Description

It provides critical data to ensure a high-quality, durable finish, optimise production efficiency and strengthen quality control, meeting the most demanding industry standards.

Easy to Use and Quick to Implement

• Ideal for testing powder coatings in batch ovens or continuous conveyor ovens.
• Simple setup and monitoring via ElcoMaster® data management software.
• Intuitive two-button operation, easy-to-read icons and colour LEDs.
• Integrated magnets for mounting outside batch ovens.

Efficient: High Measurement Performance

• Measures up to 8 temperatures simultaneously.
• Variable logging intervals from 1 reading/second to 1 reading/hour.
• Logging with date, time and °C/°F units.
• Start and stop logging based on preset temperature or time.

Intelligent: Validated Cure with Instant Pass/Fail

• Instant Pass/Fail indication via the main LED or through ElcoMaster®.
• Records maximum temperature, Cure Index and Pass/Fail for each channel.
• Channel-by-channel temperature compensation for improved accuracy up to ±0.5°C.

When installed outside the batch oven, the Elcometer 215 provides real-time cure status monitoring. Using Bluetooth® and live reading mode, the operator receives immediate notifications of cure completion or cure failure.*

Powerful: Memory, Battery Life and Connectivity

• Stores up to 1,000,000 readings across up to 40 batches.
• Sufficient storage for a full 7-hour shift, even at 1 reading/second.
• Up to 150+ hours battery life (1 reading/second across all channels) or USB power supply.
• Manufacturer’s warranty: 2 years.

How the Profiling System Works – 3 Simple Steps

In powder coating, correct curing is essential to achieve strength, adhesion and a flawless finish. The Elcometer 215 continuously monitors oven temperature and product surface temperature, ensuring consistent curing without compromising the finish.

1. Set Up: Define the profile requirements in ElcoMaster® based on the powder manufacturer’s technical data sheet and send them to the logger via USB or Bluetooth®.
2. Cure: Connect up to eight thermocouples (air or surface) at critical points on the product to measure key temperatures.
3. Analyse: At the end, obtain an instant Pass/Fail result and download the data to generate professional reports in seconds.

Real Benefits for Production and the Coatings Industry

• Ensure Quality: optimises the cure profile to maximise physical and aesthetic properties.
• Reduce Energy Costs: helps fine-tune times, temperatures and oven settings.
• Increase Productivity: optimises line speed without compromising results.
• Less Rework and Scrap: consistent curing reduces defects and waste.
• Traceability and Certification: traceable cure profile reports for audits and customers.

Optimum Cure: Time at Temperature

Coatings require a specific time at a defined temperature to cure fully and achieve hardness, adhesion, gloss and durability. The Elcometer 215 accurately records the product’s thermal profile, ensuring that the part reaches and maintains the required temperature for the duration specified by the powder manufacturer.

• Prevent Under-Cure: avoids soft coatings, easy scratching and poor adhesion.
• Prevent Over-Cure: avoids discolouration, brittleness and degradation of coating properties.

Optimisation and Savings: Oven Efficiency

• Identify Hot/Cold Spots: maps thermal variations to adjust airflow, conveyor speed, burners and product positioning.
• Optimise Line Speed: by knowing the real time required to reach cure temperature, throughput can be increased safely.
• Reduce Rework and Scrap: correct and consistent curing minimises defects.

Quality and Traceability

• Document the Process: keeps a permanent record of oven thermal performance for quality control and audits.
• Troubleshoot Problems: analyses data to confirm whether curing remained within parameters and helps identify root causes.
• Consistency: regular profiling ensures stable results even with variations in product, batch size or ambient conditions.

Elcometer 215 Thermal Barrier

The Elcometer 215 Thermal Barrier is designed to protect the instrument electronics and batteries while passing through high-temperature environments, ensuring reliable measurements and prolonged operation.

• Extended use: up to 100°C for 180 minutes or up to 300°C for 60 minutes.
• Compatible with a wide range of K-type probes with flexible, durable and easy-to-clean cables (Teflon® coated).

Technical Specifications – Instrument

Thermal Barrier Specifications

1. Bluetooth® range can be affected by any obstruction between the gauge and software device (PC) as well as the type of Bluetooth® used within the software device (typically older devices will have reduced range). For optimum Bluetooth® range when inside the thermal barrier, ensure that the software device is in the ‘line of sight’ of the thermocouple exit point of the thermal barrier.
2. Supplied with G215-DL Kit only.
3. The Elcometer 215 is supplied with a 1 year warranty against manufacturing defects.