Nashua, New Hampshire — March 30, 2017 — Extech Instruments has introduced the new CG104 Coating Thickness Tester. With measurement capabilities like automatic switching between steel and aluminum measurement modes and a backlit rotating display, the company says the new CG104 is designed to implement quality assurance best practices at autobody shops. Other uses include speeding up paint inspections at high-volume automotive auctions and to increase certainty in high-value appraisals.
The new coating thickness tester powers up when placed on a surface and can rapidly survey body panels on cars, trucks, SUVs and vans, even when vehicles have both ferrous and nonferrous panels.
The tester automatically recognizes which material is being inspected and switches between magnetic induction for ferrous substrates and eddy current measurement for non-ferrous substrates.
The display is backlit and rotates for easy viewing even when the unit is upside down. It also provides several data functions to aid in inspections. High and low limits can be configured to set off an audible alarm when readings exceed acceptable levels. Minimum, maximum and average calculations help highlight abnormal readings while a 255-reading memory with record and recall functions help track multiple readings without a notepad. Auto-Hold freezes a reading on the display making it easy to show a colleague a reading or move to another part of the vehicle without losing a reading.
For more information, please visit extech.com.
