The Elcometer 106 Adhesion Tester - easy to operate and fully portable, provides a numerical value for adhesion. Applications include: paint or plasma spray on bridge decking, coatings on steel, aluminium or concrete, etc.
• Comes in a carrying case – ideal for site tests
• Hand operated so you don't have to worry about a power supply!

A test dolly is bonded to the coating using an adhesive. The 106 houses a spring arrangement which applies a lift force to the dolly. When the dolly is pulled off the surface, an indicator on the scale shows the numerical value of adhesion expressed in terms of the force required to remove the dolly. Test from low adhesion values of 5-30 PSI (0.05 - 0.2 N/mm²) up to 500 - 3200 PSI (5 - 22 N/mm²) For an approximate value in kg/cm² multiply N/mm² by 10.

From the largest man-made structures to the smallest household appliances, most manufactured products have a protective or cosmetic coating. Premature failure of this coating can, at the very least, result in costly penalties or rework. Adhesion testing during the coating process will quantify the strength of the bond between substrate and coating, or between different coating layers or the cohesive strength of some substrates. Routine testing is also used as part o inspection and maintenance procedures to help detect potential coating failures. Elcometer offer a highly comprehensive range of Adhesion Gauges designed specifically to meet your requirements. These gauges can be split into three categories:

The coating is cut into small squares, thereby reducing lateral bonding, and the adhesion assessed against ISO, ASTM or Corporate Standards

Tensile Dollies (or stubs) are glued to the coating and, once the adhesive has cured, the force required to pull the dolly off the surface is measured.