There are more than 35 brands of coating Thickness Gauges on sale at NBCHAO, but the only coating Thickness Gauges that can measure the coating thickness on concrete are the Elcometer 500 series from the UK and the positector 200C series from Defelsko in the US. This article mainly compares the two Thickness Gauges. The table below is a comparison of the parameters of the two series of Thickness Gauges.
| brand | Elcometer UK | AmericanDefelsko |
| model | Elcometer 500 | positector200C |
| Measuring principle | ultrasound | ultrasound |
| Test substrate | concrete | Concrete, fiberglass and others |
| Measuring range | 0.15~2.50mm (C1 probe); 0.75~9mm (2 probes); | 50~3800μm |
| Measurement error | ±2% or ±0.01mm | ±(2μm+3% of reading) |
| Calibration certificate | with certificate | with certificate |
| probe style | Wired Probe | Wired Probe |
| resolution | Low: 10μm, 0.01mm, 1mil or 0.001”; High: 1μm, 0.001mm, 0.1mil or 0.0001” | |
| Minimum measuring surface | ||
| minimum curvature | ||
| Thinnest substrate | ||
| Calibration certificate | have | Traceable to NIST or PTB (long form) |
| calibration mode | ||
| measurement mode | Standard Mode, Scan Mode | |
| unit display | μm/mm/mils/inch | Mils/Microns switchable |
| Statistical function | Number of readings, mean, standard deviation, maximum reading, minimum reading, coefficient of variation | mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum |
| Icon function | none | |
| Data interface | USB, Bluetooth | USB, Bluetooth |
| data storage | 250 or 100000 | |
| power supply | 2 * AA batteries (rechargeable batteries can also be used) | Alkaline or rechargeable batteries |
| fulfill the standard | ASTM D6132, SSPC PA9 and ISO 2808 | ASTM D6132, ISO 2808 |
| system language | English, Chinese, German, etc. | 16 languages such as Chinese and English are optional |
| Operating temperature | -10~50℃ | |
| degree of protection | IP54 | |
| supporting software | none | none |
| Total Weight | 161g (including battery) | 165g |
| Overall size | 141*73*37mm (5.55*2.87*1.46”) - without sensor | 146x64x31mm |
Physical map comparison
On the left is the American Defelsko posiTector200 Thickness Gauge, and on the right is the British Elcometer 500 Thickness Gauge.
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