Weathering and light exposure are important causes of damage to coatings, plastics, inks and other organic materials. This damage includes loss of gloss, fading, yellowing, cracking, peeling, embrittlement, loss of tensile strength and delamination. For many manufacturers, it is crucial to formulate products that can withstand weathering and light exposure. Accelerated weathering and light stability testers are widely used for research and development, quality control and material certification. These testers provide fast and reproducible results.
The increasing globalization of the coatings market intensifies the need for testing to improve product durability, meet quality standards of export markets, or decrease material costs to compete with imported products from emerging countries.