Audience
Manufacturers seeking a solution to manage testing regimes and produce development samples of coatings
About Labman
Labman delivered a flexible three-module system capable of producing and testing development samples of coatings to a large international coatings manufacturer. Using liquid raw materials the preparation module can produce over 100 samples in a day with orders of addition controlled by the user. These samples can be moved to the application module for the application of the coatings to substrates with BYK Bird Bar film applicators. Wet color and opacity information can be collected with a non-contact spectrophotometer. This module also includes instruments for collecting tinter compatibility, rheology, and film thickness data. The application module creates 400 films during a day of operation. After curing, the applied films can be further studied with the analysis module. This module has an industry-standard contact spectrophotometer, a balance, and a laser profilometer integrated to provide film weight, thickness and optical data. This module analyses 400 applied films in a day.