Colour and Surface Measurement for Building Materials
Scalable solutions for cement, wood, tiles, metal, glass, ...
Colour and Gloss Measurement Solutions for Construction Materials
Konica Minolta measuring instruments offer traceable and trusted measurement technology for the building materials industry, including simple tristimulus colorimeters, ergonomic portable spectrophotometers, innovative bench-top spectrophotometers, close tolerance glossmeters, and a range of controlled colour viewing systems.
Scalable solutions are available to help organisations and their wider value chain to specify, communicate, produce, and control colour and surface gloss.
- Optimise processes
- Improve consistency
- Boost customer satisfaction
- Reduce waste
Konica Minolta offers robust, high-performance colour measurement instruments and quality control software used to establish and maintain colour quality standards in the building materials industry. These solutions enable users to accurately assess and control the quality of raw materials and finished products in production and verify that products meet required standards such as Light Reflectance Value (e.g., BS 8300:2009).
Colour measurement, using either a spectrophotometer or tristimulus colorimeter (depending on the sample), will allow producers to offer customers a consistent product with a higher perceived quality and, therefore, value. The application specialists at Konica Minolta have a vast experience of building product applications including:
- Concrete and cement,
- Industrial metalwork,
- Slate,
- Colour matched grouting, etc
Colour control is a vital tool in the construction materials industry
Konica Minolta has a global reach, with local sales and expertise to assist you in establishing a successful digital colour data system. Whether between supply chain partners, in development, in production or in QC, our teams can deliver a solution that meets your needs, and partner with you to scale that system as those requirements grow.
Konica Minolta measuring instruments are supported by an extensive network of authorised service facilities to ensure that your instrument is maintained, accurate, and traceable all year round.
Benefits
Produce consistent quality: batch to batch consistency improves end user satisfaction and perception of quality, reducing returns and waste.
Colour is a sales tool: Both B2B and B2C markets value personalisation and customisation. A colour matching and control system allows producers to manufacture according to trend or specification, consistent from batch to batch.
Greatly reduce waste: It is a universal truth of human vision that It is easier to spot small colour differences in larger samples. In the construction materials industry typically, the products are large, making it easier for even the untrained observer to perceive colour difference that they would not detect on smaller samples.
Colour is a Service: The ability to offer commercial customers colour data and consistency marks you as a reliable partner that offers an added value service.
Example Applications
Increase the consistency of colour and gloss on roof tiles, developing, maintaining, and agreeing tolerances with customers.
Implement a shade sorting system for wood flooring products to reduce rejects and returns (this can also help optimising filler colour which in turn further reduces waste).
Produce an expanded range of colours in sealant, grouting, and other products.
Increase the quality and consistency of building facade panels to customer specification.
Solutions for Colour and Gloss Measurement of Building Products
Colour and Gloss of Opaque Building Material
Colour and gloss measurement of solid building products covers a huge array of product types, everything from wood, stone, metal, builders ware and other plastics. As colour difference is more easily noticable on larger surfaces, manufacturers implement colour QC to deliver a consistent product to customers.
Colour and Gloss Measurement for Transparent Buildng Materials
Products such as coloured glass, films and transparent plastics are often used in commercial building projects to add flair and visual appeal. Like any other product, their development and processing can be controlled to maximise the percieved quality of the finished product.
