Non-Destructive Testing Solutions with Ultrasound

Handheld Paint Thickness Gauge for Multi-Layer Measurement

PELT gauges provide a non-destructive solution for measuring multi-layer film thicknesses with a single measurement on a wide variety of substrates.

Very high frequency ultra-short pulses of ultrasound are used to resolve and measure layer coating thickness. Innovative high frequency transducer technology combined with unique high frequency pulser / receivers guarantee an outstanding technical performance:

• Resolution: 0.5 - 0.33 µm (0.02 - 0.013 mils)
• Calibrated Accuracy: ± 1.3 µm (+/- 0.05 mils) or ± 2% of the coating thickness, whichever is greater

Transducers for a wide range of thickness and materials

We have developed novel fabrication techniques to manufacture, bond and assemble very high frequency elements with an unsurpassed precision, reliability and long service life:

• Low frequency transducers for thick layers up to 5 mm
• Medium frequency transducers for layers 18 - 500 µm
• High frequency transducers for thin layers down to 5 µm

Latest transducer technology is used in Generation II (‘B’ suffix) offering higher sensitivity and resolving power than Generation I. The higher sensitivity enables improvements in the ability to discern lower contrasting layers and the higher resolving power facilitates gauging of thinner layers.

Automated Paint Film Thickness Measurements

Only an automated measurement solution allows adequate sampling of the paint production process for multiple body styles, paint lines, and colors.

• The PELT End-of-Arm-Tool (EOAT) provides compliance to body surfaces. There is no sensitivity to vibration.
• Outstanding technical performance with 0.5 µm resolution.
• Measurement of coating thickness as thin as 5 µm
• smart-chart chart software gathers all measurement data in one database for SPC analysis
• BYK-PELT ROBOTIC can be mounted on the same robot together with wave-scan ROBOTIC and BYK-mac i ROBOTIC.

READY FOR INDUSTRY 4.0

NEW smart-chart for thickness data analysis

Data analysis in smart-chart offers various possibilities to analyze your multi-layer thickness data.

• Standardized test-reports for single car analysis.
• Define your own SPC reports: Thickness variations of selected check zones over time for each layers and total thickness…
• Color Calibration files can be directly imported, and Pass/Fail limits can be set for each layer.
• Define Organizers for standardized operation and clear sample identification.
• BYK-PELT film build data, BYK-mac i color data and wave-scan orange peel data are all saved in the same database for analysis – CLOSE THE LOOP

The new smart-chart supports µPELT-ts gauges starting with serial numbers: BQ, BR, BS, BP.
Get your free update: www.byk-instruments.com/software