Reviewed in the united states on july 28 2012.
Car paint depth checker.
The dpm 816 is highly accurate with a sensor made in russia that has a measuring range up to 137 mils a resolution up to 0 001 mils and an accuracy up to 1 0 04 mils.
For dealerships the used car manager is typically responsible for appraising and accessing the amount of damage to a potential trade in.
In addition to the paint thickness the new elcometer 311 paint meter displays the key statistical values used to assess the overall condition of the paint work.
Also it runs with non metallic matters on a metal plate iron alloy aluminum composites etc.
In addition it will automatically display the substrate material on the lcd.
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The best product for car dealers to find is something wrong with the paint on the car or to find is there hidden on the paint of car.
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Professionals have similar needs for inspecting paint thickness when determining vehicle value.
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Number of readings n average coating thickness x the lowest paint thickness lo and the elcometer index value eiv.
An important market for paint thickness meters is the used vehicle remarketing industry.
Therefore whether the substrate is iron steel or aluminum it has no problem with it.
Carsys paint thickness gauge is a little bit more sophisticated than the one from vvv group we listed above.
For instance it would estimate the depth of the paint coat on vehicle assembly panels.
The dpm 816 equipment is practiced to estimate the girth of different color coats.
Nicety cm 8801 fn is a decent yet easy to use paint thickness gauge you could buy for measuring vehicle paint thickness.