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Gloss meter for QC of automotive interiors.


A new family of gloss meters is designed to help ensure that interior automotive materials like plastics, leather, or fabrics harmonize in appearance. The new Micro-Gloss S from Byk-Gardner, Columbia Columbia, cities, United States
Columbia (kəlŭm`bēə).

1 City (1990 pop. 75,883), Howard co., central Md., between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
, Md., addresses the tight-tolerance QC requirements for auto interiors, which typically require very low gloss. Byk-Gardner guarantees repeatability of [+ or -]0.1 gloss units (60[degrees]), which allows control within [+ or -]0.3 GU. A clear menu structure and a new scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll.  wheel allow for ease of use. A new diagnostic feature checks the calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors.  values. The included software allows for direct data transfer to Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. . Tel: (800) 343-7721 * PT Direct: 963TH

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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH Auxiliaries
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Sep 1, 2005
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