Coatings World - April 2011

Lab Equipment

Here is a look at the latest offerings from select lab equipment manufacturers. For more information on the products listed, please contact the company directly.

ACT Test Panels
Hillsdale, MI
517-439-1485
Fax: 517-439-1652
Email: sales@acttestpanels.com
Web: www.acttestpanels.com

• Product name: ACT Test Panels Major automakers, OEM’s and coating manufacturers specify ACT Test Panels for their critical R&D, product qualification and process certification efforts. From approved test panels for the rigorous demands of developing automotive and industrial coatings, to specialized solutions for appliance and aerospace, more customers choose ACT to give them exactly what they need to win.

• Product name: ACT Test Services Offering a wide range of testing services including paint adhesion, hardness, cure, accelerated corrosion resistance, visual appearance and weathering. ACT’s pilot lab is the perfect environment for automotive lubricant and sealer compatibility testing with phosphate, Ecoat and both liquid and powder paint systems.

Anton Paar USA
Ashland, VA
804-550-1051 ext. 118
Fax: 804-550-1057
Web: www.anton-paar.com

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Middleboro, MA 508-946-6200 Fax: 508-946-6262 Email: sales@brookfieldengineering.com Web: www.brookfieldengineering.com

• Product name: KU2 Viscometer The KU2 Viscometer is ideal for paints, coatings and related products. Digital display of Krebs viscosity from 40 to 141, 32 to 1099 grams, and 27 to 5274 cP*. Accuracy within +1% of range – reproducibility to +0.5% of range. Compatible with (ASTM D562)

• Product name: CAP2000+ Viscometer

Variable speed, cone and plate viscometer range from 0.2 {poise to 15,000 Poise, shear rates from 10 sec-1 to 13,000 sec-1 and temperature range from 5˚C to 235˚C. Simple, user-friendly interface/oper-ates in stand-alone mode or under PC control.

Elcometer Limited
Manchester, UK
+ 44(0)161 371 6000
Fax: + 44(0)161 371 6010
Email: sales@elcometer.com
Web: www.elcometer.com

• Product name: Elcometer 456 Coatings
Thickness Gauge

The recently launched Elcometer 456 is an incredibly fast, accurate and powerful new coating thickness gauge that sets new standards for coating thickness measurements of coatings on ferrous and non-fer-rous metal substrates.