated result yet, so we publish neither conclusions nor company names. Here are the sectors covered.

Sectors covered

  • Sensors & instrumentation 3 evaluations
  • Design consultancies & distribution 3 evaluations
  • Vision & imaging 2 evaluations
  • Energy & solar 2 evaluations
  • Industrial & electrical 2 evaluations
  • AgTech 1 evaluation
  • Defence & aerospace 1 evaluation
  • EV charging 1 evaluation
  • Outdoor lighting 1 evaluation

16 evaluations — Status as of 24 September 2026

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Reproducing these tests on your side

Sizing is one rule: about 10 cm² of active material per litre of internal volume, meaning one 50 × 20 mm sticker per litre, oversized for severe climates. Nothing else to calculate beyond the internal volume of the enclosure.

No minimum quantity, no purchase order to raise. That is exactly how case 4 started.