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May 6, 2014
By: KERRY PIANOFORTE
Editor, Coatings World
ACT Test Panels Hillsdale, MI 517-439-1484 Fax: 517-439-1652 www.acttestpanels.com • Test Panels Attributes/comments: ACT Test Panels offers over 10,000 unique panel products. They are available in over 50 substrates, pretreated or bare, and range in size from 1X2” to 12X24”. ACT grade panels are fully pedigreed and certified, highly customizable and superior testing quality. • Testing Services Attributes/comments: ACT Test Services is an accredited laboratory. The laboratory performs tests on materials such as paint, electrocoat, sealers and adhesives, metal forming lubricants, metal substrates, phosphateability and compatibility. Atlas Material Testing Technology, LLC Chicago, IL 773-327-4520 Fax: 773-327-5787 www.atlas-mts.com • Xenotest 440 Attributes/comments: The Xenotest 440 sets a new standard in economical, mid-sized, air-cooled xenon devices. It combines new XenoLogic twin-lamp operating technology offering high irradiance functionality with an efficient design that includes ultrasonic humidifiers to reduce water consumption. • Ci5000 Weather-ometer HE Attributes/comments: The Ci5000 Weather-ometer HE combines high capacity with a rotating rack mounting configuration, which optimizes uniformity of air flow, relative humidity temperature, and irradiance on sample surfaces Brookfield Engineering Laboratories Inc. Middleboro, MA 508-946-6200 Fax: 508-946-62-62 sales@brookfieldengineering.com www.brookfieldengineering.com • RST Touch Screen Rheometer Attributes/comments: Brookfield’s RST Touch Screen Rheometers operate in both controlled stress and controlled rate modes, and can perform testes including yield stress, creep behavior and recovery after flow. Offers quick comprehensive capability for making rheological measurements, whether its single point viscosity for QC, or R&D. • DV2T Touch Screen Viscometer Attributes/comments: Brookfields DV2T Viscometer with full color touch screen display guides users through test creation and data gathering analysis for fast and easy viscosity measurements. The DV2T offers programming capabilities and result analysis including data averaging, QC limits with alarms and ideal for paint and coatings industry. Boulder Imaging Louisville, CO 303-604-2368 marketing@boulderimaging.com www.boulderimaging.com • SCG Grind Gage Attributes/comments: Practical for any quality assurance lab; Boulder Imaging’s fully automated SCG grind gage inspection system provides accurate, repeatable, and retrievable grind analysis. By determining particle size and distribution far below what the eye can detect, the SCG eliminates human subjectivity. DeFelsko Corporation Ogdensburg, NY 800-448-3835 Fax: 315-393-8471 techsale@defelsko.com www.defelsko.com • PosiTector PC Powder Checker Attributes/comments: PosiTector PC Powder Checker measures uncured power coatings using ultrasonic technology to automatically calculate and display a predicated cured thickness. The PosiTector PC helps to control powder consumption to ensure adequate coverage and reduce waste. The updated PosiTector Powder Checker features a color LCD, an expanded internal memory and free access to our full suite of PosiSoft Solutions. The gage continually displays/updates basic statistics and automatically generates formatted reports with measurement summaries and charts. EIT Instrument Markets Sterling, VA 703-478-0700 Fax: 703-478-0815 uv@eit.com www.eit.com • Power Puck II Profiler Attributes/comments: The “Profiler” version of the Power Puck II functions as a standard Power Puck II instrument while adding the ability to transfer the collected data and irradiance profile to a computer for further analysis using EIT’s PowerView Software II. • EMI Compact Sensor Attributes/comments: The EMI Compact Sensor is a new product that features the same stable robust optics as the Compact Sensor. The EMI sensor has additional circuitry to allow it to be used in electrically noisy environments. Elcometer Ltd Manchester, UK +44 (0)161 371 6000 Fax: +44 (0)161 371 6010 sales@elcometer.com www.elcometer.com • Elcometer 510 Automatic Pull Off Adhesion Gauge Attributes/Comments: The Automatic Pull Off Adhesion Gauge accurately measures the strength of the bond between the coating and the substrate. The motorized hydraulic pump ensures smooth and continuous pressure application with adjustable pull rates from 0.1-1.4MPa/s to meet National and International Standards. • Elcometer 130 Salt Contamination Meter Attributes/Comments: Designed for use on-site or in the laboratory, the portable, hand-held gauge can accurately and reliably carry out 24 soluble surface salt tests per hour – nearly 5 times faster than other Bresle