India’s National Solar mission:
For the sake of sustainable future, India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change took place on January 11, 2010, with the launch of National Solar Mission (NSM). The focus of this initiative is to transform the country’s energy landscape by utilizing the power of sun and reducing its carbon footprint. To support the various schemes and initiatives, Qualitek Labs is a leading entity providing comprehensive testing for the success of the National Solar Mission
Role of Qualitek Labs
At present, India is actively adopting the solar energy as compared to traditional fossil fuels. Qualitek Lab plays most important role in supporting manufacturers, suppliers, institutions, and channels partners and ensures the quality and performance of various components of solar energy.
Services offered by Qualitek Labs:
Testing of Solar Photovoltaic modules (PV Module Testing)
One of the services offered by Qualitek Lab is testing of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) modules, the building blocks of solar power generation. These modules go through rigorous testing and makes sure it meets stringent quality standards. So that these modules may withstand the different environmental conditions across the country.
Furthermore, Qualitek Labs conducts thorough testing of Photovoltaic Solar Cells, Solar PV Power Converters/Inverters, batteries, Solar PV Water Pumping Systems, Solar PV Lighting Systems, and other associated components. This approach ensures each part of solar energy adheres infrastructure must meet highest quality and performance standards.
Solar thermal system testing:
Qualitek Labs’ capabilities not only limited to Photovoltaic systems testing but also the company is specializing in the testing of Solar Thermal Systems. We at Qualitek Lab ensures the efficiency and reliability of these systems and contributes to the goal of utilizing solar energy for both electricity generation and thermal applications.
As a rapidly growing country, where innovation is key to progress, Qualitek Labs is your reliable partner in advancing India’s solar ambitions. We have team of experts who are dedicated to guaranteed results.
In conclusion, as India is moving towards a greener and sustainable future, Qualitek lab plays a pivotal role in comprehensive testing solutions and emerges as a cornerstone in the success of the National Solar Mission. Qualitek Lab is contributing significantly to the realization of India’s renewable energy mission and global fight against climate change, by ensuring the reliability and efficiency of solar technologies.
What is Fly ash?
It is a fine powdery substance which is a by-product of coal combustion in power plants. It is produced when coal is burned at high temperatures. Fly ash is basically generated from thermal power plants. It is a problematic hazardous solid waste all over the world. The inimical effects of fly ash on environment is unavoidable. Therefore, it should be disposed properly.
Adding fly ash to soil for agricultural production can have both negative and positive impacts. It depends on various factors like the composition of the fly ash, soil properties, crop type and application rates. It contains variety of trace elements and minerals that may affect soil and plant health.
Soil Ameliorates.
Several studies proposed that it can be used as a soil ameliorate. Fly ash is a source of micro and macro nutrients .It has effectiveness in modification of soil health and crop performance. Although use of fly ash in agriculture is limited compared to other sections, its application in agriculture is one of the options available for disposal.
Negative Impacts on Soil.
However, it also contains toxic heavy metals like copper, cadmium, nickel, chromium, zinc, lead etc. which can move to plants and accumulate resulting in toxicity to plants and animals. Application of Fly ash in agriculture has many benefits but there is a disadvantage for its heavy metals content. Enormous application of fly ash should not be recommended for growing crops.
Agricultural lime application contributes to global warming as Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) assumed that all the carbon in agricultural lime is ultimately releases as carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. So fly ash can be used in agriculture as an eco-friendly and economic fertilizer instead of lime. Therefore, before addition to soil it is desirable to ensure that heavy metals content in fly ash does not exceed the permissible limit of human consumption.
Qualitek Labs
We at Qualitek Labs, Bhubaneswar is capable of offering mine and metal testing including fly ash in our state-of-the-art laboratory facility incorporative of technical expertise combined with the superior quality of our services. We provide innovative and best services to customers. We are specialized and trusted partner of choice for quality, health, safety, and sustainability solution.
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Introduction:
Toys safety Testing : The safety of children’s product, especially toys, is top most priority to parents and caretakers. To ensure that toys are free from any kind of harmful chemicals, stringent toy safety testing standards takes place. These toys safety testing standards are structured to safeguard kids from harm and provide hazard free products.
Need for Stringent Standards:
Children are very innovative, curious, and explorative. They use their senses to engage with the toys and their surroundings. Which makes it mandatory to test the toys thoroughly to assure young one’s safety. Manufacturers must adhere to stringent standards which covers some aspects of toys testing, such as, design, materials, manufacturing processes and labelling.
