Orix Group Starts Testing Services for Renewal Energy Related Equipment

Orix Rentec Corp., a leading Japanese test and measurement equipment rental company, announced on October 27, 2011, that it has established its Kobe Testing Center to start performance evaluations and reliability testing services for renewable energy related equipment.

With the Japanese market for renewable energy and storage batteries expanding, manufacturers in Japan and overseas have also been rapidly increasing their demands for testing services aimed at enhancing reliability, such as the long-term durability of products and components. In response to these trends, the new center also provides a wide variety of tests and testing laboratories.

The Center's solar panel testing area supports long-term durability testing with an additional site for performing acceleration tests and with its X-ray observation equipment, the industry's first testing equipment for large panels. The storage battery recharging and discharging test area performs recharging and discharging tests needed to develop large-capacity storage batteries for solar power generation. And the reliability test area conducts heat shock, condensation, and freezing tests for environmental performance and product durability evaluation, making it a one-stop laboratory for performing all assessments from testing through inspection.

Posted: 2012/02/02 06:00:15 AM