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Seattle, Check Out How Nissan Helps Combat Paint Fading
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(Posted on Dec 27, 2018 at 09:48AM by Michelle Bogle)

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One downside of vehicle ownership is how the sunâ€™s rays can wear a paint finish, even when you take the best care in maintaining its exterior. However, the engineers at Nissan have found a way to help mitigate this problem with their Xenon Weather-Ometer (XWO) â€“ a sunlight UV exposure tool that evaluates material durability in different climate conditions.

Based in Nissanâ€™s technical center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the XWO uses a 4,000-watt xenon light bulb designed to emit the same wavelengths of light as the sun. But, since the tool is enclosed in a controlled environment, it can run 24 hours a day without interruption from cloudy weather or nighttime skies. This also enables Nissan the ability to complete their UV exposure tests in half the time compared to tests that use actual sunlight.

The XWO can hold 100 material samples at once of new paints, plastics and other vehicle elements to test them before using them in the production of their vehicles, like the Titan or Rogue. The samples rotate around the light bulb to simulate how the sun moves around a car over the course of a day. Nissan still tests how materials react to UV rays using actual sunlight, but the XWO helps to accelerate the process by weeding out inferior materials and reducing waste.

To learn more about Nissanâ€™s XWO technology and other quality tests, contact our dealership in Seattle, Washington, for details.