The coatings industry is seeking higher quality control measures to meet the increasing demands of customers. Problems like metamerism in vertical coatings can lead to material scrap and unhappy customers. Therefore, it is important to conduct an accurate color check through the color matching cabinet. The device helps address the problem of metamerism, which causes a particular coating to look different under different lighting conditions.
Coating application can be done on walls or any metal parts or components. The color consistency and quality of the coated parts then need to be checked under different light sources. You might ask why it's so important, it's because unique lighting conditions can make the coating color look different. In daylight, red wall paint will look orange, while under cool white tubes, maroon will turn maroon. Therefore, this may cause customer dissatisfaction. With so much money invested, why would they compromise on paint? And they must not. Therefore, the quality control laboratory checks the appearance of the coating under different lighting conditions.
The test cabinet is designed according to Asian lighting conditions. It offers 5 standardized light sources, including D65 artificial daylight similar to daylight conditions, TL84 tri-color fluorescent lamp, UV black light or ultraviolet black light, TFL tungsten lamp and CWF cool white light. A 45-degree tilted viewing platform is provided for standard testing. Viewing angle is important and plays a role in examining metamerism that cannot be overemphasized. Stalls are made of steel or wood. Equipped with a time accumulator to record the duration. A 2 foot long pipe was installed indoors. There are separate switches for different lighting conditions.
