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Q-Lab Receives Recognition at SPE CAD RETEC 2024
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Q-Lab is proud to have been recognized at SPE CAD RETEC 2024! The organization awarded Q-Lab with the Best Paper for last year's contribution High Irradiance Weathering Testing of Plastics, marking the third time Q-Lab has received this honor. The ph...
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ISO 105-B04, Test Protocol for Outdoor Testing of Textiles, Receives Significant Revision
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For the first time in over 30 years, the test standard ISO 105-B04 Textiles — Tests for colour fastness Part B04: Colour fastness to artificial weathering: Xenon arc fading lamp test has been updated. This revision clarifies the intent of the standar...
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Q-SUN Xe-3 Virtual Simulator
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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 li...
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Q-SUN Xe-2 Virtual Simulator
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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 ...
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Q-SUN Xe-1 Virtual Simulator
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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 lightfa...
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Why Is It Important to Reposition Specimens?
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Weathering test standards often include guidance on repositioning of test specimens. This is the practice of moving specimens to different locations within a test chamber over the course of a test. Q-Lab considers specimen repositioning a best practi...
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How many Langleys or joules or Watts/m2 do the Q-SUN and QUV testers produce?
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This question sounds straightforward, but it is based on some erroneous assumptions. Generally the person asking this intends to take the light output of the testers (expressed in Langleys, joules, or Watts/m2) and divide it by the intensity of outdo...
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What Does the “Back Spray” in SAE J2527 Accomplish?
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Automotive exterior testing has been using back spray for years. It’s required in order to run SAE J2527, the performance-based replacement for SAE J1960. This is the only standard that we know about which requires this odd function. Although we do o...
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Outdoor Furniture
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Background and Problem StatementQ-Lab worked to develop a correlative accelerated and outdoor testing program for an American manufacturer of high-end outdoor furniture. This company’s products are commonly installed in public places such as shared o...
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Carpet Fibers
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Problem StatementA manufacturer of interior carpet for automobiles had no in-house testing capability to optimize the expensive UV stabilizers in their product. They found themselves spending a significant amount of time and money sending their newly...
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