Q-PANEL - The World’s Standard Test Substrate
Q-PANEL® aluminum and steel panels have been the world’s most recognizable and widely-used standard substrates since 1956.
These consistent, clean, convenient, and cost-effective test substrates are essential to paints, automotive, building products, and a host of other industries.
The Most Trusted Name in Weathering and Corrosion
Q-Lab is the world leader for affordable, reliable, and easy-to-use weathering, lightfastness, and corrosion test equipment and test services.
Will your products last outdoors?
Don’t guess when you can test!
We Make Corrosion Testing Simple
Cyclic corrosion testing provides the best laboratory simulation of natural atmospheric corrosion.
In just a few days or weeks, Q-Lab’s line of Q-FOG® test chambers can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors.
We Make Weathering Testing Simple
QUV® fluorescent UV and Q-SUN® xenon arc weathering test chambers simulate and accelerate the three main forces of weathering: sunlight, heat, and moisture.
In just a few days or weeks, they can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors.
Will Your Products Last Outdoors?
Outdoor exposure testing at Q-Lab’s benchmark locations in Florida and Arizona is the perfect complement to accelerated laboratory testing. It is also realistic, inexpensive, and fast.
Will your products last outdoors?
Don’t guess when you can test!
TUV-421 Lamps
A true breakthrough in UV fluorescent testing
- Provides an extended spectrum that includes more longwave UV and shortwave visible light than typical UV fluorescent lamps, allowing for improved testing of resistance to color change
- Compatible with all QUV testers in the field that have SOLAR EYE irradiance control
- Significant cost savings opportunity
Q-SUN® Xe-8 Xenon Arc Test Chamber
The NEW standard in large capacity, rotating rack xenon arc weathering testers
- Reproduces damage from full-spectrum sunlight, heat, and water
- Features huge-capacity rotating rack - up to 164 specimens
- On-board sensor array with 340 nm 420 nm, and TUV (300-400) irradiance control, plus dual BP and IBP temperature sensors
- LIGHT/YEAR® xenon arc lamps warrantied for 8,000 hours at normal irradiance
- Efficient, space-saving design with all repairs/maintenance from the front and top
Q-FOG® CRH Cyclic Corrosion Tester
The world’s most versatile corrosion test chamber
- Performs all major automotive test standards
- Meets the most stringent rapid ramp times, even with a fully-loaded chamber
- Controls both temperature and relative humidity precisely, viewable on-screen in real time
- Fully-programmable in 17 languages, with easy-to-use dual, full-color touchscreens
Why Choose Q-Lab?
Customers around the world choose Q-Lab because we make their work lives easier.
Whether purchasing our accelerated test chambers, testing at one of our ISO 17025 accredited testing facilities, or working with our dedicated repair and support team, you’ll experience the simplicity of Q-Lab’s customer-first approach.
At Q-Lab, We Make Testing Simple.
Why Should I Test?
Accelerated laboratory and outdoor weathering and corrosion testing are not used only to improve product durability. Testing is also a invaluable tool for quality control, research and development, cost reduction, warranty support, and product certification.
Considering all the benefits of testing, the better question is, can you really afford not to test?
Weathering Testing
A weathering test program doesn’t have to be expensive or take years to achieve meaningful results. Accelerated laboratory testing, combined with outdoor exposures, can deliver critical information that helps you make better decisions, in a matter of weeks or months.
Corrosion Testing
Corrosion causes billions of dollars in product and infrastructure damage every year. Laboratory cyclic corrosion testing is the foundation of any program to evaluate and improve the performance of products subjected to natural atmospheric corrosive environments.
Q-PANEL Steel Panels
Q-PANEL® steel test substrates minimize metal variability as a source of bias in critical tests. Made from standard low-carbon, cold-rolled steel, they are clean, consistent, convenient, and cost-effective.
A wide range of panel sizes and types are available for immediate shipment from stock. Panels are stored completely clean and typically can be used right out of the box.
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