System overview
What can be measured?
• Thickness of paint, lacquer, plastic coatings, etc. on steel and iron.
• Thickness of paint, lacquer or anodized coatings on nonferrous metals.
• Thickness of metallic coatings on steel and iron or nonferrous metals.
• Thickness of magnetic (e.g., nickel) coatings on electrically nonconducting, nonmagnetic or magnetic substrate materials.
• Thickness of copper claddings on printed circuit boards.
• Thickness of copper cladded throughholes of printed circuit boards.
• Non-contact measurements of oil or wax coating thickness on metals.
• Electrical conductivity of nonferrous metals.
• Ferrite content in austenitic or duplex steel.
Application-specific instrument configuration
Measurements of the various quantities, coating thickness, electrical conductivity and ferrite content require different measurement methods. For coating thickness measurements, again different measurement methods may be employed depending on the coating/substrate material combination.
The FISCHERSCOPE® MMS® PC features a modular design to satisfy this multitude of applications and is thus individually configurable. The instrument is equipped with the required module board corresponding to your measurement application. Module boards for various measurement methods are available to measure the coating thickness of various coating/substrate material combinations. The probe that corresponds to your measurement application is then connected to the module board.
