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Helmut Fischer Srl Tecnica di Misura Turns 40! Francesco Stucchi ipcm®
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Thus was born Helmut Fischer s.r.l. Tecnica di Misura, exactly 40 years ago. Adriano Colombo (Fig. 1) entered the company in 1988 with the role of sales manager, and in 2001 he took over the reins of Helmut Fischer S.r.l., also taking on the role of Managing Director. “The German company”, says Adriano Colombo, “is specialised in the production of instruments for measuring the thickness of organic and inorganic coatings
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Helmut Fischer is specialised in the production of instruments for measuring the thickness of organic and inorganic coatings on any type of material. In recent years the range was expanded to include instruments for measuring the microhardness of paint and portable instruments for controlling metal composition, like ferrite in stainless steels, and other sophisticated instruments for measuring electrical conductivity in non-ferrous metals.”
on any type of material. In recent years the range expanded to include instruments for measuring the micro-hardness of paint and portable instruments for controlling metal composition, like ferrite in stainless steels, and other sophisticated instruments for measuring electrical conductivity in non-ferrous metals” (Fig. 2). “Helmut Fischer is the world leader in the production of coating or galvanic layer thickness gauges”, continues Colombo. “The company recently introduced ultrasound instruments to its product range to measure the thickness of metals. To date, our instruments measured the thickness of the coating film or galvanic layer, while with the new ultrasonic instruments it is possible to measure the total thickness of the substrate”. © Helmut Fischer
elmut Fischer measuring instruments have been present in Italy for over half a century. Initially, the coating thickness gauges were sold in Italy by representatives of the German multinational, but many years ago, in 1977, two experts in the world of control instrumentation, namely Luciano Marcomini and August Von Wartburg, decided to found an independent company dedicated to the exclusive sale in Italy of the entire range of instruments produced by the large German multinational, now called Helmut Fischer Gmbh Institut Für Elektronik und Messtechnik, based in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart.
1 Figure 1: Adriano Colombo, Managing Director of Helmut Fischer Srl Tecnica di Misura.
N. 47 - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 - international PAINT&COATING magazine
The devices for measuring thickness are divided into two types: portable and tabletop. Tabletop thickness gauges use X-rays and mainly target companies that