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Torus Z346 Manual Bench Top Color Inspection Gauge (Powered by X-rite®)

The Z346 Bench Top Color Inspection System powered by X-Rite®, provides true quantitative color measurement for aluminum and steel beverage cans.

Description

The Z346 Manual Bench Top Color Inspection Gauge bought to you by Torus, our specialist testing brand, is capable of inspecting 202-300 body diameter, straight walled and finished cans with minimal change parts.

Providing direct correlation to Torus’ Z345 Automatic Color Inspection System, the Z346 boasts an easy-to-use platform for the inspection of multiple decorations, giving you direct data transfer into your chosen SPC package.

Also available as a fully in line automatic option.

Measurement Features of the Z346 Manual Color Inspection Gauge

  • L*Value: Light-Dark
  • a*Value: Green (-a) – Red (+a)
  • b*Value: Blue (-b) – Yellow (+b)
  • c Value: Chromo / Saturation
  • h Value: Hue
  • Delta E: Change in total color from nominal reference
  • DeltaEcmc: Change in total color in accordance with cmc tolerancing from nominal reference

Torus Beverage Can Gauges

The proven contact measurement technology ensures accurate, reliable and traceable measurement 24/7.

Beverage test and measurement solutions

One of the many gauges we can offer for the Beverage industry. Take a look at our full Beverage Testing page for a full suite of test and measurement solutions for the beverage industry.

Specifications

SKU: Torus_Z346

Applications: Beverage Testing, Can Inspection

Materials: Aluminum, Metal, Steel

Can Body Diameter Range: Typical range Ø 202 – Ø 300 body diameters

Trimmed Height Range: Typical range from 85 mm – 250 mm

Compatibility: Straight Walled and Finished Can compatible

Electricity: 100-240 Volts / 50-60 Hz

Compressed Air: NA

Weight: 22 kg (including X-Rite unit – not included with Z346 module)

Dimensions: (W) 391 mm x (H) 557 mm x (D) 595 mm (including X-Rite unit)

Features & Benefits

  • Quantifiable color measurement
  • Delivers fast, reliable, accurate color inspection of the decorated aluminum or steel beverage can
  • Provides complete L*, a*, b*, Cmc, E2000 and E94 data for full traceability
  • Early warning limits meaning decorators can be adjusted before colors go out of tolerance

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