July 01, 2021
NEW spectro2guide Pro:
Color Meter with highest accuracy for Black
BYK-Gardner - worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties - is introducing a new member of the spectro2guide family: the spectro2gudie Pro.
The color black has always been a special challenge for color measurement and puts the quality of a portable spectrophotometer to the ultimate test.
Since hardly any light is reflected from the sample - leading carbon black manufacturers promote carbon black pigments that absorb up to 99.98% of light - the measured values are affected by so-called instrument noise and can vary considerably from one instrument to the next.
The latest member of the spectro2guide family, the spectro2guide Pro, was developed to accurately measure black and describe its undertones no matter how deep black the color might be.
The spectro2guide Pro features excellent technical performance which also is assured for the very low reflectance range R < 0.1 %. Additional control and calibration steps during the production process as well as a special Jetness mode with higher light energy guarantee repeatable and reliable measurement results even for the deepest black.
However, the world does not only consist of black and white. To ensure color harmony the spectro2guide Pro measures color and 60° gloss simultaneously in compliance with international standards. In addition, the same high performance LED technology as light sources is used for which BYK Gardner's measurement instruments are highly appreciated by customers. Due to the outstanding performance of these innovative LEDs, the short-term, long-term and temperature stability as well as a homogeneous illumination spot are unsurpassed in the industry. As a result, a superior accuracy and excellent inter-instrument agreement allow the use of digital standards. Being part of the family, digital standards can also be exchanged with the other members of the spectro2guide family: spectro2go and spectro2guide.
Additionally to the control of color harmony the spectro2guide Pro is able to predict the lightfastness by the combination of a spectrophotometer with a fluorimeter. Lightfastness is analyzed with proprietary calculations predicting the color change with total color difference DE as well as individual color component deltas DLABCH. The excitation and emission range of fluorescent behavior is displayed with the slider function in smart-lab.
This high technology is complimented by the easy-to-use operation and handling: The spectro2guide Pro offers a 3.5” color touchscreen. A perfect premise for the icon-based menu, which allows an intuitive smart phone like operation and the integrated camera, that shows a live preview of the measurement spot. The long-term calibration of the instrument can be monitored with the auto diagnosis function of the included docking station. If the values are out of specification, the instrument will automatically ask you to calibrate on the instrument white standard. Thereby, a reliable calibration is guaranteed.
The spectro2guide Pro offers three possibilities to transfer data: Via docking station - USB cable - wireless with WiFi. Dependent on your needs, data analysis can be done with either the software smart-lab for online measurement and flexible data analysis or smart-process for a standardized sampling process with digital standards defined in Organizers.
The new spectro2guide Pro: Developed to measure color, gloss, fluorescence and the ultimate Black with highest accuracy Jetness indices.
Weitere Information gibt es bei BYK-Gardner GmbH, P.O. Box 970, 82534 Geretsried: Fax: +49/8171/3493-140 oder unter der kostenlosen Servicenummer 0-800-gardner (0-800-4273637).
Über BYK
BYK ist ein führender Anbieter auf dem Gebiet der Additive und Messinstrumente. Additive sind chemische Zusatzstoffe, die – schon in geringen Mengen dosiert – Produkteigenschaften wie die Kratzfestigkeit oder den Glanz von Oberflächen verbessern. Das Fließverhalten von flüssigen Materialien lässt sich durch Additive so einstellen, dass optimale Bedingungen für problemlose Herstell- und Applikationsprozesse gegeben sind.
Die Lack-, die Druckfarben- und die Kunststoffindustrie gehören zu den Hauptabnehmern von BYK Additiven. Doch auch in der Öl- und Gas-Industrie, der Herstellung von Pflegemitteln, der Herstellung von Klebstoffen und Dichtungsmassen sowie in der Bauchemie verbessern BYK Additive die Produkteigenschaften und Herstellprozesse. Prüf- und Messinstrumente von BYK beurteilen effektiv die Qualität von Farbe, Glanz und Erscheinungsbild sowie die physikalischen Eigenschaften von Lack-, Kunststoff- und Papierprodukten und sind wesentlicher Bestandteil der Qualitätssicherung.
Als weltweit tätiges Spezialchemieunternehmen verfügt BYK über Produktionsstätten in Wesel, Kempen, Moosburg, Schkopau und Geretsried (Deutschland), Deventer, Denekamp, Nijverdal (Niederlande), Widnes (Großbritannien), Wallingford, Chester, Gonzales, Louisville, Earth City (USA) und Tongling (China).
Das Unternehmen beschäftigt heute weltweit rund 2.300 Mitarbeiter und gehört zur ALTANA Gruppe.
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