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- Page 1 Flex User Manual coatmaster.com Version: 05-2023...
- Page 2 © 2019-2023 coatmaster AG Distribution and duplication of this document, and utilization and communication of its contents other than for legitimate purposes, are not permitted without the express permission of coatmaster AG. Violations will result in legal action. All rights are reserved in the event of patent grant or utility model registration (ISO 16016).
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Turning the Power On/Off ....................... 17 7.4. Language Selection ........................... 18 7.5. Wi-Fi Settings ............................. 18 7.6. Activation............................. 20 7.7. Operation with coatmaster® Local server ..................21 Operating Instructions ......................23 8.1. System Settings ........................... 23 8.1.1. Network Troubleshooter..........................23 8.1.2. Select license and server ...........................24 8.1.3. - Page 4 Flex 8.4. Application Menu ..........................31 8.4.1. Delete an application..........................33 8.4.2. Favorite an application ..........................34 8.4.3. Advanced calibration report........................34 8.4.4. Calibration Menu ............................35 8.4.5. Quick Application ............................35 8.4.6. Manual Application ............................36 8.4.7. Reference Measurements ...........................37 8.4.8. Calibration Report ............................40 8.4.9.
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Page 5: Technical Data
Foreword Dear Customer, with the purchase of a coatmaster® Flex, you have acquired a high-quality, precision product. In this manual we provide you with some instructions to help you to work successfully and productively with this device for many years. coatmaster AG has made every effort to manufacture a safe and high- quality device that complies with all applicable regulations. -
Page 6: Customer Requirements And Device Specification
(dust, high temperature) industrial environment. The patented measurement process used by the coatmaster® Flex is non-contact (as opposed to systems based on magnetic induction or ultrasound) and non-destructive. It can be applied on wet, powder, and cured coatings, regardless of the coating material, thickness, or color (including white). -
Page 7: Applications
Flex Applications The coatmaster® Flex is a flexible and robust handheld device for non-contact measurement of coatings. The coatmaster® Flex is unique and versatile and can be used in a wide variety of industries and industrial sectors: • Automotive •... -
Page 8: Functionality And Measuring Principle
Functionality and Measuring Principle The coatmaster® works according to the principle of advanced thermal optics (ATO). The surface of the coating is heated with a light pulse. After brief heating by a few degrees, the surface is cooled by heat conduction to deeper areas of the coating and the substrate. -
Page 9: Safety And Responsibility
Flex Safety and Responsibility This section provides an overview of all relevant safety features for optimum personal protection and safe and trouble-free operation. Keep the operating instructions with the safety instructions so that you can refer to them later. -
Page 10: Signs And Icons
Table 3: Signs and icons Intended Use The coatmaster® Flex is intended exclusively for the measurement of coating thicknesses. The device should only be used as a handheld device. The device should not be mounted on a robot or fixture or operated for an extended period of time. - Page 11 The following applications are prohibited: • Use of the equipment in environments where liquids may get into the device. • Introduction of any objects into the coatmaster® Flex or similar devices. • Unauthorized opening the device, other than for standard maintenance operations (see section 13.), voids the warranty and the manufacturer assumes no liability.
