Coatings are tested to ensure product quality, performance and safety, meet customer and industry needs and regulatory standards, reduce use risks, and improve the company's market competitiveness and brand reputation. Through comprehensive and accurate detection of coatings, the performance indicators of coatings can be effectively evaluated to ensure that products can meet the expected protection, decoration and other functional requirements during use, thereby creating greater value for customers.
Paint testing requires the use of a variety of instruments. The following are some commonly used testing instruments and their Chinese and English names, which are summarized according to their functional classification:
| Classification | Chinese name | English name |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Performance Test | Rotational Viscometer | Rotational Viscometer |
| Density meter | Density Meter | |
| pH meter | pH Meter | |
| Conductivity meter | Conductivity Meter | |
| Color and Gloss | Colorimeter | Colorimeter |
| Gloss meter | Glossmeter | |
| Film thickness and adhesion | Coating Thickness Gauge | Coating Thickness Gauge |
| Adhesion Tester | Adhesion Tester | |
| Hardness Testing | Derived Hardness Tester | Pencil Hardness Tester |
| Indentation Hardness Tester | Indentation Hardness Tester | |
| Weather resistance test | Weather Test Chamber | Weather Resistance Test Chamber |
| Salt spray Test Chamber | Salt Spray Test Chamber | |
| UV aging Test Chamber | UV Aging Test Chamber | |
| Chemical performance test | Solvent Scrub Tester | Solvent Rub Test Machine |
| Chemical Resistance Immersion Tester | Chemical Resistance Test Machine | |
| Environmental performance test | Volatile Organic Compound Detector | VOC Analyzer |
| Heavy Metal Analyzer | Heavy Metal Analyzer | |
| Deformation performance test | bending Tester | Bending Tester |
| Impact testing machine | Impact Tester | |
| cupping Tester | Cupping Tester | |
| Plastic film Tester | Elongation Tester | |
| Transparency and Refractive Index | transparency meter | Haze Meter |
| Refractometer | Refractometer | |
| Particle size analysis | Laser particle size analyzer | Laser Particle Size Analyzer |
| Sieve | Sieve Shaker | |
| Surface Tension Test | Coating Surface Tension Tester | Film Surface Tension Tester |
| liquid Surface Tensiometer | Liquid Surface Tensiometer | |
| Temperature and Humidity Test | thermometer | Thermohygrometer |
| High temperature furnace | High-Temperature Furnace | |
| Coating Curing Performance Test | Coating Drying Time Meter | Film Drying Time Recorder |
| oven | Drying Oven | |
| spectral analysis | Fourier transform infrared spectrometer | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) |
| Atomic Absorption Spectrometer | Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) | |
| Electrophoresis performance test | Electrophoresis tank | Electrophoresis Cell |
| Electrophoresis power supply | Electrophoresis Power Supply | |
| Spectrophotometric analysis | Spectrophotometer | Spectrophotometer |
| Thermal Analysis Test | Thermogravimetric Analyzer | Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) |
| Differential Thermal Analyzer | Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) | |
| Dynamic Mechanical Testing | Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analyzer | Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA) |
| Rheometer | Rheometer | |
| Coating film performance test | Tape Scratch Tester | Tape Test Instrument |
| pressure sensitive tape | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Tape |
These paint testing instruments and equipment provide paint manufacturers with comprehensive testing methods to ensure the performance and quality of paint products. However, coating testing instruments continue to develop and innovate, and companies need to choose appropriate equipment according to their own products and testing needs to meet market demand and improve competitiveness. In the process of practical application, enterprises should also pay attention to the development of testing technology and standards at home and abroad, so as to better meet the needs of customers and industries.