equivalent test methods under ISO 8502-6 & -9. EYE Applied Optix Mentor, OH 440-358-4739 Fax: 800-811-7395 Doug.vermillion@eyelighting.com www.eyesolarlux.com • EYE SUV-W161 Accelerated Weathering Chamber Attributes/comments: The EYE SUV-W161 is a unique UV durability chamber utilizing a proprietary Metal Halide based super high output UV irradiator. It is designed to perform highly accelerated testing allowing rapid discovery of durability issues, and quick product development / product quality resolutions. • EYE XER-W75 Xenon Weathering Chamber Attributes/comments: The EYE XER-W75 is a state of the art Xenon weather durability chamber designed to perform global standard testing on all types of materials. Its unique interchangeable sample frame system provides either high capacity sample testing or accelerated energy testing in a single chamber. Fischer Technology, Inc. Windsor, CT 860-683-0781 info@fischer-technology.com www.fischer-technology.com • Fischerscope MMS PC2 Attributes/comments: The modular design of this measuring system allows the user to combine and configure different test methods and probes for virtually any coating/substrate combinations; some methods available are: magnetic, beta-backsetter, micro-resistance and duplex. • Dualscope MP0R Pocket Instrument Attributes/comments: Measuring the thickness of coatings on parts determines how long and well they will perform. The new MP0R accurately and conveniently displays coatings thickness readings and the menu navigation on a new smart graphic display. Freeman Technology Tewkesbury, UK +44-1684-851551 Fax: +44-1684-851552 info@freemantech.co.uk www.freemantech.co.uk • FT4 Powder Rheometer Attributes/comments: FT4 Powder Rheometers use dynamic methodology, automated shear cells and bulk property tests to quantify the flow properties of powders. Hamamatsu Corporation Bridgewater, NJ 908-231-0960 usa@hamamatsu.com www.hamamatsu.com • Ex-Mini Excimer Lamp Light Source Attributes/comments: Hamamatsu EX-Mini modifies surfaces to improve adhesion of coatings and glues, and removes surface residues from glass and other substrates using VUV light. It is equipped with a rectangular RF-discharge excimer lamp that emits VUV light uniformly across a sample. Hoover Color Corporation Hiwasee, VA 540-980-7233 Fax: 540-980-8781 www.hoovercolor.com • Hoover Automatic Muller Attributes/comments: Pigment mulling with the Hoover Automatic Muller is easy, accurate and uniform. It is recognized in both ASTM and ISO standards as an approved way to prepare samples for color evaluation. The Muller is used universally throughout the pigment, ink, coatings, cosmetic, plastic and electronic chemical industries. Paul N. Gardner Company, Inc. Pomano Beach, FL 954-946-9454 Fax: 954-946-9309 www.gardco.com • Digital Microm II Attributes/comments: Gardco’s Digital II Micrometer Film Applicator offers 0.00005” (0.001mm) digital graduation. Single value LCD display with inch + metric readout. Satin chrome finish on thimble sleeve helps resist rust. Spindle lock to hold measurements in place • TQC Automatic Film Applicator Attributes/comments: TQC Automatic film applicator provides a reliable basis to apply coating films to test charts, panels or foils in a uniform and reproducible way in order to eliminate variations caused by human factors. Features: Automatic test chart clamp, Easy clean glass bed, Vacuum bed with built-in pump, Automatic bar coaters storage, Extensive operator safety features and more. Red Devil Equipment Company Plymouth, MN 763-852-1768 Fax: 763-533-0015 www.reddevilequipment.com • DynoLift Transfer Cart Attributes/comments: Safely and easily move hundreds of pounds of materials in pails, boxes, cartons or more in virtually any commercial environment with the all-new DynoLift Transfer Cart. Capable of carrying three five-gallon pails and four four-gallon cartons, the productivity-boosting DynoLift can replace hours of manual labor over the course of a day while virtually eliminating the risk of injury. • 05025-X1 Attributes/comments: Red Devil Equipment Company has gone beyond expectations to improve mixing again with the enhanced 05025-X1 Red D Mix. Rated for use in Class I, Division I, Groups C & D hazardous locations, the explosion-proof model has a smaller footprint to maximize space, new drive system to further reduce noise and wear and an even lower lift-height for easy loading. Stat-Ease Inc. Minneapolis, MN 612-378-9449 Fax: 612-746-2069 info@statease.com www.statease.com • Design-Expert Software, Version 9 Attributes/comments: Two-level factorial designs, general factortial studies, response surface methods, mixture designs, combinations of process, mixture and categorical factors.
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