TESTING & MEASURMENT
The newest member of the spectro2guide family – spectro2go for mobile Colour Control
BYK-Gardner – worldwide partner of the automotive , paint and plastic industries for quality control of colour , appearance and physical properties – is introducing a new member of the spectro2guide family : the spectro2go .
The overall appearance of a product is influenced by colour and gloss . To ensure colour harmony spectro2go measures colour and 60 ° gloss simultaneously in compliance with international standards . In addition , the spectro2go uses the same high performance LED technology as light sources 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 spectro2guide which additionally predicts color stability by means of a built-in miniature fluorimeter .
This high technology is complimented by the easy-to-use operation and handling of the spectro2go . As for mobile phones , there is a trend towards ever-larger displays . The spectro2go is completely in line with this trend offering a 3.5 ” colour touchscreen – the largest on the market . 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 area to ensure precise positioning and to prevent false readings on imperfections or scratches .
The long-term calibration of the instrument can be monitored on an external colour and gloss test standard . If the values are out of specification , the instrument will automatically ask you to calibrate on the instrument white standard . A docking station to perform an automatic auto diagnosis can be purchased as an optional accessory .
The spectro2guide 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 .
More information is available from BYK-Gardner GmbH : www . byk-instruments . com
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