Hand-held instrument for measuring tasks specific to the automotive industry

The PHASCOPE® PMP10 DUPLEX – along with the ESG20 probe – was specially developed for the automotive industry to measure duplex coatings (paint/zinc on steel or iron). The thicknesses of the paint and zinc layers are recorded in a single measurement process and displayed separay on the display. Due to the automatic substrate material recognition, paint layers can also be measured on aluminium without requiring an additional probe.

Applications

Sheet metal processing

- Paint/zinc on iron, e.g. thin EPD coatings

- Paint on aluminium

- Paint on steel

Brake line tubing
Wire (mesh and lattice), e.g. shopping trolleys

Car body after the painting process

EPD painting process

Software FISCHER DataCenter

Indispensible for the quick and easy transfer of data from the PHASCOPE® PMP10 DUPLEX to a computer, FISCHER DataCenter software is a powerful tool that also offers extensive graphic display and statistical analysis functions ideal for quality control: statistical process control charts, cumulative frequency dia- grams and FISCHER’s own FDD® (factory diagnosis diagram). The built-in report editor enables meas- urement data to be conveniently processed, archived and printed out as individual inspection reports.

The PHASCOPE® PMP10 DUPLEX combines three measurement methods

• Magnetic induction method DIN EN ISO 2178 For measuring the overall thickness of paint and zinc coatings on iron

• Amplitude-sensitive eddy current method DIN EN ISO 2360

For measuring a single paint layer on aluminium

• Phase-sensitive eddy current method ISO 21968 For measuring zinc coatings on iron, irrespective of overlying paint layers

For the measurement of zinc and paint coatings, the magnetic induction method and the phase-sensitive eddy current method are used in parallel (duplex), so that the individual layers of paint and zinc can be calculated separay.

With aluminium as substrate material an automatic switch to the amplitude-sensitive eddy current method occurs and the thickness of the paint layer is dis- played.