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3nh NH310 Operation Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    （III） Save Data ........................12 Auto Save ......................12 Manual Save ....................13 （IV） Connect NH310 Colorimeter to the PC ............. 13 （Ⅴ）print ..........................14 V. System Function Description ..............15 Record and Standard Entering ........

  • Page 3: Product Description

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Product Description This user manual is for model NH310, NH300 and NR200 colorimeter, but all the following descriptions are according to model NH310. You will find NH300 and NR200 technical parameters in Product Specifications. NH310 colorimeter is researched and developed in accordance with CIE N D r &...

  • Page 4: Button Description

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter ● Please keep the colorimeter in a cool dry place. ● Any unauthorized changes to the colorimeter are not permitted, or it will affect the measuring accuracy, even cause irreversible damage. I. Button Description The following is a brief introduction of the buttons. We will give more detailed information about its function separately in next chapters.

  • Page 5: Interface Description

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter II. Interface Description Figure 2 Interface Description Interface Description Power Switch: Press the button to turn on the colorimeter. Press the button again. The button will pop up. Then the colorimeter is turned off. DC Interface: Connect with AC adapter. It is used to connect to external power source.

  • Page 6: Battery Description And Installation

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter the power switch to start the instrument. III. Battery Description and Installation Please use original Li-ion battery. Do not use other batteries, or it will cause irreversible damage. Please take out the battery to prevent the colorimeter from the damage of battery leakage if you don’t use it for a long time.
  • Page 7 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 4 Battery Installation Installing Battery When installing battery, be sure the power switch is popped out (The power source of colorimeter is cut off). Then remove the battery cover. Insert the Li-ion battery into battery compartment and push it gently in right direction.

  • Page 8: Nh310 Colorimeter Operating Instruction

    Turning On Press the power switch on the back side of the instrument, the LCD screen will display 3nh logo. After a few seconds, it will enter Standard Measurement interface automatically, and the default display is L*a*b*C*H. White Calibration and Black Calibration...
  • Page 9 . b) Manual White Calibration and Black Calibration After turning on NH310 colorimeter, press “Menu” to enter the main menu, as shown in Figure 6. Select “Calibrate” to enter White and Black Calibration interface, as shown in Figure 7.

  • Page 10: Changing Measuring Aperture

    “Settings –Aperture Setting ” to select the corresponding aperture . Or it may lead to the inaccurate measured data. NH310 colorimeter can be configured with three measuring apertures: Φ8mm measuring aperture, Φ4mm measuring aperture and extended Φ8mm measuring aperture (optional). The users can change it for...
  • Page 11 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter a) Removing Measuring Aperture As shown in Figure8 and Figure 9, turn the measuring aperture counter clockwise 20 degrees, and then remove the aperture downward. Figure 8 Counter Clockwise 20 Degrees Figure 9 Remove the Aperture Downward Installing Measuring Aperture As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, align the measuring aperture with mounting hole, and then turn it clockwise about 20 degrees.

  • Page 12: Measurement

    Camera Locating Enter “Standard Measurement” or “Sample Measurement” interface, align NH310 measuring port with the test sample and cling to it. If you need precise locating, please press the “Up/Camera/Print” button, then, camera locating is starting. At the same time, the screen will display the matching status of the measuring aperture and the test sample.

  • Page 13: Standard Measurement

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Enter “Standard Measurement” or “Sample Measurement” interface, press the “Testing” key and hold it. The facula will appear at the moment. You can observe the matching status between the facula and the measured sample. At the same time, hold the measuring aperture close to the measured sample and adjust it.

  • Page 14: Sample Measurement

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Measurement or Other Operations After completing sample measurement or other operations, the instrument may display an interface. At this moment, press “Back” button repeatedly until the interface back to “Standard Measurement” interface, as shown in Figure 14. Then, perform standard measurement according to step a).

  • Page 15: Manual Save

    Press “MENU” button to enter the main menu, as shown in Figure 6. Then, select “Comm” to enter an interface shown in Figure 18. Follow the instruction information mentioned in the interface to connect NH310 colorimeter to the PC with USB cable. When the communication is...

  • Page 16: Ⅴ）Print

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter shown in Figure 19. Figure 18 USB Communication Figure 19 “Communicating” Interface （Ⅴ ）Print Only when the colorimeter is in “Standard Measurement”, “Sample Measurement” or “Record” interfaces, you can print data through the printer. Connect colorimeter to the printer. When the colorimeter is in one of the above interfaces, press and hold (about 5 second) “Up/Camera/Print”...

  • Page 17: System Function Description

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter V. System Function Description Except “Standard Measurement” and “Sample Measurement” interfaces, you should enter other function interfaces through the main menu. Main menu is shown in Figure 20. Figure 20 Main Menu Interface 1. Record and Standard Entering ”m andard Recordard en...
  • Page 18 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 21 Standard Record Note: “↖Delete﹡” means press Back key “↖” and hold it for 3 seconds, then the record will be deleted. Figure 22 Sample Parameters under the T002 Standard b) Standard Entering In some cases, it’s needed to measure color difference under a saved standard.

