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BYK Instruments - Product Videos Appearance, Color & Physical Test

Gloss

Orange Peel

Transparency

Mottling

Solid Colors

spectro-guide
The entrance model for simple color control

Solid Colors

spectro2guide
The top model measures color and color stability

Metallic Colors

BYK-mac i
Multi-angle color & effect control

Light Booths

byko-spectra effect
Visual color control of metallic finishes

Testing finishes in wet stage

Testing finishes in dry stage

Appearance Videos

Watch our videos about gloss, orange peel, transparency and mottling.

Watch our videos about gloss, orange peel, transparency and mottling.

Gloss

The micro-gloss family

The smart way for your gloss measurement

Quick gloss measurements

How to take readings and save the results

Gloss measurement using statistics

How to measure gloss with statistical evaluation

Gloss

Check gloss uniformity on large areas

How to use the famous continuous mode

Compare sample and standard

How to evaluate fast using the pass / fail mode

Document gloss data in Excel

How to analyze measurement data with easy-link software

Orange Peel

The wave-scan family

How to measure orange peel objectively

Robotic Solutions

Automation of color & orange peel for process control with 'Roger'

Get to know our new co-worker and automate your color & appearance measurement.

Get to know our new co-worker and automate your color & appearance measurement.

Transparency

How to achieve the objective standard for a clear view

Mottling

How to control mottling on effect finishes

Watch our videos about solid color, metallic color and our light booths.

Watch our videos about solid color, metallic color and our light booths.

Solid Colors

The spectro-guide family

How to measure color & gloss with one single instrument

Calibrate the spectro-guide

How to verify and calibrate the spectro-guide

Compare sample and standard

How to perform a color comparison

Solid Colors

Look-up for closest color standard

How to automatically find the closest color match

Customize the spectro-guide

How to adjust the display to your color measurement tasks

Document color & gloss data in Excel

How to analyse measurement data with easy-link software

Solid Colors

spectro2guide Development

BYK insights from design to development to production

The spectro2guide family

How to measure color and color stability

Metallic Colors

How to objectively measure multi- angle color, sparkle and graininess

BYK-mac i not only measures multi-angle color, sparkle & graininess – it also detects & quantifies fluorescence in the visible range.

Automated Color Control

Automation of color measurement for process control

Roger - the revolution of automated color control

Roger - the revolution of automated color & appearance control

Metallic Colors

Light Booths

byko-spectra effect – Light booth

How to visually evaluate color and sparkle of effect finishes

Physical Test Videos

Watch our videos about destructive and non-destructive measurement.

Watch our videos about destructive and non-destructive measurement.

Testing finishes in wet stage

How to easily measure the efflux time with flow cups

Get to know the BYK-Gardner range of Viscosity Cups along the way.

Get to know the BYK-Gardner range of Viscosity Cups along the way.

byko-drive

How to improve quality of drawdowns with automatic film application

Get to know the BYK-Gardner range of Viscosity Cups along the way.

Get to know the BYK-Gardner range of Viscosity Cups along the way.

The temp-gard family

How to control curing process with oven temperature recorder

Testing finishes in dry stage

How to measure abrasion resistance of paints & coatings

The Gardner-scrub abrasion tester offers a versatile design for abrasion and washability testing applications.

The Gardner-scrub abrasion tester offers a versatile design for abrasion and washability testing applications.

Pendulum Hardness Tester

How to evaluate the elasticity of coatings

Convince yourself that the Pendulum Hardness tester is very precise measurement of hardness using either a König or Persoz pendulum.

Convince yourself that the Pendulum Hardness tester is very precise measurement of hardness using either a König or Persoz pendulum.

Impact resistance of coatings to a falling weight

Destructive Measurements

How to easily evaluate adhesion of single- or multi-coat systems

This video demonstrates how to execute a cross-cut test correctly.

This video demonstrates how to execute a cross-cut test correctly.

byko-cut universal

How to measure film thickness, adhesion & hardness - with one single device

Our byko-cut, a true multi-purpose tool.

Our byko-cut, a true multi-purpose tool.

Destructive Measurements

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