ThicknessPen Offers Versatile Dual Mode Material Thickness Gauging

Agr International recently unveiled its ThicknessPen, a portable thickness gauge, for the container glass industry. The ThicknessPen is ideal for measurement in the laboratory or on the manufacturing floor. The all-new device offers an innovative approach to portable thickness measurement with its patent pending dual mode technology.

The ThicknessPen is the latest in Agr’s line of thickness measurement products, for the container and packaging industry, developed to address the multiple and diverse thickness measurement applications in the production environment. The ThicknessPen’s small size, with its light weight and robust design, can be used just about anywhere, from the laboratory, the production floor or even in a wet environment at a job site in the field.

The ThicknessPen provides easy, non-destructive and highly accurate thickness measurement for glass containers, sheet materials as well as all types of non-ferrous products, regardless of their size, shape or material. ThicknessPen offers intuitive operation, is bluetooth enabled and compatible with smart phones and tablets.

Dual Mode Dsign

The ThicknessPen differs from other measurement devices with its dual-mode operation that offers users the option to measure using either a magnetic or capacitance mode, whichever is most appropriate for the application, providing a unique advantage offering versatility and providing the precision necessary for the laboratory and the portability, ruggedness and safety for use on the production floor.

With the magnetic mode, a magnetic target ball is used during measurements. This mode offers a level of precision equal to or exceeding traditional hall-effect devices with greater simplicity and reliability without the concerns associated with probes that use strong magnetic fields. In this mode the ThicknessPen can be used in its docking station for bench-top measurements or on its own, as a portable device wherever critical measurements are required.

The magnetic mode provides the high measurement precision necessary for thin, non-ferrous materials such as ultra-lightweight containers and packaging while offering a robust, easy to operate measurement tool.

The Capacitance mode provides the means to perform single sided measurement without the need for a target ball. This is ideal for at-the-line or measurements in the field, where portability is desired and the risk of product contamination by a target ball is a concern.

The capacitance mode of the ThicknessPen offers a quick, ‘touch and go’ measurement approach and is ideal for measuring large containers, sheet material and large shaped parts where the use of a target ball is not practical.

App-Based and Bluetooth Enabled

ThicknessPen is compatible with smart phones and tablets. With the ThicknessPen App a smartphone or tablet becomes your work center for system management and operations. The operator can control the type and size of data displayed. With the App the system software never goes out of date and upgrades are easily handled.

Utilising Bluetooth technology, the ThicknessPen requires no cables or wires for operation. When the pen is used remotely without a phone or tablet, data can be easily transferred from the pen and stored in the App when returned to the base station.

For more information: www.agrintl.com