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Elcometer 128


Elcometer have a complete range of Surface Standards, covering most of the required standards for surface cleanliness, including rust standards.

Product description

Elcometer’s range of Surface Standards covers most of those required for surface cleanliness.

Surface Standards include:

  • BS EN ISO 8501-1:2007/SIS 055900
  • BS EN ISO 8501-4:2006
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 1
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 2
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 3
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 4
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 5

These include
  • The Swedish Standard - ISO 8501, SIS 055900
  • The British Standard - BS 7079: Part A1
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS 1-89
  • The SSPC Standard - VIS-3

Cat. No. Description
E128----1 Swedish Standard (ISO 8501, SIS 055900) The original visual standard. It shows the degree of cleanliness of four different levels of rusted steel cleaned by blasting, hand and power tools and flame. Specified by ASTM 2200 Method A.
E128----2 British Standard BS 7079:Part A1 Consists of ISO 8501 and a supplement for cleaning using six alternatives to silica quartx, which is prohibited in Britain.
E128----4 There is also a supplement to this standard (supplied with E128----2
E128----3 SSPC (Steel Structures Painting Council) VIS 1-89 Similar to the Swedish and British standards, but the pictures of the required final appearances match the written desciptions in the USA standards. VIS 1-89 includes photographs of surfaces cleaned using metallic and non-metallic abrasives. Specified by ASTM 2200 Method B.
E128----5 SSPC VIS-3 - Contains 44 photographs to supplement the written SSPC speciifications for hand and power-tool cleaning