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Orange Peel measurement

Powder coatings are known for orange peel surface texture. For process control, we would like to use some method of measuring this orange peel. It may be a method that measures surface roughness or surface waves. Any ideas ?

Mandar Sunthankar
- Fort Collins, Colorado
2005

There is an article in Powder Coating magazine on some work the auto industry is doing in the area of evaluating orange peel. Volume 16, March '05, pg 23.

Sheldon Taylor
supply chain electronics
Wake Forest, North Carolina
2005

Hi, Mandar.

We received an ad regarding 3D non-contact profilometer for measuring orange peel. You might do a search for those terms.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 22, 2011

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