Eternal Sun

• Industries
  • Solar Energy industry
  • R&D in Solar Energy
  • Manufacturing in Solar Energy
  • Certification in Solar Energy
  • Wholesale in Solar Energy
  • Financing & insurance in Solar Energy
  • Bio Energy industry
  • Chemical industry
  • Aerospace industry
  • Automotive industry
  • Electronics industry

The automotive industry has been growing since the beginning of the previous century, and is now one of earth’s most important economic sectors. The constant need for transportation has resulted in a highly matured and competitive industry. Great interest lies in durability and recyclability of materials because of the increasing environmental awareness. Nowadays, vehicles are graded on stricter and more precise characteristics than ever before. In markets such as these, reputation is essential and innovation a priority. New technologies and materials are constantly in development. Bad production quality can damage reputation, and may quickly result in a decline of sales. For this reason, testing along with the development process is essential.

What we offer

Eternal Sun provides specialized solar simulation systems that allow our customers in the automotive industry to test, inspect and certify automotive components in order to improve and sell them. Various forms of degradation testing, like weathering or accelerated life time testing (ALT), belong to the possibilities. Users can gain in-depth knowledge about the performance under extreme environmental conditions of newly developed parts or components. That is how the solar simulation systems of Eternal Sun contribute to innovation and durability.

R&D in Automotive

Within automotive research and development departments there is a need to efficiently and accurately investigate prototypes or car components in an experimental setting. A reliable and high quality setup allows the R&D department to effectively analyze and improve their prototypes for commercialization. With skilled expertise and testing equipment Eternal Sun helps R&D parties in the automotive industry to develop better cars and components that can get to the global market faster.

Manufacturing in Automotive

For manufacturers of automotive products and components, quality and quality control is essential. They can strongly benefit from sample or spot testing in different stages of the production process; it will lower risks and can save money by reducing the amount of rejects as a result of fabrication improvements. Degradation is the mayor cause for breakdown of plastic automotive parts, which can be prevented by testing on UV resistance and weathering. Certification of automotive components is done by independent institutes performing the same test procedures. With our expertise and high quality testing equipment Eternal Sun ensures manufacturers to produce cars that are reliable in any climate.

For the automotive industry, our unique benefits are:

• High accuracy sunlight simulation
  better uniformity  (<2%) and spectral match than traditional weatherometer systems.
• Separate control
  of UV-B, UV-A and visible sunlight, controlling acceleration factors.
• Compact system & flexible orientation
  optional integration with or suspension in climate chamber.
• Long lamp lifetimes
  1800 and 9000 hours, compared to 1000 hours of traditional Xenon light sources.
• Low system life-cycle costs
  compared to traditional Xenon weatherometers.

Contact us to find out how we can help you benefit from our tailored solar simulation systems.

Weathering of car parts and materials

Large area solar simulator

Climate chamber solar simulator

Eternal Sun

Address:

Eternal Sun B.V.
Wolga 11
2491 BK The Hague
The Netherlands

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