About this item

1.Four effect-parameter measurement system, ending the era of purely subjective evaluation “subjective evaluation” in effect finish quality control

2. 10-year / 5-million measurements light source revolution, setting a benchmark for industrial-grade reliability

3. Built-in high-definition camera for real-time preview and precise positioning of the measurement area

Product Overview

The multi-angle Spectrophotometer of accurately captures the color differences of special effect finishes such as automotive metallic paint, providing objective data support for color control.

Technical Specifications

Measurement Geometry：6 angles (6 light sources, 1 receiver)

Color Measuring Angles： 45° receiver：45as-15°,45as15°,45as25°, 45as45,45as75°,45as110°

Illumination Source：Full‑spectrum LED with blue‑light enhancement

Light‑source Service Life：10 years / 5 million measurements

Detector ：256‑pixel dual‑array CMOS image sensor

Wavelength Range：400 nm‑700 nm

Measuring Aperture ：Illumination Φ24 mm / Sampling 9×12 mm

Other Colorimetric Indices：Flop Index, Color Travel Index

Measurement Time：Approx. 4.5 s

Battery Capacity：Up to 5000 measurements

Color Repeatability：Chromaticity value: 0.02 ΔE*ab(after warm-up calibration, 30 white tile measurements at 5s intervals, standard deviation)

Color Reproducibility：‑Average ΔE*＜0.10 on grey BCRA tiles; average ΔE*＜0.25 on chromatic BCRA tiles

Inter‑instrument Agreement：0.2 ΔE*00 (average for 12 tiles of BCRA Series II) 

Effect Parameters：Sparkle, color sparkle, graininess

Effect Measurement：6‑angle sparkle & color‑sparkle data: 15as‑45°,15as‑30°,15as‑15°,15as15°,15as45°,15as80°; 15d diffuse graininess
 
Effect Repeatability：
Sparkle short‑term repeatability: 0.12 % (standard deviation of 10 measurements) (After instrument warm-up calibration, average of 10 measurements on color tile at 10s intervals)
Graininess short‑term repeatability: 0.09 %(standard deviation of 10 measurements) (After instrument warm-up calibration, average of 10 measurements on color tile at 10s intervals)  

Effect Reproducibility：
Sparkle reproducibility:1.9 % (standard deviation of 10 measurements) (Average value from measurements on 12 BCRA Series II color tiles)
Graininess reproducibility:1.4 %(standard deviation of 10 measurements) (Average value from measurements on 12 BCRA Series II color tiles)

Positioning Method：Color camera preview

Display Screen：3.5‑inch TFT true‑color capacitive touch screen

Data Storage：10 000 records

Compliant Standards：ASTM D 2244, E 308, E 1164, E 2194, E 2539; DIN 5033, 5036, 6174, 6175‑1, 6175‑2; ISO 7724, 11664‑4; SAE J 1545

Features：Provides precise and consistent color measurement for metallic, pearlescent, and other complex special-effect colors

Spectroscopy Method：Concave grating

Wavelength Interval：10 nm

Measuring Range：0‑600 %

Half Bandwidth：10 nm

Color Spaces：CIE LAB, XYZ, Yxy, LCh, βxy, DIN Lab99, RGB, Hunter‑Lab

Color‑difference Formulas：ΔEab, ΔE94, ΔEcmc(2:1), ΔEcmc(1:1), ΔE00, DIN ΔE99, ΔE DIN6175, multiple automotive‑brand specific color‑difference formulas; Metamerism index, ΔEab(Hunter), ΔEch, ΔE*uv

Observer Angle：2° / 10°

Illuminants：A, B, C, D50, D55, D65, D75, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, CWF, U30, U35, DLF, NBF, TL83, TL84, ID50, ID65, LED‑B1, LED‑B2, LED‑B3, LED‑B4, LED‑B5, LED‑BH1, LED‑RGB1, LED‑V1, LED‑V2, LED‑8

Display Contents：Spectral graph/data, sample color values, color difference values/graph, pass/fail results, color simulation, color bias, effect values, effect difference values

Trigger Modes：Pressure‑sensing trigger, button trigger, software trigger

Measurement Modes：Single measurement, average measurement, continuous measurement
 
Observation Method：Built‑in camera

Dimensions：L 194 mm × W 73 mm × H 118 mm

Interfaces：USB, Bluetooth

Languages：Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English

Operating Temperature：10 ℃‑50 ℃, humidity ≤ 85 %, non‑condensing

Storage Temperature：‑20 ℃‑50 ℃, humidity ≤ 85 %, non‑condensing

Calibration：Built‑in white‑plate parameters; external white plate, black trap, external color plate

Calibration Interval：4 h, 8 h, 24 h, power‑on calibration

Standard Accessories：Power adapter,data cable, user manual, QC software (Contact Us), calibration box, protective cover, wrist strap

Optional Accessories：Mini printer