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Multi-angle color measurement

Article No. 7032

BYK-mac i COLOR
Multi-angle spectro including software

  • Measuring area: 23 mm diameter
  • Menu guided operation according to your own sampling procedure
  • Pass/Fail results displayed on the instrument for instant feed back at the line
  • Professional data documentation and analysis with smart-chart software

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Features

The BYK-mac i COLOR controls the lightness and color flop of an effect finish by measuring under different viewing angles. Additionally, it detects and quantifies fluorescent light in the visible range.

  • Total color impression:
    • ­5-angle color measurement for light/dark travel evaluation:
      15° / 25° / 45° / 75° / 110°
    • Additional color measurement behind the gloss for color flop analysis: -15°
  • Detection and quantification of fluorescent light excited in the visible range; Intensity Emission Value
  • Excellent agreement between instruments allowing usage of digital standards among the supply chain
  • Stable, long-term calibration – needed only every three months
  • Temperature independent results between 10 – 40° C – without calibration
  • Stable positioning due to 4 trigger pins on bottom plate – operator influence minimized
  • 10 year warranty on LED light source – no lamp changes needed

Standards

DIN EN ISO

11664

ASTM

D2244 E308 E1164 E2194

SAE

J1545

DIN

5033 5036 6174 6175-2

Knowledge

Multi-angle Color Measurement

Today effect finishes play a dominant role in many applications as they make an object distinctively appealing. In contrast to conventional solid colors, effect finishes change their appearance with viewing angle and lighting conditions. Interference finishes show not only a lightness change with different viewing angle, but also a change in chroma and hue. The latest developments are special effect pigments, which create sparkling effects when lighting conditions change from sunlight to cloudy sky.In order to describe these effects objectively instrumental measurement is performed with multi-angle spectrophotometers. The following article reviews visual evaluation of effect coatings, measurement principle of a multi-angle and effect spectrophotometer and illustrates data interpretation of sparkle and graininess values.

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