Experience

PanelClaw’s test data program is the most advanced in the industry, It encompasses a mixture of in-house and third-party expert testing coupled with rigorous in-house and outside peer review protocols. The result is the unmatched reliability track record of our flat roof mounting structures for our partners and their customers.

Our test program includes, but is not limited to:

1.  ANSI/UL2703-2015

• Electrical – bonding & ground path resistance testingBonding path resistance;
  Thermal cycling (TC-200);
  High current bonding conductor 125% and 200%; and
  Freeze/thaw (HF-10).
• Mechanical – load testing
• Positive load;
  Negative load; and
  Down-slope load.
• Fire – spread of flame testing

2.  Mechanical Load Transfer testing (lateral E/W/N/S)  to show compliance with SEAOC guidelines given PanelClaw’s Automated Wind and Seismic Design (AWSD) software algorithms and array layout rules.

3.  Vertical lift testing to determine Effective Wind Areas for use in wind design methodology

4.  Coefficient of friction testing following ASTM G115

5.  Boundary layer wind tunnel testing – spanning more than 8 years of annual testing

6.  Mechanical Load tests for mechanical attachments

7.  1,500 hour salt spray corrosion testing

8.  Lateral stiffness testing on tilted table to evaluate all connection points

9.  Roof wear testing to validate efficiency of roof protection pads