byko-cut uni­ver­sal

Portable instru­ment pro­vid­ing suf­fi­cient accu­racy for lab­o­ra­tory use but also usable at con­struc­tion sites and in work­shops. Ideal for cus­tomer ser­vice tech­ni­cians and demon­s­tra­tions. The BYK-Gard­ner byko-cut is a uni­ver­sal instru­ment for:

  • Mea­sur­ing film thick­ness in the range of 2 - 2000 μm (1/8 - 80 mils) on every sub­s­trate (steel, non-fer­rous metal, plas­tics, wood, etc.)
  • Adh­e­sion test by means of cross-cut test in accor­dance with ASTM D 3359; DIN 53 151
  • Inden­ta­tion hard­ness test in accor­dance with ISO 2815 (Buch­holz)
  • Micro­s­copic research for pores, pits, cracks, blis­ters, flak­ing, inter­coat adh­e­sion of the indi­vi­d­ual film in coat sys­tems, and qual­ity con­trol of the pre­treat­ment of the sub­s­trate

Spe­cial fea­tures:

  • LED illu­mi­na­tion
  • Ergo­nom­i­cal design
  • Guid­ing wheels for smooth cutt­ing
  • Cut fin­der

For more infor­ma­tion on Buch­holz hard­ness see chapter "Hard­ness" page 200.

For Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Ser­vices see page 269.

Comes com­plete with:
byko-cut uni­ver­sal film gauge
Revolv­ing rotary head with 3 cut­ters for film thick­ness (# 1-3)
Built-in micro­s­cope (scale 0 - 2 mm)
LED
Bat­tery
Oper­a­tion man­ual

Note: Cut­ters must be ordered separately for Cat. No. PG-3432 Tools for cross-cut and hard­ness must be ordered separately

The V-shaped cut can be eas­ily stored as an image with the Dig­i­tal Pocket Micro­s­cope.
For more details please see chapter "Micro­s­copes", pages 221 - 223.

Ordering Information Technical Specifications
Cat. No. Description PriceLampBatteriesMicroscopeDimensions
PG-3430 byko-cut thickness, Metric

White LED

1.5 Volts Mignon type50-fold magnification110 x 80 x 75 mm
(4.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 in)
PG-3431 byko-cut thickness, English White LED1.5 Volts Mignon type50-fold magnification110 x 80 x 75 mm
(4.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 in)
PG-3432 byko-cut no cutters, Metric White LED1.5 Volts Mignon type50-fold magnification110 x 80 x 75 mm
(4.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 in)
PG-3433 byko-cut no cutters, English White LED1.5 Volts Mignon type50-fold magnification110 x 80 x 75 mm
(4.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 in)
Standards
ASTM D 3002, D 3359
DIN 50 986, 53 151
ISO 2409, 2815
NCCA II-13, X-1
VTLA 003 Item 9