Konica Minolta New BenchTop Spectrophotometer CM-36d Series

DS Technology & Services Sdn Bhd is pleased to announce Konica Minolta new benchtop spectrophotometer CM-36d series for high accuracy color management. It has 3 variants – CM-36d, CM-36dG and CM-36dGV with 2 version (Basic and Advanced). Both CM-36dG and CM36dGV spectrophotometer is built with advance features that offer simultaneous measurement of both Color and Gloss. Contributing to DX of supply chain globalization.

DS Technology & Services Sdn Bhd today announced that we are going to launch both version – Basic (CM-36d) and Advanced (CM-36dG and CM-36dGV) spectrophotometer in middle of March 2021. Both CM-36dG horizontal format and CM-36dGV vertical format offers simultaneous measurement of Color and Gloss where CM-36d model offer only reflectance color measurement.

The new CM-36d series benchtop spectrophotometer are the successor models to the CM-3600A and CM-3610A that have been widely used by the material suppliers in the automotive and IT equipment fields.  These new benchtop spectrophotometer are targeted mainly at color-matching and quality control applications for plastic, textile, paint, printing, coating etc. material suppliers where simultaneous measurement of Color and Gloss^*1 will increase the efficiency of inspection processes while high measurement accuracy enables outstanding quality control. In addition, all devices are equipped with WAA, an unique function that compensates for slight shifts in measured values due to ambient temperature changes, etc. to offer high stability and reliability. Measurement operation usability has also been greatly improved over the previous models which will lead to increased operator productivity.

With the coronavirus pandemic it is difficult for people to travel while the continuing globalization of supply chains, digitalization and IT usage in production areas is accelerating. By converting color and gloss information into digital data with high accuracy, these new instruments contribute to the digital transformation (DX) of manufacturing by realizing quality control without relying on target samples or the eyes of skilled workers.

^*1 CM-36dG, CM-36dGV only

Simultaneous Measurement Of Color And Gloss For Improved Inspection Processes Efficiency

The CM-36dG and CM-36dGV are both two-in-one spectrophotometers that offers simultaneous color and gloss measurement. For color matching of paint, measuring both color (spectral reflectance) and gloss increases the parameters for color-matching calculations and help improve quality. For quality control of plastics, high-level quality evaluation and improved work efficiency can be achieved by measuring both the color (material color) and the gloss (surface conditions).

High Measurement Accuracy For Excellent Quality Control

Both the Spectrophotometer CM-36dG and Spectrophotometer CM-36dGV offers extremely tight inter-instrument agreement. The colorimetric inter-instrument agreement for both instruments are within ΔE*ab 0.12 (average for 12 BCRA tiles), a 20% improvement compared to their predecessor, with their gloss inter-instrument agreement matches or better the performance of gloss-only instruments.

With such tight inter-instrument agreement, exceedingly small differences in measurement data between instruments can be expected. It enables a more consistent measurement result, efficiently, within the supply chain, from suppliers to finished product maker, when using multiple instruments or instruments in several locations.

Additionally, measurement data differences against their predecessor are also kept exceedingly small. Older data from their predecessor can continue to be used as it is, minimizing the work needed when switching models (for SCI data only^*2).

^*2 SCI: Specular Component Included. An illumination/viewing method in which the sample is diffusely illuminated, and the measured light includes specularly reflected light.

High Stability Through Wavelength Compensation Function

The WAA^*3 function compensates for slight shifts in measurement data due to external factors (e.g., ambient temperature changes, etc.). Together with annual calibration and maintenance, stable operation, with minimum problems, can be expected.

General Concept of WAA

WAA^{*3 –} License required