Significato e scopo
5.1 Molte proprietà del rivestimento sono significativamente influenzate dallo spessore del film secco, come l'adesione, flessibilità, Indossare, durabilità, resistenza chimica, and hardness. In order to be able to compare the results obtained by different operators, the film thickness needs to be carefully measured.

5.2 Most protective and high performance coatings are designed to meet the requirements or specifications for the dry film thickness of each coating or the whole system or both. Coatings need to be applied within certain minimum and maximum thickness tolerances so that they can perform their intended function. In addition to potential performance defects, it is uneconomical to use more material than necessary when coating large areas such as floors and walls.

5.3 Occasionally low readings may occur on coatings with rough surfaces. The instrument can allow the user to adjust to prevent this.

5.4 This test method may not be suitable for measuring the thickness of organic coatings on all substrates. The ability of the instrument to detect different interfaces between the coating and the substrate may be hampered if the composition, densità, or attenuation of the coating and the substrate are similar, or if the coating is not uniform. If these conditions are considered, verify the operation on a coating/substrate combination of known thickness.

5.5 The multilayer coating has many interfaces, and the instrument will measure the interface separating the two materials with the greatest acoustic difference. Some instruments are able to detect and measure the thickness of individual layers in multi-layer systems.

5.6 The use of this test method is not necessarily limited by the type of substrate material.

ASTM D 6132-2020 “Misurazione dello spessore del film secco dei rivestimenti organici applicati al calcestruzzo mediante un metodo non distruttivo (cioè. Utilizzo di un apparecchio ad ultrasuoni)”

Ambito di applicazione
1.1 The test method describes the accurate and nondestructive measurement of dry film thickness of organic coatings applied to substrates of different materials using ultrasonic film thickness gauges. Measurements can be made on field structures, commercially manufactured products, or laboratory test samples. These types of gauges can accurately measure the dry film thickness of organic coatings on various substrates such as concrete, legna, pannelli murali, plastica, fiber composites, and metals.

1.2 The test method is not applicable to coatings that are prone to deform under the load of the measuring instrument because the instrument probe is placed directly on the surface of the coating for reading.

1.3 The effective range of instruments using ultrasonic principles is limited by the design of measuring tools. Thickness ranges from 8 μm a 7.60 mm (0.3 A 300 mil).

1.4 I valori espressi in unità SI devono essere considerati valori standard. Altre unità di misura non sono incluse in questo standard.

1.5 Questo standard non è destinato ad affrontare tutti i problemi di sicurezza, se presente, legati al suo utilizzo. È responsabilità dell'utente di questo standard stabilire la sicurezza adeguata, pratiche sanitarie e ambientali e per determinare l'applicabilità delle restrizioni normative prima dell'uso.

1.6 La presente norma internazionale è stata sviluppata in conformità con i principi di standardizzazione riconosciuti a livello internazionale stabiliti nella Decisione sui principi per lo sviluppo di norme internazionali, Linee guida e raccomandazioni emesse dal Comitato sugli ostacoli tecnici al commercio dell'Organizzazione mondiale del commercio.