From the largest man-made structures to the smallest household appliances, most manufactured products have a protective or cosmetic coating. Premature failure of this coating can, at the very least, result in costly penalties or rework.
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. Routine testing is used as part of inspection and maintenance procedures to help detect potential coating failures.
Elcometer offer a highly comprehensive range of Adhesion Gauges designed specifically to meet your requirements.
Pull Off Adhesion Method Tensile Dollies (or stubs) are glued to the coating and, when the adhesive has cured, the force required to pull the dolly off the surface is measured.
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Advantages: |
Simple to use, quantitative range -giving you a definitive adhesion value |
Possible Limitations: |
Time required for some adhesives to cure |
Applications: |
Ideal gauge for the laboratory or field -flat or curved substrate applications |
Please click on the appropriate image or on the heading for more information about each instrument.
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The Elcometer 106 Adhesion Tester is perhaps the best known adhesion gauge on the market today. The Elcometer 106 adhesion tester is easy to operate and fully portable, providing a numerical value for adhesion. Supplied in a rugged carry case for moving around the jobsite, the unit is hand operated so you don't have to worry about a power supply! Up to 22 MPa. Conforms to ISO, ASTM, BS, ANSI & NFT.
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The Elcometer 106/6 Adhesion Tester has been specifically designed to measure coatings on concrete. Operating in a similar way to the regular Elcometer 106 Adhesion Testers, the Elcometer 106/6 allows for a 50mm diameter dolly for testing coatings on concrete more accurately. Range 0 to 3.5 MPa. Conforms to BS & ACI.
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The Elcometer 109 Push off Tensile Adhesion Tester provides the operator with a means of carrying out a simple pass/fail test of the adhesion of the coating against a specification limit. If the coating bond is greater than the dolly rating, the dolly breaks - not your coating - thus becomming a 'non-destructive' test. Range 5 to 9 MPa. Conforms to BS, EN, ASTM & Norsok.
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The Elcometer 110 Patti® is a portable pneumatic adhesion tester which uses compressed gas from either a canister or the compressed air feed. Due to the controlled force being applied, the resultant adhesion value is highly repeatable. This, together with the gauge's suitability on thin substrates provides the User with an ideal testing instrument in the laboratory or the field. Up to 70 MPa. Conforms to BS, EN, ASTM.
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The Elcometer 1910 PAT Handy Adhesion Gauge is lightweight, portable, hydraulic adhesion tester has built in hydraulic safety devices for smooth and drift proof accuracy. The special test head allows adhesion tests on both internal and external curved surfaces, making this an ideal gauge for pipelines and protective coatings applications. Up to 6.3kN. Conforms to ISO, ASTM, EN.
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The Elcometer 1940 PAT Adhesion Gauge is the most popular in the Elcometer PAT™ Tester range, a manual hydraulic tensile adhesion tester for measuring the bond strength of all types of paints, thermal sprayed coatings, thin films, concrete coatings, ceramics, etc. A portable, precision gauge with both MPa and PSI readings which gives accurate and comparable test results both in the laboratory and on site. Conforms to ISO, ASTM, EN.
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The Elcometer 1940 PAT Adhesion Gauge is a 20 or 40kN manual Hydraulic Tensile Adhesion Tester for testing of coatings (including thermal sprayed coatings), on test panels, sprayed components. Designed for testing with 50mm diameter test elements and with the square 50 x 50mm test element for adhesion testing of tile adhesives and other cementitious materials. From 6 kN up to 40kN. Conforms to ISO, ASTM, EN.
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The Elcometer 1970 PFCV Portable Field Calibration Verification Unit is for use with all the Elcometer PAT™ models & the Elcometer 106, and Elcometer 108 Adhesion Testers, this Portable Field Calibration Verification Unit is ideal for confirming your adhesion gauge calibration. Connect the appropriate pull stub to the unit, pull your adhesion tester and compare the Adhesion Tester reading to the reading on the Portable Calibration Unit's Display.
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