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Gloss Meter – Orange Peel Meter – Transmission Meter – Paint Mottling Meter

When we talk about total appearance, a lot of technologies are used depending  on the customer's application. 
The most important ones are gloss, orange peel, haze in transmission, cloudiness.

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Orange Peel Measurement at its best

The wave-scan 3 can do everything the old wave-scan could plus much more:
New appearance scales such as “dominant wavelength” analysis, require high computing power. The new wave-scan 3 is equipped with state-of-the-art chip technology to provide measurement results for any scale in 1.2 seconds.
The new wave-scan 3 shows pass/fail of your measurement data directly on the instrument display. All is packaged in an ergonomic design with large color touch display for ultimate user friendliness.                                                              

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Byk Gloss measurement MICRO-GLOSS SERIE

Gloss Measurement

Why is the micro-gloss series the unsurpassed industry standard for gloss measurement?
To ensure gloss harmony, i.e. no visual gloss differences between adjacent parts coming from different suppliers, a gloss meter must meet the following technical requirements:

  • Excellent repeatable short- and long-term results.
  • Temperature-stable results - no matter whether you measure inside or outside in winter or in summer.
  • Same results from instrument to instrument.
  • Reliable data at any gloss level for high to low gloss applications.

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BYK Transparency-Haze-Gard

Transparency Measurement

haze-gard i: transparency transmission haze meter

Transparent products can have a milky or fuzzy appearance dependent on their light scattering behavior. The haze-gard i quantifies the visual perception with objective measurement criteria:

Total transmittance
Transmission haze
Clarity

Two models:  haze-gard i and haze-gard i Pro

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BYK Cloud runner - Paint Mottling

Mottling Meter     Control of Paint Mottling

Mottling is an undesired effect which is most obvious on light metallic finishes. These irregular lightness variations can now be objectively measured with the cloud-runner. Small design, ease-of-use and fast data collection make the mottling meter the ideal tool for batch approval and process control.

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