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Page 12: Product Safety
Before operating the coatmaster® Flex in any environment, check if the measurement area is under surveillance of flame detectors. If the flame detector is not listed in the above table, use the Flex in that area after receiving written confirmation either from coatmaster AG or from the supplier of the... -
Page 13: Delivery Scope
Flex Delivery Scope The coatmaster® Flex is delivered with the following components in a robust transport case (scope of delivery can vary): Ⓐ coatmaster® Flex Ⓑ Local Server LS (opt.) Ⓒ Local server power supply LSPS (opt.) Ⓓ LSPS 230v mains cable (opt.) Ⓔ... -
Page 14: Set-Up
Flex 7. Set-up To use your coatmaster® Flex, you must set it up to connect to a Flex server by Wi-Fi connection. The Flex server can either be a coatmaster® Cloud server (through internet connection) or a coatmaster® Local server (no Internet required). To connect to the coatmaster Cloud server, a connection to the Internet is necessary. -
Page 15: Battery
Flex 7.1. Battery 7.1.1. Battery Charging First charge the 18V battery pack by sliding the battery pack into the battery charger (see Figure 5: Battery inserted in charger). Use only the approved power charger. Figure 6: Standalone battery Figure 5: Battery inserted in charger After battery charging, double-check the status of the battery by pressing the ‘On’... -
Page 16: Navigation Panel
On/Off button Ⓐ in the input panel (see Figure 8: Input panel - keys and elements). It takes about 20 seconds for the coatmaster® Flex to boot up. To see the time until the coatmaster® Flex is fully operational, view the boot window on the coatmaster® Flex screen; the boot indicator scale is shown in the display. -
Page 17: Language Selection
Figure 10: Language selection 7.5. Wi-Fi Settings To use your coatmaster® Flex, you must set it up to connect to a Flex server by Wi-Fi connection. The Flex server can either be a coatmaster® Cloud server (through internet connection) or a coatmaster® Local server (no Internet required). - Page 18 Activate the option “auto-connect” if you want to store the network credentials on the coatmaster® Flex for automatically connecting to this network if it is available upon boot time. During the connection period, the following...
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Page 19: Activation
Flex If you have conducted a factory reset and need to re-activate your coatmaster® Flex, the Wi- Fi network you were connected to before, resetting will be saved and the coatmaster® Flex will automatically connect to it. Connection to the internet may be provided by mobile phone hotspots. Internet availability of course depends on mobile connection stability. -
Page 20: Operation With Coatmaster® Local Server
(see Figure 26: Main display). Your coatmaster® Flex is now registered with the Flex server. Before you can start measuring, you need to select the appropriate user level and the units in which you want to measure (metric or imperial) - Page 21 Simply press the power button to start the local server. It opens a Wi-Fi network called “flex-local”, which requires no password to connect. Select this Wi-Fi from your network setting on the coatmaster® Flex.
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Page 22: Operating Instructions
To configure and display measurement results in micrometres (µm) or in mils (see section 8.1.4.). • Auto power off To change the time setting when the Flex should turn off automatically (see section 8.1.5.). Contact • To display the contact information as well as the software version of the UI and the system. -
Page 23: Select License And Server
Flex 8.1.1. Network Troubleshooter Troubleshooter By using the up/down arrow keys Ⓓ and the OK button Ⓒ in the Network menu. When activated, the system performs a network diagnosis. After a few seconds, the result of the network... -
Page 24: User Level
Flex 8.1.3. User Level The coatmaster® Flex can be operated in two different User Level modes, the attributes of which are given in Table 6: User Levels. You can toggle between the different modes by selecting the User Level menu. When this setting... -
Page 25: Measurement Unit
It is also possible to access the current operating instructions of the Flex as a link by means of a QR code. For example, the QR reader of a smartphone or tablet can be used for this purpose. -
Page 26: Factory Reset
‘Cancel’ field to return to the system settings Figure 23: Factory reset menu. Only users using the Flex in Admin mode can do a Factory reset. For the Standard User Level this option is greyed out and cannot be activated. 8.1.8. Automation mode To start the automation mode, use in the settings menu the up/down arrow keys ... -
Page 27: Main Menu
Flex 8.2. Main Menu The main menu, and descriptions of the elements of the coatmaster® Flex, are shown in Figure 26: Main display. Main Menu ① Active application ② Active block ③ System settings ④ Measured value in selected unit (µm) ⑤... - Page 28 Flex The following options are available in the main menu: Access to the application menu Use the left or right arrow key Ⓓand the OK button Ⓒ to select the application. Access to the block menu Use the left or right arrow key Ⓓand the OK button Ⓒ...
