Senze-Instruments

The optimised scratch hardness tester LINEARTESTER 249 is intended, in addition to its
original purpose of application, i. e. to establish the ability of a surfaces to resist
damage by scratching, also for several other tests:
- Scribe/Scratch tests
- To and fro-cycle abrasion tests
- Crockmeter tests
- MEK tests, tests determining the resistance
against solvents in general or wipe test,
respectively.

The required scratching force in the range of (0.5 to 20) N is set by moving the weight along the
reciprocating beam, making use of a setting scale.
(An additional load weight of (1 – 40) N is optionally available.)

X-RITE VeriColor Spectro
Improve quality control and reduce operating expense

The VeriColor Spectro is especially made to provide lab quality accuracy in measuring colors while being exposed to the rigors of a manufacturing environment. “Any company that has a tight tolerance on the color of its products – automotive interiors, vinyl siding, office furniture trim – should see a very favorable rate of return by using the VeriColor Spectro,” said Kenneth Phillips, product manager for non-contact instruments. “Companies that employ this instrument will have a competitive advantage because it promotes first-time quality and provides data for highly efficient manufacturing.”
The VeriColor Spectro can read colors accurately in a shop floor environment under conditions of fluctuating temperatures, vibration, high humidity and variable lighting. The instrument measures colors at a distance of 10 cm from the test surface without need of frequent calibration, and it precisely measures the color of products with varied textures.

This is the new Erichsen's Film Applicator and Drying Time Recorder
COATMASTER 510,
This compact combined film applicator and testing instrument is equipped with
free adjustable application speed in the range of 0.1 - 19.9 / 20 - 100 mm/s
as well as free adjustable dryness test time in the range of 0.1 - 19.9 /
20 - 108 min/cm.
An ejector attachment (vacuum function to fix the substrates using by vacuum suction
plates) is already integrated into the basic unit.

If the appropriate accessories will be selected the new COATMASTER 510 can used
as a high-precision film applicator (specimen platforms, assembly attachments, applicator etc.)
as well as a drying time recorder (test tools, holder etc.).

Designed for durability and highprecision, MiniTest 650 is the ideal
tool for any measuring task in the finishing industry.
The rugged and easy-to-handle thickness gauge combines extended
mechanical life on the one hand and high accuracy on the other hand to meet the requirements of any professional user in the shipbuilding, automotive, bridge building, construction or other industry.
According to model, MiniTest 650 is suitable to measure
- any non-magnetic coatings such as paint, enamel, chrome and
zinc on steel
- any insulating coatings on nonferrous metals such as paint, anodising, ceramics on aluminium, copper, zinc die-cast, brass, etc.
The battery-operated gauge features a backlit display and a one meter sensor cable. The newly developed one pole sensor is made of a wearand-tear resistant carbide material to ensure a virtually unlimited life cycle under normal condition use.
An optimal ram- and impact-protection is provided through the rubber rimmed casing. Via an USB interface, the MiniTest 650 can be connected to a PC for on-line measurements or display of the statistics.
All gauges of the MiniTest 650 series provide a complete statistics calculated from max. 9999 readingswith mean value, standard deviation, number of readings, minimum and maximum - and this at a very competitive price!

ERICHSEN likes to introduce the new Glossmeter PICOGLOSS 560 MC-S, which is one of the smallest portable gloss-measuring devices ever designed. Especially even due to the continuously increasing number of enquiries from the automotive range regarding gloss measurements on small parts, the PICOGLOSS 560 MC-S provides with its remarkably small measuring aperture (round, 3 mm Ø) the possibility of gloss measurements.
Other common Glossmeters measure a larger area and the value is an “average” of its mixed impression. But, unfortunately, such common Glossmeters are not suitable to be used for the often enquired gloss measurements on a lot of small specimens to be measured, because their larger measuring aperture will be not completely covered by these specimens and, for example, ambient light influence makes the results unusable.
Alternatively, the gloss can be measured on parallel coated test panels with suitable dimensions.