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News Release from: Armstrong Optical | Subject: Ruby
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 30 January 2008
Non-contact colour measurement,
on-the-fly
Typical application areas for the Ruby system include the analysis of plastics, paints, foodstuffs, fabrics, cosmetics, paper, inks, chemical products, pharmaceuticals, and engineering components
Newly available from Armstrong Optical is the Ruby non-contact spectrocolourimetry system that is able to supply up to 2000 spectra per second for the analysis of, for example, reflectance of diffusing materials, intensity and colour of light sources and displays, and the transmittance of filters and liquids The Ruby system consists of an optical controller cabinet with built-in, controlled, light source linked by fibre-optic cable to a remote measurement head; and, since the measurement head is not powered, it simplifies its installation into controlled environments
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 16 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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System has been successfully used to measure the thickness of the polymer coating on the inside of beverage cans and the thickness of the varnish on car bodies on a production line
The system can be used either as a hand-held or tripod-mounted measurement instrument in the QC laboratory or as an in-process colour measurement sensor on the production line where its 80mm working distance allows good clearance for objects on conveyor systems.
Data output is available as Eab, E00, CMC and spectral comparison; colour coordinate comparisons as CIEXYZ, LAB, LCH, LUV, W or sRVB.
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