Q Lab_Direct 112297 -1865Limited spaces are available on Tuesday morning the 5th of February for a free ½ day seminar commencing 9.30am at our Castle Hill NSW lab, hosted in conjunction with  Nick Harkness Pty Ltd.  The seminar will be conducted by Rich Kish, International Sales Manager for Q-Lab, well known US manufacturers of UV weathering testers.

All polymers are subject to environmental conditions that cause them to deteriorate. The rate and type of deterioration depends on the type of polymer and its exposure to a variety of elements. Of primary importance to material degradation are light, heat and moisture acting on the surface of the material singularly or in concert with these and other variables.

This seminar will examine how these variables interact with polymers naturally and how this interaction may be simulated in a  laboratory and used to predict material life expectancy through accelerated test programs. This seminar focuses on various light sources and their spectral power distribution and how they can be used to identify an appropriate simulation to natural weathering.

Moisture uptake, heat and their effect on polymer degradation will also be discussed along with their role in polymer degradation. This seminar concludes by discussing how accelerated test data may be correlated with actual outdoor weathering in an attempt to predict the durability of a polymer product.

 The paint and coatings industry is extremely diverse and includes:

  • Architectural coatings
  • Industrial and maintenance coatings
  • Automotive coatings
  • Exterior stains and varnishes
  • Coil coatings
  • Powder coatings
  • Low VOC coatings
  • Marine coatings
  • Wood coatings
  • Roof coatings
  • Cool and IR reflective coatings
  • Additives
  • Pigments

If you wish to attend, simply complete the contact information on our Contact Us page, and in the testing information / Specific Standards box, type “UV Testing Seminar”.