Outdoor Exposure Testing

The way to see how climates actually affect specimens installed outside. Exposing plastics, rubbers, metals, and coatings used for vehicles and building materials to outdoor daylight causes deformation, discoloration, rust, and other kinds of deterioration. Those materials must have long-term durability, and it is important to know how materials are affected by exposing them to outdoor environments and the durability of the materials. Exposure testing refers to testing that is performed to determine the durability of materials.
According to JIS Z2381 (General requirements for atmospheric exposure testing), exposure testing is defined as, "A test exposing materials under atmospheric or shielded environments to evaluate their chemical and physical properties and changes."

Pros:This test reproduces results more accurately.

Cons: It requires an extensive amount of time.

Accelerated Weathering Testing Using an Artificial Light Source

To reproduce the conditions of the indoors and outdoors such as sunlight, temperature,
humidity, and precipitation artificially, thereby facilitating degradation to predict the lifespan
of products and materials quickly.

Pros:It can be experimented based on short term.

Cons:It is hard to assess deterioration through general usage accurately.

As such, we are striving to build a more accurate method assessment by designing our outdoor exposure testing and accelerated weathering testing to gather more data over a longer time period.