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Features & Benefits

• Designed to evaluate resistance to scratching. A tool fitted with a hemispherical ball of 1mm diameter (standard) is lowered gradually onto the surface of the sample and moved 6cm.

• Depending on the purpose of the test and the load applied, varying degrees of penetration of the tool into the coating are observed, from a superficial trace to total destruction.

• The Elcometer 3000 is available in two versions; the original Manual Clemen Unit and the Motorised Clemen Unit.

• See also the Elcometer 1535 Multifunction Scratching Tool.

Elcometer 3000/1 Manual Clemen Unit: The tool is positioned on the sample, which is fixed on a sliding platform and moved manually. Load variable from 0 to 2000g.

Elcometer 3000/3 Motorised Clemen Unit: The motorised motion brings the tool gently in contact with the sample, whatever the load, variable from 0 to 5000g, and moves it across the coating, with automatic start and stop. The contact of the tool with the metallic substrate is indicated by a lamp and voltmeter.