USA-based Atlas, a supplier of material testing equipment, is excited to announce a new fluorescent UV testing device for accelerated weathering. Atlas has 90 years of experience in the development of weathering testing equipment.

The objective of artificial weathering is to reproduce real life product failures in a laboratory under accelerated and reproducible conditions. Fluorescent UV lamps are one light source used to simulate specific solar spectral power distributions. These sources are incorporated into fluorescent UV condensation devices like the new UVTest.

According to Atlas, the UVTest is a low cost economical artificial weathering device which has a number of easy to use features, including simple touch-screen operations and controls, pre-programmed and custom tests for error free operation, and advanced calibration technology.

Atlas’s engineering manager and UVTest project leader, Rich Schultz, commented: “Our engineering and design teams spent a considerable amount of time and effort reviewing the current state-of-the-art technology for fluorescent UV devices. Based on customer feedback and insight from industry experts, we were able to improve upon almost every aspect of the design and functionality without departing from established test environment geometry and performance, which is critical to the integrity of our customer's ongoing test programmes.”