Operating Manual Xenotest
®
220/220+
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7
Operation
7.6 Settings for test programs
The Xenotest 220 control panel allows for the program
-
ming of six test programs. The program parameters are
entered in pre-structured program steps on the instrument
control panel.
The Xenotest 220+ control panel allows for the program
-
ming of ten test programs in addition to the already pre-
programmed tests. The parameters are entered with user
guidance on the instrument control panel touch-screen.
NOTE – software documentation
The programming of the test programs is explained in the
separate software documentation manual.
Tab. 2, 3 and 4
contain the settings recommended by
Atlas for the Xenotest 220/220+ for the specified test
methods according to AATCC TM16, ISO 105-B02 and
ISO 105-B04.
Table 3
ISO 105-B02
Test method
Test conditions
Normal
Extreme
(low humidity)
Extreme
(high humidity)
American
conditions
Climate zones
moderate
dry
humid-warm
Light fastness scale
(blue wool scale)
ISO series 1 to 8
AATCC series
L2 to L9
Black Standard Temperature
(BST)
48 ± 2 °C
63 ± 2 °C
43 ± 2 °C
65 ± 1 °C
Black Panel Temperature
(BPT)
—
—
—
63 ± 3 °C
Effective humidity
Contrast of the
blue wool scale 5
corresponds to the
control color for
the density,
equal to gray scale
step 4
Contrast of the
blue wool scale 6
corresponds to the
control color for
the density,
equal to gray scale
step 3 – 4
Contrast of the
blue wool scale 3
corresponds to the
control color for
the density,
equal to gray scale
step 4
low,
control color
for density,
equal to blue
wool scale
L6 to L7
Relative humidity
typically approx. 40% typically below 15% typically approx. 85%
30 ± 5%
Irradiance
Measured and/or controlled to 42 ± 2 W/m
2
in the range from 300 to 400 nm
or 1.10 ± 0.02 W/m
2
/nm at 420 nm
AATCC TM16
Test method
Option 3
Light fastness scale
(blue wool scale)
AATCC series
L2 to L9
Black Standard Temperature (BST)
70 ± 1 °C
Black Panel Temperature (BPT)
63 ± 1 °C
Test chamber temperature (CHT)
43 ± 1 °C
Relative humidity
light cycle dark cycle
.
30 ± 5%
Phases times
light cycle dark cycle
continuous
Irradiance W/m
2
/nm
(at 420 nm)
1.10 ± 0.03
Irradiance W/m
2
(300 – 400 nm)
48 ± 1
Table 2
