Laboratory
Inspection and product validation
The key to customer satisfaction is delivering our products in the required quantity, time, and quality. Quality as a key factor in customer satisfaction.
Our laboratories are equipped with technologies for comprehensive quality assurance and verification, such as:
- Climate chamber
- High-pressure testing – high-pressure washer tester
- Color shade measurement – spectrophotometer
- Measurement of surface waviness (“orange peel” effect) – wave scan
- Thickness measurement
- Cutter with microscopic analysis capability
- Special scanner for application validation
- Gloss meters
- 3D part scanning
- and others
Grid test
- Types of blades: 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm
- Adhesive tape: Tesa 4657
- DIN ISO2409
- MS655-15
Color shade measurement
- Byk mac i 23
- Measurement at 5 angles: 15° / 25° / 45° / 75° / 110°
Gloss
- Byk Micro Gloss Meter
- 20° 60°
Surface structure of the part
- Micro Wave-scan
- LW, SW, OP, JLR and other customer-specific requirements
- Measurement of surface texture (orange peel) on the painted part
Pencil hardness test
- The Elcometer 501
- Test at an angle of 45° and a force of 7.5 N
- Pencils ranging from 9H (hardest) to 6B (softest).
Visual shade evaluation
- Light booth – Macbeth SpectraLight IIIt
- D65,Horizon,TL84,Incad A
- Visual evaluation of the shade of the painted part in a light booth
Measurement of coating layer thickness – Borrer 518mc
- Measurement of individual layers of a multilayer coating system
Hot air oven Carbolite AX120
- Heat test
Range
- Range +30 +250 °C
Climatic chamber VC3 7034
- Cycle test
- Humidity test
- ageing test
Range
- 10% RH p to 98% RH
- -72°C +180°C
Microscope Axiolab A1
- Measurement of paint layer thickness
- Measurement in µm
- 4× objective
- Analysis of the thickness of paint layers
- Contamination analysis
- Objective
- N-ACHROPLAN 5x/0,15
- EC EPIPLAN 10X/0,25 HD
- EC EPIPLAN 20X/0,4 HD
- EC EPIPLAN 50X/0,75 HD
Pura 22 Wather bath
- immersion test
Range
- (+18 +100) °C
3D Contura 6206
Range
- Measuring range X: 900 mm
- Measuring range Y: 1800 mm
- Measuring range Z: 600 mm
Premium Salt Spray Chamber S450Ip
- Salt spray corrosion tests
- of metallic materials
- Condensed water test in condensation atmosphere
- with constant humidity
Range
- 100% Humidity 0-40° C
- Capacity range 120L to 2600L
Pressure Water Jet Test Chamber DWT500- tlakový ostřik
Range
- 30-160bar
- Angle of rotation 0-90 °
- nozzle distance- 0-60cm
- with constant humidity
- ISO 16925:2014
- DBL 5416
- VW PV 1503
- Ford BO 160-04
- Volvo STD 423-0015
- BMW AA-0136
- Kia MS210-07
- Add follow standard
Stone impact test MULTI GRIT TESTER 508 VDA -Resistance to stone abrasion
- DIN EN ISO 20567-1
- FORD FLTM BI 157-06
- RENAULT D24 1702
- PSA D24 1312
- DAIMLER DBL 5416
Range
- impact angle at 90°
- Time for feeding shot: (5 - 30) s / adjustable
- Working pressure: (0 - 3) bar / quality class I
Orange peel measurement
- BYK Micro-wave scan
- Flat and curved surfaces
- Classical LW, SW and customer specific scales
Gloss measurement
- BYK Micro-TRI-gloss
- Measurement at 3 angles : 20° / 60° / 85°
Paint thickness measurement
- ERICHSEN Paint borer 518
- 2µm to 500 µm paint thickness
Orange peel control
- ACT orange peel standard
- 10 orange peel level
Color control
- XRITE Spectralight QX
- XRITE Spectralight QX ° D65 or D50 specifications
- Customer
Oven
- MEMMERT UF 160
- Thermal ageing test
- 20 to 300°c
Farnsworth test
- FARNSWORTH-MUNSELL 100 Hue
- Color vision test
Climate test
- WEISS climate chamber test WK3 340
- Heat and humidity
- -72°c to 180°c, 10 to 98 % RH
Immersion test
- 3 different baths with different heating
- Blistering test
- water ageing test
Hight pressure cleaning resistance
- Customer specific request (Pressure, temperature, impact angle, duration…)
- Paint peeling test