Today, let's take a look at the standards for UV aging testing? The first principle of the experiment is to simulate the damage caused by solar ultraviolet light, by exposing the tested material to controlled high temperature light to conduct urban weather resistance testing on the material. It uses ultraviolet lamps to simulate the radiation effect of sunlight, and simulates dew and rain through condensation and water spraying. In just a few days or weeks, the ultraviolet irradiation equipment can withstand the damage that takes months or even years to occur outdoors, including fading, color changes, loss of luster, powdering, cracking, wrinkling, foaming, brittleness, strength reduction, oxidation, etc. Its test results can be used to select new materials, improve existing materials, or evaluate changes in material formulations.
1、 Photoaging (UV aging, xenon arc lamp aging)
Applicable products: rubber and plastic, coatings, ink products for outdoor and indoor use, communication, electrical equipment casings, automotive parts, motorcycle accessories, etc
Reference standards: UV aging: GB/T 18950, ASTM G 154, ASTM D-4674, ASTM-D6674, etc
Xenon arc lamp aging: GB/T 8427, GB/T1865, ASTM D4355, ASTM G155, JIS K5600
Test equipment: UV aging test chamber, xenon lamp aging test
2、 Thermal aging
Applicable products: Various products undergo heat aging testing, such as PBC boards, insulation rubber in electrical appliances, and products with long lifespan requirements; Examine the changes in product performance of materials over time and assess the reliability of product use.
Reference standard: GB/T7141; ASTM D3045; JIS K 6257
Experimental equipment: blast drying oven, drying oven, hot air circulation drying oven, high and low temperature testing oven ..
3、 Warm aging
Applicable products: Water sensitive materials such as PET, PBT, etc. Electronic materials, rubber materials.
Reference standard: GB/T 15905; GB/T 2573; Each product and enterprise standard
Test equipment: Constant temperature and humidity test chamber. High and low temperature damp heat test chamber.
4、 High and low temperature cyclic aging
Applicable products: architectural coatings, equipment for special environments
Reference standard: GB/T 10125; JG/T 25
Test equipment: High and low temperature test chamber
5、 Ozone aging
Applicable products: Investigate the ozone resistance performance of new elastomers such as rubber.
Reference standard: GB/T 7762; GB/T24134; GB/T13642; HG/T 2869; JIS K 6259; ASTM D 1149
Test equipment: Ozone aging test chamber
6、 Salt spray aging - neutral salt spray, copper accelerated salt spray test, acetic acid salt spray test, salt spray test
Applicable products: various coatings, such as building exterior wall coatings, marine coatings, container coatings, and various coatings
Reference standard: GB/T 10125; GB/T12000; ASTM D117; JIS Z 2371
Test equipment: Salt spray testing machine
7、 The UV aging test standard meets the following criteria:
In GB/T14552-2008 "National Standard of the People's Republic of China - Plastic, Coating, and Rubber Materials for Mechanical Industry Products - Accelerated Test Method for Artificial Climate", section a is the fluorescent ultraviolet condensation test method;
GB/T16422.3-1997 GB/T16585-96 correlation analysis methods;
GB/T16585-1996 "National Standard of the People's Republic of China - Test Method for Artificial Climate Aging of Vulcanized Rubber (Fluorescent UV Lamp)";
Design and manufacturing standards for corresponding standard clauses such as GB/T16422.3-1997 "Plastic Laboratory Light Source Exposure Test Method";
Complies with international testing standards such as ASTM D4329, ISO 4892-3, ISO 11507, SAE J2020, and other current UV aging test standards.
8、 UV aging technology parameter standards:
(1) Temperature and humidity range: Temperature range of 40-70 ℃; Blackboard measurement range: 45-80 ℃; Condensation temperature range: 40~60 ℃; Light temperature: 50~70 ℃; Humidity range: ≥ 90% RH;
(2) Temperature fluctuation: fluctuation: ± 3 ℃; Resolution: 0.1 ℃
(3) Center distance of lamp: 70mm (center distance between test sample and lamp tube: 50 ± 3mm)
(4) Lamp brand and model: ATLAS imported UVA-340 (315-400nm) and UVB-313 (280-315nm) from the United States (optional)
(5) Radiation intensity: adjustable within 0.35-0.9W/m2/;
(6) Temperature control method: PID self-tuning temperature control method.
9、 UV aging test standard control system:
(1) Program mode: Running mode: Program mode, fixed value mode;
(2) Setting method: Chinese menu, touch screen input;
(3) Interface language type: Chinese/English;
(4) Program editing: 120 sets of programs can be programmed, with a maximum of 100 segments per set, and can be set to run in a loop;
(5) Blackboard temperature monitoring: using standard Pt-100 blackboard temperature sensors to accurately control the surface temperature of the sample during the testing process;
(6) Communication interface: (RS232/RS485, maximum communication distance of 1.2km [fiber optic can reach 30km]);
(7) Auxiliary functions: fault alarm and cause, processing prompt function, power-off protection function, timing function (automatic start and automatic stop operation), self diagnostic function.
(14) Size and weight
(15) Inner box size: approximately 1160 × 450 × 500mm (W * H * D)
(16) Outer box size: approximately 1300 × 1470 × 600mm (W * H * D)
(17) Weight: Approximately 150kg