How to find accident damage - Elcometer 311 Automotive Paint Meter
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- Опубликовано: 6 июн 2016
- The Elcometer 311 Automotive Paint Meter makes detecting hidden automotive bodywork damage easier and faster.
By measuring vehicle paint thickness, the Elcometer 311 Paint Meter helps find accident damage on a vehicle, which is not often found in public or commercial condition reports, making it an ideal paint meter for the vehicle re-marketing and the vehicle valuation services.
Using an Elcometer 311 Auto Paint Meter in a pre-purchase inspection allows you to quickly identify hidden rework, impact damage, respray and filled body panels, which can all affect a car’s resale value.
With a reading rate of 60+ readings per minute, the new Elcometer 311 Automotive Paint Meter is the fastest automotive paint thickness gauge on the market today, allowing the user to quickly determine the extent of rework and the overall quality of the vehicle being appraised.
Extremely high or low thickness readings indicate where previous repairs have occurred - providing a valuable insight into the overall condition of paint work.
With instant material recognition, the Elcometer 311 Paint Meter switches between steel and aluminium panels - ideal for the luxury car market.
And if you are working with your own inspection app, the new Elcometer 311 has Bluetooth® - allowing all the measurements to seamlessly pass to your Android™ or Apple® mobile device in real time.
For more information and training on the new Elcometer 311 Automotive Paint Meter, or other Elcometer products visit www.elcometer.com
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STANDARDS:
ISO 2808, ISO 2808-7C, ISO 2808-7D, ISO 2808-12A, ISO 2808-11B, ASTM E376, JIS K 5600-1-7, AS/NZS 1580.108.1 
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The problem with paint thickness measurement (only) to claim some repaint is very tricky. I tell you why: It's called factory respray which is done during the production of the car. Happens more often than you think (e. g. due to some dust inclusions observed by QA). And at Volkswagen for example 300 microns is the acceptance limit from the factory. According to this measurement gauge it would tell you, it was repainted (which may be right, but you still don't know whether it did happen inside or outside the production facility)..
Thank you for your comment.
You raise a very valid point about factory refinishing. However, the question in reality is even more complex than that. For example different areas of the same car can be of different thicknesses due to a number of reasons. In addition to the ‘factory refinishing’ reason that you mention there are also areas of the body that may be designed to have different thicknesses such as for stone chip protection etc.
That said, the overall intention of using a Paint Thickness Gauge to assess the vehicle paint condition is predominantly to highlight areas of the vehicle body that may potentially have been re-coated as a result of accidental damage.
For example, if an area of more than 500 microns were detected then it would be indicative of either the presence of body filler under the paint or at least the presence of quite significant re-coating over the original factory finish. Secondly, an area of under 80 microns would normally indicate that the panel under review had been replaced and re-coated outside the factory specification.
I hope that this is useful.
If you have any further questions, you can always contact techsales@elcometer.com or visit www.elcometer.com/contact-us to find your local Elcometer distributor.
Why does it only work in increments of 10 in microns and increments of 5 in mils?
Thank you for your comment.
The Elcometer 311 is designed to give fast dry film thickness measurements on steel and aluminium to an accuracy of ±5% or ±20μm (1.0mil)*, to a resolution of 10μm (0.5mil); to provide an indication of the overall condition of automotive paint work.
If you require a paint meter that gives results to a greater resolution, the Elcometer 456 can provide measurements accurate to ±1-3% or ±2.5μm (±0.1mil)*, to a resolution of 1μm (0.1mil); depending on the combination of gauge model and probe being used.
If you have any further questions, please contact techsales@elcometer.com or visit www.elcometer.com/contact-us to find your local Elcometer distributor.
*whichever is greater
how to set-up my A311 to my smart phone?
Thank you for your comment.
We have a video that shows you how to connect Bluetooth-enabled Elcometer gauges with ElcoMaster for Android and Apple mobile devices: ruclips.net/video/TRRE6moSXfc/видео.html
We hope this helps!
If you have any further questions, please contact techsales@elcometer.com or visit www.elcometer.com/contact-us to find your local Elcometer distributor.
Where can i buy this product? Located in belgium
Hi,
Your local distributor is Elcometer Netherlands.
Find them at this link just here: www.elcometer.com/nl/
Best wishes,
Adam
Hi, I want to buy in Latvia, any dealers there?
Hi,
Please follow this link and fill out the required information:
www.elcometer.com/en/contact-us-form?type=Distributors&c=30&d=all&i=319
I want to buy this product. Price pl
Thank you for your comment.
If you visit www.elcometer.com/contact-us you can find your local Elcometer distributor who can help you with your enquiry.
The Elcometer 311 is made in Great Britain and is perfect for measuring the paint thickness on automotive steel or aluminium. The Elcometer 311 Automotive Paint Meter is the fastest automotive paint gauge on the market today.
If you have any further questions, please contact techsales@elcometer.com or visit www.elcometer.com/contact-us to find your local Elcometer distributor.
where to buy one?
Hello,
In which country are you located?
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You closest distributor is Phillro who can be found here:
www.phillro.com.au/product/elcometer-311-automotive-paint-meter/
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Pakistani rate
Thank you for your comment.
To find out the price of the Elcometer 311 in Pakistan, please visit www.elcometer.com/en/contact-us.html where you can find your local Elcometer distributor, and contact them via the form on our website, or via their external website where applicable.
I need that machine