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Page 29: Block Menu
Flex 8.3. Block Menu In the main menu use the left or right arrow key Ⓓ to select the ‘Block’ field and confirm with the OK button Ⓒ according to section 7.2. (Figure 8: Input panel - keys and elements). -
Page 30: Rename A Block
Flex 8.3.3. Rename a block To edit a block, select a block from the list and choose ‘rename’. If you choose a block within the list of available blocks the color will change to light orange. You can select the desired block by using the up/down arrow keys ... -
Page 31: Application Menu
By using applications, these measurement parameters can be applied across a consistent set of measurements. In the original state of the coatmaster® Flex, you will find five pre-set applications. They are displayed in bold. Powder white is a pre-set application for •... -
Page 32: Delete An Application
Flex 8.4.1. Delete an application To remove an application, select an application from the list and choose ‘delete’. If you choose an application within the list of available applications, the color will change to light orange. You can select the desired application by using the up/down arrow keys ... -
Page 33: Favorite An Application
Flex 8.4.2. Favorite an application You can set favorites within the application list. These are highlighted in yellow when activated. Favorite applications are placed at the top of the application list. If you choose an application within the list of available applications, the color will change to light orange. -
Page 34: Advanced Calibration Report
Flex 8.4.3. Advanced calibration report A summary of the calibration parameters is displayed in the advanced calibration report. If all parameters are green, the calibration is successful. section 8.4.4.4. For more Information see The default report only shows a check mark next to... -
Page 35: Manual Application
Flex 8.4.6. Manual Application When you select ‘㊉ Application‘, a new display will appear (see Figure 39: Material Properties), which displays the calibration options that were initially chosen. Use the up/down arrow keys Ⓓ to navigate between the different fields and press the OK button Ⓒ... -
Page 36: Reference Measurements
8.4.7. Reference Measurements Now you can proceed to conduct a refe-rence measurement to calibrate your device for this new application. At this point, position your coatmaster® Flex approximately 5 cm away from the reference sample and press the trigger button Ⓣ (see... - Page 37 To delete the desired reference measurement, you measurements with two different must confirm with ‘OK’. layer thicknesses with the coatmaster® Flex. Trigger a reference measurement in the To abort and return to the application menu, use the calibration menu by pressing the trigger button back button Ⓑ.
- Page 38 Flex A calibration report as shown in Figure 43: Basic Calibration Report will be generated by the coatmaster® Flex software. The software will automatically check the results and will clearly display the status of the calibration process. Select ‘Ok’ to return to the main menu.
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Page 39: Calibration Report
Flash energy will be adjusted. White uses a high Flash energy and Non-White uses a low Flash energy. The above values will be calculated and checked automatically by the coatmaster® Flex software after ’Calibrate’ has been activated in the calibration menu. -
Page 40: Rename Application
Flex 8.4.9. Rename application To edit the Application Name select the desired application in the application menu, using the up/down arrow keys Ⓓand the OK button Ⓒ from the input panel. If you choose an application within list available applications, the color will change to light orange. -
Page 41: Materials Properties
Flex 8.4.11. Materials Properties Use the up/down arrow keys Ⓓ to select ’Materials Properties’ (see Figure 47: Advanced calibration options) and press the OK button Ⓒ from the input panel. The Materials Properties display will appear (see Figure 48: Materials Properties). -
Page 42: Display Options (Bounds)
Flex 8.4.13. Display Options (Bounds) The display options (see Figure 50: Display Options) will configure your display and the bounds in the trend chart (see Figure 49: Principle of Application Bounds). Bounds (limits) can be configured and optionally displayed for the: •... -
Page 43: Setting Bounds
Flex 8.4.14. Setting Bounds To understand the relationship between the bounds in the trend chart, see Figure 51: Principles of Application Bounds and the Display Options in the Application menu (see Figure 52: Application ----- LW Bounds). ----- UW... - Page 44 SNR value shown in the calibration report is SNR = 2090 (dimensionless). If the coatmaster® Flex is aimed at another surface if it is too far away from the coating, the SNR value for the measurement will decrease. We can set an SNR threshold to determine the minimum SNR value required of a measurement to be acceptable.