Toys safety testing at Qualitek Labs
Toys safety testing at Qualitek Labs goes through different parameters, it involves assessing of potential risks and hazards. These parameters include small parts that could pose choking hazard, toys with sharp edges, toxic chemicals in packaging used, flammability of Solids and Flashpoints of Volatile Materials, and mechanical and physical testing. Furthermore, durability and stability testing to ensure that toys can withstand the hardship of play without any breakage. At Qualitek Lab we offer testing feasibility with EN71-Part1 (Mechanical & Physical elements of the toy) & EN71-Part3 (Assesses the migration of certain chemicals from toy to children body).
Compliance and Certification:
Regulatory bodies around the world establish toy safety standards and guidelines to ensure consistency across the industry. BIS has established certain Indian Standards for toys which defines safety and quality requirements for different toys.
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ROLE OF ALUMINA TO SILICA RATIO ON SUITABILITY OF IRON ORE TO SERVE AS RAW MATERIAL FOR IRON PRODUCTION
Introduction:
Iron ore is the primary source of iron used in steel production, and its quality directly impacts the efficiency and economics of the iron-making process. When this ratio deviates from the desired range of 1:1 to 1:1.5, it can lead to a cascade of operational challenges in the metallurgical industry. The alumina to silica ratio influences various aspects of iron production.
India is one of the primitive manufacturers and users of iron and steel in the world. There is extensive resources of iron ore in India. But all iron ores are not suitable to use directly in metallurgical industries without prior beneficiation. Altogether, the quality of iron ore is considered based on the iron content.
Iron Testing
In iron ores, iron content is lowered according to the amount of gangue (SiO2, Al2O3) and contaminations present. If silica content in the raw material is high, more flux is added in the furnace. This causes higher slag volume and lower productivity. Besides, presence of high alumina significantly affects blast furnace productivity. High alumina slag is highly viscous. Larger quantity of flux addition is required to make it fluid. Due to larger slag volumes, coke consumption increases. To increase better productivity and slag flowability, it is desirable to have the alumina-silica ratio between 1:1 to 1:1.5 in the blast furnace feed.
Therefore, improper alumina to silica ratio causes series of operational problem during sintering and subsequently smelting in the blast furnace.
Solutions with Qualitek Lab:
Qualitek Labs, Bhubaneswar has emerged as a key player in providing solutions to the metallurgical industry. Their state-of-the-art laboratory facility is equipped to conduct comprehensive testing of minerals and ores.
Introduction
Packaging plays an important role in the world of modern manufacturing and distribution to ensure the integrity, safety, and quality of products. Whether it’s food, toys, textiles, electronics, or any other consumer goods, toxics in packaging material can lead to harmful consequences. It includes, compromised product quality, safety hazards, and financial losses.
We at Qualitek Lab offers package integrity testing to reduce these risks in the production and distribution process. This testing involves the measurement of a characteristic or property involved with packaging.
Furthermore, It involves various techniques and methods designed to assess the durability and reliability of packaging materials. These tests are essential to ensure that products remain safe, intact, and protected from external factors throughout their shelf life.
Services offered by Qualitek Labs
Qualitek Labs with its long experience and rich technical expertise can offer its services to help you meet the requirements of the new regulations. Some of the tests offered by Qualitek Labs include:
- Overall Migration as per IS 9845 (Plastic Materials)
- Colour Migration as per IS 9833
- Specific Migration to Heavy Metals
- Low Density Polyethylene Films (LDPE) as per IS 2508
- Water Vapor Transmission rates as per IS 1060 (Part 2)
- Tensile Strength and Elongation at break as per IS 2508
- Ink Adhesion and Product Resistance as per IS 14636& Others
List of various types of testing and equipment used by Qualitek Labs in the field of packaging testing and quality control:
- Burst Strength
- Edge Crush Test
- Altitude Chamber
- Compression Machine
- Rotary Vertical Vibration
- Drop Tester
In conclusion, Qualitek Labs in the field of packaging integrity testing is the unsung hero in the world of product safety. It ensures that the products we consume, and use are protected from external threats and maintain their quality until they reach us. we offer the testing facility to comply with a wide variety of industry Standards, government contracts, and military specifications as well as unique customer Requirements. Our experts and resources are always ready to provide you best services in terms of helping with your testing, timelines, and making your products. Reach out to us to know more.
In an ever-evolving world of commerce and industry, the need for trust and reliability is paramount.
Whether you are developing products, projects, or processes, you need trusted independent inspection to ensure that both your legal obligations and the standards you expect are met, at every stage. This is where Qualitek inspection services comes into play. We are more than just an inspection service; we are your trusted partners in ensuring the integrity of your products and supply chain.
Our comprehensive range of world-class inspection services helps you to reduce risk, control quality and quantity, and meet all relevant regulatory requirements across different regions and markets.
