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Method and system for matching color and coarseness appearance of coatings

US8743364B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC · US

Inventors

Hartmut Krause · Erlangen, DE
Larry E. Steenhoek · Wilmington, US
Wolfgang Kupper · Wuppertal, DE
Allan Blase Joseph Rodrigues · Bloomfield Hills, US
Wilhelm Kettler · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2010
Grant date	Jun 3, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01J3/52
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and a system for producing one or more matching formulas to match color and coarseness appearance of a target coating on a substrate. The method provides providing a set of coating chips comprising at least two coating chips having different lightness values, and at least two coating chips having matching lightness values and different coarseness values. This invention provides a simple method and the system for matching color and coarseness appearance of the surface coating.

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