© Automation Dr. Nix
The new QNix 9500 thickness gauge developed by Automation Dr. Nix.
INNOVATIONS: PRESENT&FUTURE
An Innovative, High-Tech, Easy-to-Use Portable Tool: The QNix 9500 Thickness Gauge Adriano Antonelli Tecno Supply - Ibix Srl, Santa Maria in Fabriago (Ravenna) – Italy
adriano.antonelli@tecnosupply.com
In the field of surface treatments, coating quality control has become essential to guarantee complete customer satisfaction. The engineers at Automation Dr. Nix – a German manufacturer of portable instruments for nondestructive thickness measurement on metal substrates, distributed in Italy by Tecno Supply, a division of Ibix Srl – have developed a new, innovative thickness gauge that meets even the most complex requirements, called QNix 9500.
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n many industries, such as contract liquid and powder painting,
industries, for example. Especially in the automotive sector, quality
coatings are being required to meet increasingly high quality
assurance is particularly crucial because the layers of paint applied
standards in terms of aesthetics, durability, and reliability
are very thin and the tolerance range is relatively small. Thickness
while costs are simultaneously rising; quality assurance and order
gauges are therefore indispensable for the evaluation of a vehicle;
documentation are therefore indispensable for a coating process. In
they are essential for carrying out an assessment after an accident or
other sectors, including surface treatments, galvanising, and Eloxal,
estimating the value of a vehicle, for taking out a lease, buying a used
functional coatings give the processed surfaces precise anti-corrosion
car, or checking and documenting bodywork and paintwork.
and wear-resistant properties for use in the automotive or mechanical
QNix 9500, a thickness gauge that is robust, accurate, versatile,
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N. 72 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 - international PAINT&COATING magazine
