Paint thickness measurement is an essential step in manufacturing products that require reliable coatings for durability or performance. Some applications even use specialised coatings for corrosion protection to achieve an appealing finish or enhance mechanical functions. As such, it’s crucial to ensure sufficient and proper application. This calls for an accurate paint thickness gauge, which can provide precise measurements to help manufacturers make informed choices.
Why use it?
Also known as a coating thickness gauge, it’s a tool that enhances quality control and the appearance, efficiency, safety, and other critical qualities of a product. It’s used during manufacturing or during engineering applications requiring a certain coating thickness to comply with customer specifications or government regulations. Here are more benefits you can experience from using that device:
Ensure compliance and quality
Determining paint or coating thickness is crucial as it may impact the product's appearance, performance, and longevity. Thickness measurements must be accurate to understand the quality and capabilities of the coating. A high-quality paint thickness gauge offers superior flexibility to determine the thickness of a layer without damaging the material. It also ensures compliance with the ISO.
Easy to use
There’s no need to take a sample or drill through the material with a paint thickness gauge. It offers non-destructive on-site testing to improve productivity.
Eliminate waste
Manufacturers can minimise or eliminate excessive usage of coating and paint on goods and optimise their product’s overall performance. The gauge is user-friendly and versatile and uses non-destructive and precise paint thickness measurement methods to assess the product accurately.
Advanced technologies to safely measure materials
Some devices measure coating and paint thickness over metallic substrates using Eddy Current for nonferrous metals and magnetic induction for ferrous metals. A high-end paint thickness gauge can accurately measure epoxy or powder coat over metallic substrates.
You’ll also find paint thickness gauges that use ultrasonic technology to determine coating thickness on plastic, wood, and concrete surfaces. They use a high-frequency sound pulse that goes into the coating through a coupling gel and reflects from surfaces that differ in density. The gauge measures the time it takes for the sound pulse to travel from the probe to the substrate or coat interference and back.
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