Paint Adhesion Tester

There are several different tests to measure the resistance of paints and coatings from substrates.

Paint adhesion tester. Cross hatch adhesion testers are a fast low cost visual comparison method for paint and powder coatings up to a thickness of 250µm 10mils in order to evaluate the coating adhesion. Routine testing is used as part of inspection and maintenance procedures to help detect potential coating failures. Adhesion testing after the coating process will quantify the strength of the bond between substrate and coating or between different coating layers or the cohesive strength of some substrates. It establishes whether the adhesion of a coating to a substrate or to another coating in multi coat systems is at a generally adequate level.

Supplied in a carry case ideal for site tests. The elcometer pull off adhesion gages such as the elcometer 506 pull off adhesion tester are lightweight fully portable and provide accurate numerical value for coating adhesion. This instrument will test the adhesion and brittleness of dry coats of paint on their substrate by means of a set of six circular blades and two guide blades. Cross hatch test scrape adhesion test and a pull off test.

The elcometer 106 adhesion tester is easy to operate and fully portable type ii adhesion gauge which provides a numerical value for adhesion strength. To verify that the selected coating system is sound and secure the finisher must always perform adequate testing of the film for adhesion prior to production. The elcometer pull off adhesion testers are simple to use and are ideal for the laboratory or field testing on flat or curved substrate applications. Three procedures to assess adhesion there are three different procedures to assess the resistance of the coating to separate from the substrate and provide different adhesion analysis of the film.

Cross cut test scrape adhesion pull off test and others. The adhesion test analyzer ata takes the guess work out of rating the classification of your adhesion test results. At ats we also offer coating failure analysis testing working with various industries including but not limited to automotive military nuclear textile consumer products and government infrastructure. Applications for the elcometer 106 adhesion test include paint or plasma spray on bridge decking coatings on steel aluminium concrete etc.

Not only are they produced to very close tolerances but also as a final step in production they are given a black oxide coating bluing to prevent rusting. In the paint and coating industries paint adhesion testing is often used to determine if the paint or coating will adhere properly to the substrates to which they are applied. Paint adhesion testing determines what the minimum amount of duress required is to cause the adhesion to fail. The coating is cut into small squares thereby reducing lateral bonding and the coating adhesion assessed against iso astm or corporate standards.

This simple test requires the use of a utility knife to pick at the coating. The multiple tip cutters for the paint adhesion test kit are specially designed to provide optimum results.