Atlas provides instrument solutions to test printing, converted packaging materials, and product-in-packaging, from small test specimens up to 2 liter bottles. The light can be tailored to test to direct full spectrum solar radiation, window-glass filtered daylight, automotive interior light, or artificial store lighting depending on your needs. While all Atlas
xenon instruments can be used, we have developed special Food & Drink (FD) application-specific models especially tailored to packaging and content testing.
Outdoor exposures at our test sites such as our Miami or Phoenix area facilities are also common for products that will see outdoor exposures. One major beverage manufacturer has us pour a glass of cola beverage and expose for 30 minutes at noon, then seal and return to them for flavor and color analysis. Our commercial laboratories in the US and Germany can provide contract testing as well.
Atlas’ consulting group can help advise how best to test as well as provide guidance on test parameters such as equivalence to supermarket retail exposure.
While all Atlas xenon instruments can be used for lightfastness and photo stability testing, our
SUNTEST XLS+,
SUNTEST XXL+ FD and
Xenotest Beta FD models are the most widely used for packaging and content testing. Small flat goods such as printed packaging and retort pouches can also be tested in the benchtop
SUNTEST CPS+ and
XLS+ instruments.
FD models are equipped with chillers to provide lower test temperatures than routine testing, often needed to prevent thermal degradation of labile samples (optional on the
SUNTEST XLS+ and
CPS+)