QCT® Condensation Tester

Product catalog summary

Overview: The QCT Condensation Tester, also known as the Original Cleveland Cabinet, is designed to simulate the damaging effects of moisture on various materials such as metals, paints, and organic substances. It accelerates the natural exposure process by using 100% condensing humidity, making it a reliable tool for testing moisture resistance.

Key Features:

History and Pedigree: Developed by the Cleveland Society for Paint Technology, the QCT has been a standard in moisture resistance testing since 1965.
Variable Exposure Cycles: Users can program the tester for static humidity or cycles between hot condensation and dry-off, with temperatures ranging from room temperature to 70°C.
Fast and Versatile: Capable of screening paints, evaluating rust inhibitors, and testing wood finishes quickly and efficiently.
Simple Installation and Use: Easy to set up and operate, requiring only tap water and providing instant testing results.
Conformance with Global Standards: Meets ASTM D4585 and ISO 6270 standards for testing water resistance of coatings.

Principle of Operation: The QCT tester heats water to generate vapor, creating a 100% relative humidity environment. Test panels form the chamber walls, and condensation occurs due to a temperature differential, simulating outdoor moisture exposure.

Optional Accessories: An optional Humidity Enclosure accessory allows for testing in a fully saturated humidity environment, meeting ISO 6270-2 requirements.

Additional Features:

Large specimen capacity and full-color touchscreen display.
Durable construction with anodized and painted aluminum.
USB port for data transfer and software updates.
Standard caster wheels for mobility.
Easy calibration using any calibrated temperature probe.

Global Support: Q-Lab Corporation provides technical, sales, and repair support in over 120 countries, ensuring comprehensive customer service worldwide.

Catalog excerpts

Condensation Tester The Original Cleveland Cabinet

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WHY QCT? Moisture causes millions of dollars of material damage every year. The QCT condensation tester simulates the damaging effects of outdoor water attack. In a few days or weeks, the QCT tester can reproduce the damage due to moisture that occurs over months or years outdoors. The QCT tester is fast, easy to use, and affordable. It uses 100% condensing humidity to simulate and accelerate damage caused by rain and dew on metals, paints, and organic materials. It accelerates relative to natural exposures by increasing moisture temperature. The QCT tester replaces water immersion and ordinary...

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Water is an Enemy to Most Materials The QCT tester uses 100% condensing humidity to simulate and accelerate damage caused by dew. It accelerates relative to natural exposures by increasing moisture temperature. Time of Wetness Outdoors 20 18 16 Water causes metals to corrode, organics to decompose, and structures to disintegrate. Condensation is water that has been distilled from impure water, mixed with the atmosphere, and saturated with oxygen. This type of moisture has also been called “aggressive water”, because it carries oxygen with it as it contacts a material or diffuses through a coating....

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EASY CALIBRATION Using any calibrated temperature probe LARGE SPECIMEN CAPACITY FULL-COLOR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY In multiple languages Easy data transfer and software updates MULTI-COLOR LED LIGHT Conveniently indicates tester status at a glance DURABLE CONSTRUCTION Anodized and painted aluminum construction won’t rust STANDARD CASTER WHEELS Increases mobility when lab space is at a premium Optional Enclosed Humidity Accessory QCT condensation testers typically produce one-sided condensation by cooling the backs of specimens. The optional Humidity Enclosure accessory enables testing of specimens...

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OUR GLOBAL NETWORK We are committed to provide world-class technical, sales, and repair support in each of the 120 countries in which we operate. Visit Q-Lab.com/support for contact information specific to your location and inquiry type. GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS Q-LAB EUROPE Q-LAB DEUTSCHLAND Q-LAB CHINA Q-LAB FLORIDA Q-LAB ARIZONA SHANGHAI, CHINA [email protected] +86-21-5879-7970 BOLTON, ENGLAND [email protected] +44-1204-861616 LC-0870.1 | © 2024 Q-Lab Corporation. All rights reserved. See Q-Lab.com/Trademarks for trademark information SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY [email protected] +49-681-857470

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