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Page 45: Example Of A Calibration Process
Calibration samples should cover the whole measurement range. If, for example, measurements with the Flex are to be conducted up to 150 µm, then a calibration sample at 150 µm should be used to ensure maximum accuracy of the Flex measurement. If the measurement value exceeds the maximum calibration measurement by a factor of 2, the Flex will not display the measurement value because of potentially high inaccuracy. -
Page 46: Offset Calibration
Flex measurement results at lower or higher thickness. For example, Flex thickness measurements are ok in the range of 80 μm, but we see that the Flex measures always around 10 μm too high in the range of 40 μm. Such systematic deviations can occur, for example, if an uncured coating is to be measured with the Flex on a cured coating. -
Page 47: Measurement
(see section been selected in the application menu 8.4.). Hold the coatmaster® Flex as steadily as possible at a distance of approximately 5 cm from the sample (see Figure 52: Measurement). The measured surface is in the middle of the red circles and is approximately 2 mm in diameter. -
Page 48: Data Transfer/Cloud
10.1. Login For a cloud server, you must log in to the coatmaster® cloud on your computer via the Internet to access the data. Alternatively, if you are using a coatmaster® local server, connect your computer to the local (see section 7.7.). - Page 49 Flex Depending on your coatmaster® Flex server, select the following URL to connect to your server: Server Europe https://coatmaster.cloud https://useast.coatmaster.cloud China https://ningxia.coatmaster.online Local https://10.10.0.1:9080 server Custom Enter the custom IP address. servers Login with the provided Username and Password (i.e.
- Page 50 Flex You will automatically be directed to the home display of the coatmaster® cloud website, which has four main menu buttons on the upper left side (Figure 47: Cloud main menu): APPLICATIONS • MONITOR • TREND • EXPORT •...
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Page 51: Applications
Flex 10.1.1. Applications The application menu in the coatmaster® cloud displays the available applications. The list provides details of the number of blocks and measurements per application. Figure 60: Cloud --application menu To select an application, click on one of the applications in the list. -
Page 52: Export
Excel file. Figure 62: Cloud - monitor menu with chart 10.1.3. Export Within the export menu of the coatmaster® cloud, you can select dedicated data and download it to your computer. Figure 63: Cloud - export menu - select application... -
Page 53: Help
Flex Figure 64: Cloud – export menu – limiting data select ① Click on the desired application. The selected application will be copied to the export list in the right half of the window. You can remove the selected applications by clicking on the red cross (see Figure 64: Cloud - export menu - select application). -
Page 54: Troubleshooting And Best Practice
Flex 11. Troubleshooting and Best Practice 11.1. Error Messages Description Error Messages Corrective measure • Did not receive a response from the cloud. Check Internet status and perform a network diagnosis with • (see section 8.1.1.). ‘Troubleshooter’ • Check the WLAN signal on the router. In the absence of a signal, Cloud reconnection of cables is required. -
Page 55: Error Codes
Flex 11.2. Error Codes Description Technical • Corrective measure Errors Received an ‘Error’ message from the cloud when measuring. Check the Internet status and perform a network diagnosis with • see section 8.1.1. ‘Troubleshooter’ ( Wrong parameter. • Contact the Technical Support (details on page 2) for further assistance. - Page 56 Flex Photodetector signal clipping. Contact the Technical Support (details on page 2) for further assistance. • Wrong acquisition parameter. Contact the Technical Support (details on page 2) for further assistance. • Optimization start time not found. Contact the Technical Support (details on page 2) for further assistance.
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Page 57: Frequently Asked Questions (Faqs)
Flex. coatmaster® Flex is too hot. • Search for a cooler measuring environment, allow the coatmaster® Flex to cool down, and never leave the coatmaster® Flex in direct sunlight for an extended period of time. Unstable results • Parts to be measured are too far away. -
Page 58: Maintenance And Repair
In case of any other tampering, or opening of the device, the warranty will immediately be terminated. Table 9 gives you an overview of the items that need to be regularly maintained on your coatmaster® Flex:... -
Page 59: Replacement Of The Inlet Filter
Replacement of the Inlet Filter The inlet filter must be inspected, at least weekly, by the user of the coatmaster® Flex to avoid a malfunction of the device. If it is dirty, change the filter; otherwise, change the filter every second week or after 80 hours of use, whichever is earlier. -
Page 60: Api-Interface Description
Flex 14. API-Interface Description You will find the current API at: https://coatmaster.com/fileadmin/bilder/coatmasterflex/coatmaster_Flex_API.pdf Or scan the QR code:... - Page 61 Flex coatmaster AG Flugplatzstrasse 5 CH-8404 Winterthur +41 52 2120277 info@coatmaster.com www.coatmaster.com...
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