Corrosion Testing System Articles & Analysis
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Q-Lab Corporation is pleased to announce The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently named them one of the best businesses to work for in Northeast Ohio for the third time. The company received the honor for the first time in 2012, and again in 2015. This year’s list includes 100 companies in three divisions, and Q-Lab ranked as one of the best workplaces in its category. All recognized ...
Q-Lab Corporation, the worldwide leader in accelerated weathering and corrosion equipment and exposure test services, announced that 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of its representative office, Q-Lab China. It also commemorates 30 years of sales in China through its extensive sales and distribution network. Coinciding with these anniversaries, Q-Lab is proud to announce that Q-Lab China is now ...
Q-Lab Corporation is pleased to announce that, for the second time,The Cleveland Plain Dealerrecently named them one of the best small businesses to work for in Northeast Ohio. The company received the honor for the first time in 2012. Employees and community members nominated over 1000 companies, nonprofits, and government agencies to participate in an employee satisfaction survey organized ...
Q-Lab, the worldwide leader in accelerated weathering equipment and outdoor exposure test services, is pleased to announce that Mr. Sean Fowler was recently appointed as Vice-Chairman of the US Technical Advisory Group of TC156 for ISO. This group focuses on the corrosion of metals and alloys. Some of the important corrosion standards covered by this committee are: ISO 9227 (corrosion tests in ...
Gary has over 37 years of experience in the field of polymers and extensive technical expertise in the area of mechanical and chemical testing of polymers, plastics, and rubber. Q-Lab’s products and services are extensively used in the paint, plastics, and automotive industries for R&D, quality control, and to test for weathering durability. Q-Lab ...
Q-Lab, the worldwide leader in accelerated weathering equipment and outdoor exposure test services, is pleased to announce that Mr. Brad Reis was recently elected as Chairman of ASTM’s Subcommittee D01.27. This group focuses on accelerated testing for paints and coatings. Brad has been serving as temporary chair of this subcommittee since June 2013. Brad is an active member of numerous ...
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions worldwide, will underline the critical need to advance safety and quality tools and techniques for the ongoing development of the oil and gas market at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston this week. Technical experts from Intertek will address key trends during the event including latest developments in shale oil and ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified AllenCo Energy Inc. of violations at its South Los Angeles oil production facility following the agency’s November 6, 2013 inspection. EPA’s investigation, prompted by community complaints regarding emissions coming from the facility, uncovered violations of both the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. “By failing to ...
If you were walking around Q-Lab’s headquarters or any of our global locations, it wouldn’t take long to hear someone — sales professionals, product engineers, help desk technicians, marketing application specialists, upper management, etc. — mention ASTM. This is because standards are essential to what we do. Q-Lab is a global leader in weathering and corrosion test ...
Electrical devices that contain electrical contacts generally contain some copper-based materials. Atmospheric corrosion of copper parts in such devices often occurs in service environments. A quantitative measure of the effect of a laboratory corrosion test on copper permits assessment of the severity of the test. In addition, corrosion tests may be defined in terms of their effect on copper; ...
These test methods describe laboratory tests for comparing the resistance of stainless steels and related alloys to the initiation of pitting and crevice corrosion. The results may be used for ranking alloys in order of increasing resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion initiation under the specific conditions of these methods. Methods A and B are designed to cause the breakdown of Type 304 ...