Test products to ensure their weatherability in winter snow storms
With potential history-making Winter Storm Juno set to be a blizzard in 7 USA states almost upon us, manufacturers of outdoor products may be wondering how their products will hold up under the predicted extreme cold temperatures blustery wind, and 1-3 feet of snow.
Today, we received a request from a Waterproofing Materials Manufacturer that needs a laboratory for testing the insulation properties for coating on concrete at a temperature of minus 30 degrees. This request is number 15-00148 in our incoming Laboratory Testing Requests.
When developing a product, manufacturers need to consider designing it for the temperatures that it will encounter and be subjected to over its lifetime. Weathering testing can either be done by Real-Time Studies or Accelerated Studies. Both simulate the damage caused by sunlight, rain, and dew. Some testing done is weatherability, lightfastness, colorfastness, corrosion, and photostability . ASTM, ISO, BSI, DIN, JIS, SAE, AATCC all have standards related to weathering testing. To learn more about weathering testing, visit our Weathering Page.
If your company is manufacturing or distributing a product that needs weathering testing, SUBMIT LAB TEST REQUEST
