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BYK Gardner Launches spectro2go for Mobile Control BYK Gardner has introduced spectro2go to help the users from automotive, paint and plastic industries control the quality of colour, appearance and physical properties.
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YK Garner developed spectro2go, the newest member of
displays. The spectro2go is completely in line with this trend offering a
the spectro2guide family, to help the users from automotive,
3.5” colour touchscreen – the largest on the market. A perfect premise
paint and plastic industries to control the quality of colour,
for the icon-based menu, which allows an intuitive smart phone like
appearance and physical properties.
operation and the integrated camera, that shows a live preview of the
The overall appearance of a product is influenced by colour and gloss.
measurement area to ensure precise positioning and to prevent false
To ensure colour harmony spectro2go measures colour and 60° gloss
readings on imperfections or scratches. The long-term calibration of
simultaneously in compliance with international standards. In addition,
the instrument can be monitored on an external colour and gloss
the spectro2go uses the same high performance LED technology as
test standard. If the values are out of specification, the instrument
light sources for which BYK Gardner’s measurement instruments are
will automatically ask to calibrate on the instrument white standard.
highly appreciated by customers. Due to the outstanding performance
A docking station to perform an automatic auto diagnosis can be
of these innovative LEDs, the short-term, long-term and temperature
purchased as an optional accessory.
stability as well as a homogeneous illumination spot are unsurpassed
The spectro2guide offers three possibilities to transfer data: via
in the industry. As a result, a superior accuracy and excellent inter-
docking station, USB cable, and wireless with WiFi. Dependent on
instrument agreement allow the use of digital standards.
needs, data analysis can be done with either the software smart-lab
Being part of the family, digital standards can also be exchanged
for online measurement and flexible data analysis or smart-process
with the spectro2guide which additionally predicts colour stability
for a standardized sampling process with digital standards defined in
by means of a built-in miniature fluorimeter. This high technology
Organizers.
is complimented by the easy-to-use operation and handling of the spectro2go. As for mobile phones, there is a trend towards ever-larger
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For further information: www.byk-instruments.com