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Bresle Conversion table

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Coatings and linings 2009 - Measuring with Bresle Patches

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DSP Conversion table

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Materials Performance: Measuring with Bresle Patches-Part1&2

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PCE june-september- Article Bresle Method

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Certified Buffer Solutions

The Bresle Kit is now supplied with certified buffer solutions and a calibration certificate. Each solution is standardized according ASTM D-1125, (1982) using a conductivity meter that is calibrated with a NIST traceable primary standard. The bottles containing the solution are tagged with a batch number, which is refering to the included calibration certificate.

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IMO / PSPC

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the organisation that was established in 1948 with the intention to enhance the safety of ships and crew with 167 member countries, has introduced the PSPC.

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IMO PSPC - Special calculation required for coating thickness results

With the PSPC an new rule for coating thickness results was introduced, the PSPC 90/10 rule. This rule states that 90% of all thickness measurements

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IMO PSPC - What is “good”?

The PSPC specifies that the coating in the relevant spaces of a ship that is build under the PSPC regime has to remain in “good” condition during the service life of 15 years.

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IMO PSPC - What is a Coating Technical File (CTF) ?

Basically the CTF is a logbook that has to be created right from the start of the new building and kept up to date during the whole construction

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New Soluble Salt Testing method

Last year TQC developed the DSP® (Direct Sampling) Method. A new, quicker and above all more reliable way to test surfaces for the presence of

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TQC Bresle Patches meeting the standards

Instruments and test methods are often based upon international standards. International standards are created by industry-specialist

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TQC inspects superyacht

Van Zonderen Yachtpainting in The Netherlands not only paints interiors of pleasure yachts. Recently they finished a superyacht. This yacht, 82 meters in length was built by OceAnco in Alblasserdam (The Netherlands).

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Bresle Method - Direct Sample Procedure (DSP)

TQC developed a new bresle sample method the "Direct Sample Procedure" that fully complies with the ISO 8502-6 standard and increases the speed and accuracy of the bresle-test.

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