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Carbon Blackness [My], Jetness [Mc], Undertone [dM] and Tint Strength [T]

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How do you validate a APHA/Pt-Co/Hazen 500 liquid color standard?

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SPC Results for Diagnostic Didymium Filter Test

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Do you know what Molten Color is?

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Using ASCII Export on Multiple Jobs

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How can I use EasyMatch QC to measure Contrast Ratio Opacity?

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Carbon Blackness [My], Jetness [Mc], Undertone [dM] and Tint Strength [T]

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Ken Phillips

“Carbon black, also called charcoal black lamp black, pigment black, soot or black carbon, is a fine particle carbon pigment obtained as soot from the incomplete combustion of many different types of organic materials, such as natural gas, or oil. Carbon black is usually a fine, soft, black powder. It is very stable and unaffected […]

Posted in Chemical, Coatings, Color and Appearance Theory, ColorFlex EZ, EasyMatch QC, Plastic Tagged blackness, carbon, carbon black, dM, jet, jetmess, Mc, Mc jetness, My, My blackness, tint, tint strength, undertone Leave a comment

How do you validate a APHA/Pt-Co/Hazen 500 liquid color standard?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Ken Phillips

As described in Section 6 of ASTM D1209, there are 2 criteria to validate a APHA/Pt-Co 500 standard: Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, focused on understanding customer […]

Posted in Chemical, Color and Appearance Theory, EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER, Pharmaceuticals, Plastic, UltraScan PRO, UltraScan VIS Tagged absorbance, APHA, APHA color standard, Hazen, Pt-Co, PtCo, validation Leave a comment

SPC Results for Diagnostic Didymium Filter Test

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Ken Phillips

FAQ: “We take the results from the Didymium Filter Test on our HunterLab Vista and plot them in an SPC chart over time to look at trends. We are seeing the 430 and 570 nm filters slowly decrease. Can you help us understand what may be occurring?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, EasyMatch QC-ER, UltraScan PRO, UltraScan VIS Tagged diagnostic test, didymium, didymium filter Leave a comment

Do you know what Molten Color is?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Ken Phillips

FAQ:”A client is asking me to measure something they call “Molten Color’. Do you have any information on this? Do Hunterlab instrument have a function for this color?” Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global […]

Posted in Chemical, Color and Appearance Theory, EasyMatch QC, UltraScan VIS Tagged APHA, Bisphenol, BPA, BPA Bisphenol A, cresylic, cresylic acid, Gardner, hot, hot liquid, maleic anhydride, molten, molten color, molten colour, phthalic anhydride, Pt-Co, PtCo, solid aromatic hydrocarbons Leave a comment

Using ASCII Export on Multiple Jobs

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Ken Phillips

Can you use the Automatic ASCII Export feature on more than one Job so that each Job exports to a separate file? Providing everything is setup correctly within the EasyMatch QC software, it is possible to use the Automatic ASCII Export feature on more than one Job and to have each Job export to a […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC, Software Tagged CSV export, export multiple Jobs, multiple ASCII export Leave a comment

How can I use EasyMatch QC to measure Contrast Ratio Opacity?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Ken Phillips

Contrast Ratio Opacity measurement quantifies how opaque a sheet sample using two readings. One reading is taken with the black glass or light trap backing the sample at the port. The second reading is taken with the sample backed by a white tile or the white sample clamp insert. EasyMatch QC will prompt you for […]

Posted in Coatings, EasyMatch QC, Paper Tagged coatings, contrast ratio opacity, opacity, plastic, sheet Leave a comment

How can I perform a first-time installation of EasyMatch QC software?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Ken Phillips

For either a network or local PC installation, the person installing EasyMatch QC software must be a System Administrator for the PC, Ken PhillipsMr. Philips has spent the last 30 years in product development and management, technical sales, marketing, and business development in several industries. Today, he is the global market development manager for HunterLab, […]

Posted in EasyMatch QC Tagged different computer, EZMQC, first-time install, install, installation, upgrade Leave a comment
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