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QUV ACCELERATED WEATHERING TESTER
The QUV accelerated weathering tester reproduces the damage caused by sunlight, rain and dew. In a few days or weeks, the QUV tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. To simulate outdoor weathering, the QUV tester exposes materials to alternating cycles of UV light and moisture at controlled, elevated temperatures. It simulates the effects of sunlight using special fluorescent UV lamps. It simulates dew and rain with condensing humidity and/or water spray. The QUV accelerated weathering tester is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use weathering tester available. With thousands of testers in use worldwide, it is the world's most widely used weathering tester. Models: QUV/basic: UV and condensation (no irradiance control) QUV/se: UV, condensation and SOLAR EYE irradiance control QUV/spray: UV, condensation, SOLAR EYE irradiance control and water spray QUV/cw: cool white visible light, condensation and SOLAR EYE irradiance control.
Q-SUN Xe-1 Xenon Test Chamber
The Q-SUN Xe-1 xenon arc chamber reproduces the damage caused by full-spectrum sunlight and rain. In a few days or weeks, the Q-SUN tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. The Q-SUN Xe-1 tester is a tabletop lightfastness, colorfastness, and photostability chamber. It has a single xenon arc lamp and is available with optional water spray and chiller. Its small scale is perfect for a lab with a limited budget or only an occasional need for testing. Installation of the Xe-1 tester is simple and specimens can be conveniently mounted horizontally on its flat specimen tray. The Q-SUN Xe-1 tester is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use xenon arc test chamber available. A More Realistic Xenon The Q-SUN Xe-1 tester's xenon arc lamps provide the best match to the full spectrum of sunlight. Near-horizontal specimen mounting and optional water spray provide the most realistic moisture simulation available in a compact xenon arc tester. An optional chiller is available for low temperature applications. Models: Q-SUN Xe-1-B: full spectrum sunlight Q-SUN Xe-1-S: full spectrum sunlight and water spray Q-SUN Xe-1-BC: full spectrum sunlight and chiller Q-SUN Xe-1-SC: full spectrum sunlight, water spray, and chiller
Q-SUN Xe-3 Xenon Test Chamber
The Q-SUN Xe-3 xenon arc chamber reproduces the damage caused by full-spectrum sunlight and rain. In a few days or weeks, the Q-SUN tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. The Q-SUN Xe-3 tester is a full-featured lightfastness, colorfastness, and photostability chamber at a breakthrough price. It utilizes three separate xenon lamps for a large capacity. The Q-SUN Xe-3 tester's slide out specimen tray is 451mm x 718mm and is useful for exposing large, three-dimensional parts or components. The Xe-3 tester offers standard humidity control, and optional spray, back spray and chiller features. The Q-SUN Xe-3 is the only xenon arc tester that also has an optional dual spray capability. This allows for a second liquid such as acid rain or soap solutions, to be sprayed onto test specimens. The Q-SUN Xe-3 is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use full-sized xenon arc chamber available. A More Realistic Xenon The Q-SUN Xe-3 tester's xenon arc lamps provide the best match to the full spectrum of sunlight. Near-horizontal specimen mounting and optional water and back spray provide the most realistic moisture simulation available in a xenon arc tester. The Xe-3 tester also is the only xenon test chamber to offer a dual spray option, allowing a second liquid (such as acid rain) to be sprayed onto test specimens. An optional chiller for low temperature applications also allows for simultaneous control of both black panel and chamber air temperature Models: Q-SUN Xe-3-H: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control Q-SUN Xe-3-HS: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control and spray Q-SUN Xe-3-HDS: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control and dual spray Q-SUN Xe-3-HBS: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control and back spray Q-SUN Xe-3-HC: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control and chiller Q-SUN Xe-3-HSC: full-spectrum sunlight with humidity control, spray and chiller
Q-SUN XE-2 XENON TEST CHAMBER
The Q-SUN Xe-2 rotating rack xenon arc test chamber reproduces the damage caused by full-spectrum sunlight and rain. In a few days or weeks, the Q-SUN Xe-2 tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. The Xe-2 tester is a full-featured weathering, lightfastness and photostability chamber at a breakthrough price. It provides precise control of critical test parameters including spectrum, irradiance, relative humidity, chamber temperature and black panel/black standard temperature. Water spray is also an available option. The versatile Q-SUN Xe-2 tester is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use rotating rack xenon arc tester available.