  • Page 19: Tolerance Setting

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 22. You can search the needed sample data through “Up” and “Down”. After finding it, press “Menu” button, and then the sample record is entered to the measurement interface as a standard, press “Enter”, you can perform the color measurement under this standard. 2.
  • Page 20 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 24 Delete Records a) Delete All Samples When select “Delete All Samples”, it will delete all samples in the instrument and save the standard records. Then, the instrument will display a warning interface, as shown in Figure 26. Press “Enter”, all sample data will be deleted, but the standard records are still retained.

  • Page 21: Time Setting

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  • Page 22 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 28 Set Time Figure 29 Set Date Figure 30 Time Format Setting...

  • Page 23: Display Mode

    Figure 32 Display Mode Interface In NH310 colorimeter, the display mode will default to “CIE L*a*b*C*H*”. Other options are “CIE L*a*b*”, “CIE XYZ”, “CIE RGB”, “CIE L*u*v*”, “L*a*b* Whiteness & Yellowness”, “Color Fastness” and “Staining Fastness”.
  • Page 24 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Fastness” and “Staining Fastness”, the measurement interface will first enter the “Standard Measurement” interface shown in Figure 39 and Figure 40. After completing standard measurement, it will enter the interface shown in Figure 41 and Figure 42. Figure 33 CIE L*a*b*C*H* Measurement Interface Figure 34 CIE L*a*b* Measurement Interface...
  • Page 25 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 35 CIE XYZ Measurement Interface Figure 36 CIE RGB Measurement Interface Figure 37 CIE L*u*v* Measurement Interface...
  • Page 26 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 39 Color Fastness —Standard Measurement Interface Figure 40 Staining Fastness —Standard Measurement Interface Figure 41 Color Fastness Measurement Interface...

  • Page 27: Language Selection

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 42 Staining Fastness Measurement Interface 6. Language Selection Select “Language” in the main menu to enter an interface shown in Figure 43. You can select the language according to your need by pressing “Up” and “Down” buttons. Press “Enter” to save the settings and return to the main menu.

  • Page 28: Sci/Sce

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 44 Light Source Selection Interface 8. SCI/SCE Select “SCI/SCE” in the main menu to enter an interface shown in Figure 45. You can select SCI (including specular reflection) or SCE (excluding specular reflection) according to measurement need by pressing “Up”...

  • Page 29: Function Setting

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  • Page 30 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 48 Color Offset Setting Interface Figure 49 Color Offset Display Notes: 1. “White++” means the color of the measured sample is a little white 2. “White+” means the color of the measured sample slant white. 3. The same as other displays of color offset. b) Select “Settings”...
  • Page 31 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 50 Auto Save Interface c) Select “Settings” - “Aperture Setting” to enter an interface shown in Figure 51. This interface is used for selecting measuring aperture. After changing aperture, sure select corresponding aperture in “ Aperture Setting ”, or it will cause the inaccuracy of the measured data.
  • Page 32 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 52 Color Diff Formula e) Select “Settings” - “Backlight Time” to enter an interface shown in Figure 53. When the instrument is in idle state, you can set the backlight time to save electricity consumption. Figure 53 Backlight Time Setting Interface f) Select “Settings”...
  • Page 33 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Figure 54 Brightness Setting Interface g) Select “Settings” - “Restore Factory Set” to enter an interface shown in Figure 55. Press “Enter” button. The instrument will restore to factory default setting and clear all records. Figure 55 Restore Factory Set...

  • Page 34: Ⅵ. Product Parameters

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Ⅵ . Product Parameters 1. Product Features ● This instrument adopts both accurate camera locating and illumination locating and fully considers users’ need and adopts user-friendly design. It has original camera locating and illumination locating. You can select it according to your need.

  • Page 35: Product Specifications

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter 2. Product Specifications Model NH310 Model NH310 CIE L*a*b; CIE XYZ; CIE RGB;CIEL*u*v; CIE*C*H; Display Mode Whiteness &Yellowness; Color Fastness Color Difference ΔE*ab; ΔL*ab; ΔE*C*H; ΔECIE94; ΔEHunter Formula Illuminating/viewing 8/d (8° i llumination angle/diffuse viewing) geometry Light Source...
  • Page 36 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Range Storage Temperature -20℃ to 50℃ (-4℉ to 122℉) Humidity Range...
  • Page 37 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Storage 100 pcs standard samples; 20000 pcs test samples Minimum Interval Approx. 1 sec Between Measurement Battery Life More than 3000 measurements Lamp Life more than 1.6 million times in 5 years Display TFT True-color; 2.8 inch@(16:9) Model B: USB Interface RS-232: Baud rate 19200bps...
  • Page 38 High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Light Source LED blue light excitation Detector Silicon photoelectric diode Measuring Aperture Φ8mm; Observer: CIE 10° Standard Observer Measuring Conditions Illuminant: CIE Standard Illuminant D65 Measuring Range L: 0 to 100 Standard deviation within ΔE*ab 0.08 Repeatability (Measurement Conditions: Average of 30 measurements of standard white plate) Storage...

  • Page 39: Appendix

    High-Quality Portable Colorimeter Appendix 1. The Color of Objects There are three major elements to perceive color: light, object and observer. Any change of these three elements will influence the observer’s color perception. When the light source and the observer don’t change, then the object will determine the observer’s color perception.

  • Page 40: Human Eyes To Distinguish Colors

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