Calo Tester kaloMAX II

Product catalog summary

Overview: The kaloMAX II is a spherical cap grinder designed for determining the thickness of coatings and layer systems. It utilizes the ball crater test method, which involves grinding a spherical cap through the coating into the base material using a rotating steel ball and abrasive slurry. This method allows for precise measurement of layer thickness, even in micrometer ranges, without the need for calibration.

Key Features:

Measurement of single and multilayer systems independent of material.
Comfortable operation with precise results.
Measurement accuracy ranges from 1% to 5%, depending on surface roughness.
Ball diameter options range from 15 to 30 mm.
Clamping range for plane samples is 50 mm, and for round samples, it is 3 to 30 mm.
Cross table travel is 25 x 25 mm with a sample level incline of 60 degrees.
LED displays show the number of revolutions, runtime, and program number.
Drive shaft revolutions range from 100 to 1200 per minute.
Running periods range from 5 to 180 seconds.
Input voltage range is 85 – 264 VAC with a frequency range of 47 – 63 Hz.
Dimensions are 300 x 295 x 235 mm, and the weight is approximately 8 kg.

Options and Accessories:

Detachable vice and grinding paste of various granulations.
Various microscopes with high-resolution cameras.
Evaluation software kaloSOFT for simplified documentation.
All-in-one solutions and automated models available.

Applications: Suitable for layer thicknesses approximately 0.3 – 30 µm and spherical cap diameters approximately 0.1 – 2 mm.

Catalog excerpts

kaloMAX IISpherical cap grinder for the determination of layer thickness • Measurement of single layer and layer systems • Measurement independent of the material • Comfortable operation • Precise measurement without calibration EJBAQ GmbH • Hermann-Schlichting-Str. 14 • D-38110 Braunschweig (Germany) • Phone: +49 (0)5307 95102-0 • www.baq.de coating analysis

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■■■ kaloMAX II Spherical cap grinder for the determination of layer thickness of coatings and layer systems The ball crater test is a well established method for the determination of layer thickness. With a rotating steel ball and an abrasive slurry, a spherical cap is ground through the coating into the base material of the sample. When examined with a microscope, the layer/base material interface appears as a circle or, in case of a multilayer coating, a system of concentric circles. The layer thickness can be calculated from the diameters of these circles and the diameter of the grinding ball. This...

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Calo Tester kaloMAX II

Calo Tester kaloMAX II

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