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Home›News›UV Testing of Plastics and Components to ISO 4892-2

UV Testing of Plastics and Components to ISO 4892-2

By Paul Skelton
19/11/2012
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Austest Laboratories now offers UV testing of components and plastics for lightfastness, colourfastness, and photostability in a new chamber reproducing the entire spectrum of sunlight, including ultraviolet (UV), visible light and infrared (IR) from 295nm to 800nm.

The chamber includes moisture through water spray, humidity and temperature conditioning for accelerated life testing of plastics and components.

In a few days or weeks, the UV tester can reproduce the damage caused by full-spectrum sunlight and rain that occurs over months or years in the field.

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The chamber is fully calibrated and meets the requirements of ISO 4892-2 (along with numerous ASTM standards) and Annex AA of AS/IEC 60335-2-109 for UV radiation conditioning.

The UV tester is a key research and development and quality control tool for testing materials that are exposed to direct sunlight, sunlight through window glass or even harsh indoor lighting from fluorescent or halogen lamps.

The UV tester augments Austest Labs existing environmental facilities covering salt spray/mist, temperature and humidity cycling from -40°C to +150°C and vibration.

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