Technidyne ColorTouch® PC

Brought to you by Technidyne, our specialist optical, surface, and physical property testing brand, The ColorTouch® PC inspects everything from ISO brightness, color and color difference to fluorescence and opacity. 

In today’s world of strict standards and high demands, the data needed to assess whether a product meets customer specifications is essential. You can count on our industry-leading spectrophotometers when paper color decisions matter.  

Color spectrophotometer versatility 

Our industry-leading spectrophotometer is quick, exact and versatile. With swing-in calibration, primary calibration, ColorTouch PC software, sample viewing and optional equipment, its functionality is far beyond standard color evaluation. 

PC perfect spectrophotometer inspection

The ColorTouch® PC is driven by a powerful software package that provides you with the ultimate flexibility to develop and design specific operational presentations to match your testing needs.  

The simple Windows™ based interface of our ColorTouch software gives you total control over your spectrophotometer data analysis. You can use information from several different measurements and by evaluating historical trends. 

Quality spectrophotometer testing – as standard

The colortouch spectrophotometer was developed to support paper color inspection to a wide range of international standards. These include: ISO 12625-15, ISO 12625-16, ISO 12625-7, ISO 2470-1, ISO 2470-2, ISO 5631-1, ISO 5631-2, ISO 5631-3, TAPPI T519, TAPPI T525, TAPPI Т527, TAPPI Т534 and TAPPI Т560.  

Specifications:

ISO standards:  2469, 2470, 2471, 11475, 11476, 12625, 5631, 3688, 9416, 22754, 22891

TAPPI Standards:  T519, T525, T527, T534, T560

Sample Types:  letter / A4 sheets / sheeted materials / handsheets / tissue / towels / powder and minerals (pressed pellets)

Spectrophotometer sample thickness / range:  0 to 40,000μm

Geometry:  Dual beam d/0°

Specimen area measured:  28 +/- 3mm

w/optional apertures:  15mm & 7.5mm

Specimen aperture:  34 +/- 0.5mm

Optional apertures:  15.8mm & 7.8mm

Light source:  Pulsed xenon

Lamp life (# of measurements):  +500,000

Detector:  Scanning silicone diode array

Spectrometer range:  400 to 700nm

Bandpass:  10nm

Calibration:  Traceable to NRC

Measurement range:  0-200% (Reflectance)

UV Sources:  D65, C, UV-EX, UV1*, UV2*

Automatic UV control:  auto-adjustment to calibrated sources

UV filters:  UV Trim 395nm/ UV Cut-off 420nm

Observers:  CIE 2°, 10°

Illuminants:  C, D65, A, B, D50, D55, D75, F2, F7, F11

Photometric nonlinearity:  0.1%

Repeatability (White tile avg. 20 readings):  < 0.01 CIELAB DE

Reproducibility (Interinstrument):  <0.20 CIELAB DE

Automated (quick cal):  Yes (internal working standard)

Automated Calibration (Primary):  Yes** (auto data entry via USB)

Measurement time:  4 to 10 seconds (measurement dependent)

Measurement results:  brightness (ISO) / opacity / whiteness (CIE, Hunter, ASTM, Hunter, Berger, Stephensen, Stensby)yYellowness (ASTM Hunter) / tint (CIE, Hunter) / color (XYZ/Rx,Ry,Rz/ L,a,b/ L*, a*, b* /L*, C*, h/ DWL,PUR,x,y,Y) / color difference / fluorescence / metamerism / spectral data – wavelengths 400 to 700nm

Reflectance intervals:  1nm, 5nm, 10nm, 20nm

Statistics:  average / maximum test value / minimum test value / standard deviation

Data results database:  yes