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Q-Lab is excited to announce the official release of the brand new TUV-421 lamps for QUV accelerated weathering testers. These innovative lamps help distribute a much broader spectrum of light, in comparison to your typical UVA-340 fluorescent lamps,...

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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

The QUV accelerated weathering tester reproduces the damage caused by sunlight, rain and dew. In a few days or weeks, the QUV UV tester can reproduce the damage that occurs over months or years outdoors. To simulate outdoor weathering, the QUV accele...

Background:  For a test in QUV we can choose between two conditions that give the same amount of total energy: Test A: Irradiance 0.65W/m2 for a time of 3000h.Test B: Irradiance 0.83W/m2 for 2500h.The testing samples are films, with a thick...