Q-SUN B02 Xenon Test Chamber
The Q-SUN B02 rotating rack xenon arc chamber reproduces the damage caused by full-spectrum sunlight and rain. It was designed specifically to meet the ISO 105 B02 standard for textile lightfastness testing. In a few days or weeks, the Q-SUN B02 tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. The B02 tester is affordable, full-featured, and has a large specimen capacity. It provides precise control of critical test parameters including spectrum, irradiance, relative humidity, chamber temperature and black standard temperature. Water spray is also an available option. The Q-SUN B02 tester is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use rotating rack xenon arc tester available. Q-SUN B02 - The New Standard in Lightfastness Testing The revolving drum Q-SUN Model B02 tester was designed specifically to meet the ISO 105 B02 standard for textile lightfastness testing. It uses the latest technology to provide precise control of critical test parameters including spectrum, irradiance, relative humidity, chamber temperature and black standard temperature. Models: Q-SUN B02: full-spectrum sunlight, revolving drum specimen holder, with humidity control Q-SUN B02-S: full-spectrum sunlight, revolving drum specimen holder, with humidity control and water spray
Q-FOG Cyclic Corrosion Tester
Cyclic corrosion testing provides the best possible laboratory simulation of natural atmospheric corrosion. Research indicates that test results are similar to outdoors in resulting structure, morphology, and relative corrosion rates Q-FOG cyclic corrosion chambers from Q-Lab can run traditional salt spray, Prohesion, and most cyclic automotive tests. Q-FOG chambers are available in two sizes to fulfill a wide range of testing requirements. Q-FOG cyclic corrosion testers are the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use corrosion testers available. Cyclic Corrosion Testing Prior to cyclic corrosion testing, conventional salt spray (a continuous salt spray at 35?C), was the standard way to simulate corrosion in a lab. Because conventional salt spray methods failed to mimic the natural wet/dry cycles of the outdoors, test results frequently provided poor correlation to outdoors. In a Q-FOG cyclic corrosion tester, specimens are exposed to a series of different environments in a repetitive cycle that mimics the outdoors. Simple cycles, such as Prohesion, may consist of cycling between salt fog and dry conditions. More sophisticated automotive methods may call for multi-step cycles that incorporate humidity or condensation, along with salt spray and dry-off. Within one Q-FOG chamber, it is possible to cycle through a series of the most significant corrosion environments. Even extremely complex test cycles can easily be programmed with the Q-FOG controller. Q-FOG corrosion test chambers are available in two types. Model SSP performs traditional salt spray and Prohesion tests. Model CCT performs salt spray, Prohesion, and 100% humidity for most cyclic automotive tests. Models: Q-FOG SSP-600: conventional salt spray and Prohesion tests, 600 liter chamber volume Q-FOG SSP-1100: conventional salt spray and Prohesion tests, 1100 liter chamber volume Q-FOG CCT-600: conventional salt spray, Prohesion, and 100% humidity, 600 liter chamber volume Q-FOG CCT-1100: conventional salt spray, Prohesion, and 100% humidity, 1100 liter chamber volume
QCT Condensation Tester
The QCT condensation tester simulates the damaging effects of outdoor moisture attack by condensing warm water directly onto test specimens. In a few days or weeks, the QCT tester can reproduce the damage due to moisture that occurs over months or years outdoors. The QCT tester is fast, easy to use and affordable. It uses 100% condensing humidity to simulate and accelerate damage caused by rain and dew on metals, paints, and organic materials. It accelerates over natural exposures by increasing moisture temperature. The QCT tester replaces water immersion and ordinary (non-condensing) humidity tests. The QCT condensation tester is used in thousands of labs in over 50 countries. It is the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to use condensation tester available.
Q-PANEL Standard Substrates
For over 50 years, Q-PANEL test substrates have been recognized as the world standard for a consistent and uniform test surface for paints, plating, adhesives, sealants, rust inhibitors and other coatings. Thousands of labs around the world use millions of our steel and aluminum panels every year for color development, weathering exposures, salt spray and corrosion testing, physical properties testing and quality control. A wide range of panel sizes and types are available for immediate shipment from stock. Look for the Q-shaped hole. It's our trademark and your assurance of quality. If coatings tests are to be reliable and reproducible, they must be performed on a substrate which is reasonably consistent from test to test. Unfortunately, ordinary commercial sheet steel displays wide variations in the surface properties which affect the bonding of coatings.
Q-RACK Outdoor Exposure Racks
Q-RACK outdoor exposure racks are the same aluminum racks that are used at Q-Lab Florida and Q-Lab Arizona to perform natural outdoor exposure tests. Now you can buy these professional quality racks to perform exposures at your own site. The durable Q-RACK design has been proven over decades of harsh subtropical and desert exposures. The racks are versatile, dependable, and affordable, and come in kit form for easy assembly. Q-RACK kits, accessories and non-standard mounting systems are available for different applications and testing requirements. They meet ISO, ASTM, SAE and other international standards for outdoor testing. The Q-RACK frame may be positioned at 0°, 5°, 45° or 90°. Q-RACK Outdoor Exposure Racks Q-RACK outdoor exposure rack kits are available in two types: direct exposure and under glass exposure. In direct exposure racks, specimens are directly exposed to the environment. It is the most common method for testing coatings, inks, plastics, or finishes used outdoors. Most typical test specimens can be easily mounted on a Q-RACK direct exposure system. Our direct exposure rack kits meet the requirements of ISO 877-2 Method A, ASTM G7, ASTM D4141, or SAE J1976 Under glass exposure racks are primarily used to test automotive interior materials. Specimens are exposed to sunlight behind special glass panels.