Spotting Changes In Gloss Finishes With Hand Meter

Rhopoint Instruments has launched what is described as a lightweight and durable instrument for measuring gloss - the Novo-Gloss Litea.

Rhopoint Instruments has launched what is described as a lightweight and durable instrument for measuring gloss - the Novo-Gloss Litea.

In industries where a lot of attention is given to the surface quality of the product before it reaches the customer, coatings to either protect the product or to make it look attractive to a potential buyer can suffer from inconsistent raw materials, or problems in manufacturing.

Those problems can produce products of substandard quality, said Rhopoint.

It is also likely that the product might not match previously produced batches.

To ensure product consistency gloss can be used as a measure of surface quality.

But gloss is simply a measure of reflected light from a surface at a known angle, explained the company.

Rhopoint Instruments' Novo-Gloss Litea has been designed as a gloss measurement tool that is said to be fully compliant with the international standards for gloss measurement.

It features downloadable statistics and automatic calibration.

It can measure the gloss of any flat surface from ultra-matt high gloss.

Its resolution of 0.1 makes it accurate enough to detect very small changes in surface characteristics that are undetectable to the human eye, claimed Rhopoint.

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