We work where trade takes place. We immerse ourselves in local rules and regulations, so we can respond swiftly and expertly to a client’s request by verifying the quality and quantity, nature, and condition of goods. Typically, inspections occur when goods are loaded or discharged during transit, but we also perform bespoke inspection services, right along the supply chain, minimizing risk while maximizing value for our clients.
These services occur at every step of the production, trade and transformation processes and include:
– Loading and discharge supervision
- Vessel hatch and hold inspection.
- Rake assessment
- Supervision of weighing / tally control
- Draft survey and tank gauging
- Sampling, samples preparation and sealing
- Traceability / identity preservation
WHY QUALITEK INSPECTION SERVICES?
With speed and accuracy, our inspection teams help customers verify of contractual conformity for a comprehensive range of commodities and goods, including minerals and metals, coal & coke, fertilizer, agricultural products, and consumer products.
With Use of Qualitek lab services, our clients will get all information on real time basis. Right from starting of job to Sample preparation, arrival of sample in lab to result declaration. Our LIMS ensures minimum human intervention and accuracy of analysis and report delivery.
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Introduction
Product safety testing is an important aspect of manufacturing and distribution process for electrical and electronics products. It includes evaluations and assessments of products to ensure the products must meet safety standards and regulations to safeguard users and environment. The very first step while product safety testing is the right classification of electronics products. For the reason, different products have different safety standards and regulations.
Qualitek Labs’ equipment capabilities:
Qualitek Lab is armed with various equipment capabilities to ensure quality and safety of your products. The list of various equipment is:
- ED XRF (Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence
- ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)
- GC-MS with Pyrolyzer (Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry with Pyrolyzer)
- Thermal Desorber
- Head Space Analyzer
- HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography)
In analytical chemistry and materials science laboratories, these above instruments are essential tools. This enables to analyze, identify, and quantify compounds in various sample matrices for research, quality control and regulatory compliance purposes. However, the choice of equipment totally depends on the certain analytical need and type of samples to be examined.
Some of the common Electrical safety tests and services provided by Qualitek Labs are:
- Energy related hazards.
- Electric Shock Hazard.
- Fire & Heat (thermal) related hazards.
- Mechanical hazards.
- Material testing.
- Radiation.
- Chemical hazards.
- EMF testing.
- Vibration tests and measurements.
- Acoustic tests and Endurance tests
- Dust and water ingress (IP) tests.
- Construction checks and expert opinion.
Tests offer by Qualitek Labs but not limited to:
- RoHS 2.0 (New EU Directive – 2019)
- ELV (End of Life of Vehicle)
- VOC Testing
- Odour testing
- Aldehyde Testing / Ketones Testing
Qualitek Labs have more than a decade of experience in the industry! Our experts and resources are always ready to provide you best services in terms of helping with your testing, timelines, and making your products.
Our job is to help you bring your product to the market quickly, in the right way, and without spending too much money. This way, your business can keep moving forward.
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Introduction:
Leather is very popular for making stylish bags, wallets, belts, shoes and jackets. But making leather look even more stylish and long lasting, involves some important checks. Aesthetic appeal of leather quality attracts the users and for the same leather testing takes place. Let’s talk about how the leather is being tested under different quality control measures to make it look appealing and influencing.
Qualitek Labs’ expertise
Qualitek labs experts helps your brand ensure the quality, durability and safety of every type Leather Testing such as footwear, including fashion and formal shoes, athletic footwear, specialized and professional footwear, and children’s shoes.
Qualitek Labs offers different physical tests under footwear :
- Sole bonding, seat piece, and sock liner adhesion assesses how different parts of the shoes such as sole, insole and inner lining are fixed together. And makes sure shoes look complete while using.
- Heel and outsole flexibility test measures the flexibility that how much shoe can bend.
- Heel attachment strength checks the sole and heel bonding as per regular usage.
- Pull tests for components and accessories are done to check if they can handle the everyday strain.
- Colour shading and colour fastness involves the colour shading is same in the whole product and fastening measures the shoe’s colour does not change in different conditions.
- Odour test checks if there is any kind of malodour exists which can effect user’s experience.
Similarly, there are few more tests are included at Qualitek labs like, size and fitting test, zip quality test, weight test, waterproof test, weather testing, slip resistance, fibre identification etc.
Why Qualitek Labs:
Qualitek labs take care of your items through testing consumer safety standard & regulatory requirement tests for footwear. We offer testing & assurance services in the different fields such as Food, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, Ayurvedic, Microbiological, Environment etc. We are accredited and lab and helps clients meet compliance requirements that the product should meet before being placed in the market.