Introduction To Your Spectratrend Ht; Product Applications And Key Features - HunterLab SpectraTrend HT User Manual

INTRODUCTION TO YOUR SPECTRATREND HT

The SpectraTrend HT is the newest in HunterLab's versatile and cost-effective on-line color
measurement instruments. The SpectraTrend HT is a continuous, online, non-contact color, and
height measurement instrument. Designed for use in production environments, the
SpectraTrend HT uses LED sample illumination technology to measure and monitor color on the
production line. Like a bench spectrophotometer, the instrument can output both colorimetric
and spectral values for the visible spectrum, along with a measurement of product height.
Production runs are monitored continuously, from beginning to end, to identify color variation
and out-of-spec product, without contact or intrusion.

Product Applications and Key Features

SpectraTrend HT takes real-time color measurements of products of virtually any size, and in
industries as diverse as paint, food, building products and industrial minerals. Current
applications include:
• Building Products -- glass, siding, plastic, lumber, insulation and roofing.
• Food -- processed, baked, fried, and roasted.
• Paint -- coated aluminum and steel
• Paper -- lightweight low opacity paper, coated board, fine paper, and colored/white
paper
• Plastic -- pellets, film, and extruded sheet products.
• Textile -- denim dyeing, automotive fabric, carpet, dyeing/finishing and continuous
dyeing for apparel fabrics.
• Other – crushed stone, fertilizer.
This instrument functions optimally when used to measure color differences between samples
and an ideal product standard. Table 1 lists the key features and benefits of the device.
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