Getting Started - Elcometer 107 Guide D'utilisation

3 GETTING STARTED

3.1 SELECTING THE CORRECT CUTTER BLADE
The cutter blade is selected based on the substrate type, coating
thickness and the test method being used, see table below.
Coating Thickness
µm mils
0 - 50 0 - 2
50 - 125 2 - 5
0 - 60 -
61 - 120 -
121 - 250 -
3.2 FITTING THE CROSS HATCH CUTTER BLADE
The Elcometer 107 is supplied with a cutter blade. Different sizes of
cutting blades are available, see Section 6.1 'Cross Hatch Cutter
Blades' on page en-8, all of which fit the adhesion tester.
To fit a cutter:
1 Use the hexagonal wrench supplied to remove the cutter securing
screw by turning anti-clockwise.
2 Remove the existing cutter (if fitted) and position the new cutter.
3 Re-position and tighten the cutter securing screw.
3.3 CHANGING THE CUTTING EDGE
Each cross hatch cutter blade has a total of 4
cutting edges, labelled 1 to 4.
When a cutting edge becomes worn, simply
rotate the cutting blade by 180° to use the next
cutting edge on that side. Repeat until both
cutting edges are worn.
Remove the cutting blade, turn over and re-fit
(see Section 3.2), to use the cutting edges on
other side.
Note: The ISO/JIS Standard recommends that the cutting
tool is replaced when the top of the blades has flattened to 0.1mm.
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ASTM
(Metal Substrates)
11 x 1mm
6 x 2mm
-
-
-
Test Method
ISO/JIS
(Hard Substrates)
-
6 x 1mm
6 x 2mm
6 x 3mm
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ISO/JIS
(Soft Substrates)
-
6 x 2mm
6 x 2mm
6 x 3mm