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Enhance your metal coil coating process
Introducing a new generation of coating thickness gauges – from sheet coating, to metal coil coating, enhance your metal coil coating process and enjoy unprecedented accuracy in coating thickness measurement on coils and flat sheets with our SpecMetrix® systems.
Our new dry or wet film thickness testing solutions bring the unmatched precision of the most advanced optical technology directly onto the coating line. Proven to increase precision by 500%, this world-first optical technology offers a revolutionary solution.
Learn more about the advanced technology here.
Coating thickness tester for any environment
Whatever sheet coating you’re dealing with, we can help. Powered by our proprietary software, our ruggedized thickness testing systems are built to withstand the rigors of any manufacturing environment, working in-line to deliver continuous, real-time coating thickness or film weight measurement data for wet or dry coatings immediately following application.
Setting the standard for dry and wet film thickness testing
- Our in-process systems set a new standard for non-contact and non-hazardous coating thickness measurements of coated coils or flat sheets.
- Our award-winning tools produce instant, actionable data without sacrificing part integrity, and incorporate non-contact ROI optical technologies that are easy to use, monitor and maintain. Perfect when ensuring the integrity of your metal coil coating.
- Our cutting-edge optical probes take up to 150 measurements per second per probe, at line speeds up to 1800 feet per minute. Customers can select single or multiple fixed probe mounting options to collect real-time thickness or film weight data on coated sheets and coils.
The right coating thickness gauge for the job
With a variety of systems on offer, we can help you find exactly the right coating thickness tester and solution for your set up. For in-process metal coil coating measurement applications, both fixed probe and scanning system configurations are offered to meet QA needs. Our in-line system designs are flexible for simultaneous top and bottom coating applications with multiple fixed probes. Our traversing measurement configuration options allow in-process, cross-and-down coil QA analysis.
Plant teams can select whatever pattern is best suited for their production requirements. The ability to provide full side to side primer, top coat, or other coating thickness measurements of coated coils or sheet coating delivers unmatched QA process improvements to meet plant team needs.
See SpecMetrix systems in action
View the technology in action
Data is displayed on our user-friendly touch-screen interface. Measurements are calculated in microns with film weight conversion options available. Thickness data can be easily exported to all host data acquisition and corporate SPC systems.
Real-time wet and dry thickness testing
SpecMetrix systems provide real-time process control and quality assurance to manufacturing and QA teams. Operators obtain immediate feedback on coating quality while providing plant management with direct quality results without any operator involvement—saving time, labor and money.
Affordable coating thickness testing
We designed our solutions to help streamline set-up, changeover and inspection times. SpecMetrix systems provides plants with highly precise and much needed coating or film weight data to reduce waste and product costs while increasing quality and profitability.
In fact, our technology helped one company to achieve an overwhelming $2.4 million in savings – you can learn about the ways they enhanced their metal coil coating process in our helpful infographic.
SpecMetrix product lines have become recognized quality tools by global industry leaders within the rigid packaging and coated metal markets who report full ROI in an average of six to nine months.
See your own ROI timeline
Customers report full ROI in an average of six to nine months. Use our calculator to estimate what that could look like for your coil coating plant.
Extensive dry and wet film thickness testing
Precisely measures wet or dry metal coil coating and sheet coating thickness, including:
- Primers
- Base coats
- Double coats
- Top coats
- Lacquers
- Hard coats
- Pretreatments
- Over-varnish
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