Coating Thickness - Senze-Instruments Benelux

During the thermal coating measurement a computer-controlled, pulsed flash lamp surrounding the LayerScan lens, warms the coating to be examined.

A specialized infra-red detector in the lens monitors remotely the resulting surface temperature progression

The surface temperature decays with characteristic dynamics that depend on the thickness of the coating and the thermal properties of the substrate material.

The thinner the coating is (given that it has a lower thermal conductivity than the substrate), the faster the surface temperature decreases.

The temperature behaviour over time provides information about the thickness of the coating.

Coating parameters such as layer thickness, but also the porosity of the thermal coating resistance, the thermal conductivity and the thermal diffusivity can be determined quickly and reproducibly.

Furthermore, you can adjust the size of the inspection area depending on the part geometry, your quality criteria and process requirements.

So you can measure the coating thickness exactly where you want on the part, in a precise spot of 2 - 4 mm².

The versatile LayerScan is designed for both Off-line and In-line measurements of coating properties. With its powerful features, the instrument is equally at home in your quality control lab as in your factory coating line.