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Wednesday, November 17, 1976
ELECTRONIC METER FOR BETTER QUALITY CONTROL
The Housing Department, which spends between $4 million
and $5 million a year on paint, is shortly to bring into use an
⚫lectronic meter for gauging the thickness of paint on metal surfaces
in an aim to achieve better quality control.
The meter, weighing only 22 ounces, cost the Department
$3,500. It will be used by staff of the Maintenance Section.
It runs on two small batteries which have an operating
capacity of up to 25 hours continuously.
When the tip of the meter's coil is applied to a painted
surface, an exact reading is given of the thickness of the paint.
"Getting value for money is most important with so much
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re-painting to be done," said Mr. Raymond Bates, Acting Chief Maintenance
Surveyor with the Department, who has been testing the meter and says it
is extremely accurate. "It will greatly assist us in achieving better
quality control."
He added that the Department was also planning to buy
a meter which could give readings of the thicknesses as well as
the numbers of coats of paint on all types of surfaces.
the Department would have its own paint-testing laboratory.
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