ColorFlex EZ Spectrophotometer / Colorimeter HunterLab America

Easy-to-use. Compact. And Increased Performance. ColorFlex EZ Spectrophotometer gives you unsurpassed confidence and trust in your outcomes.

 

 

 

Offers sampling versatility to measure everything from opaque solids, liquids, powders, granules and pellets to translucent solids and liquids. It comes with expanded sample storage for 250 setups, product standards and tolerances and up to 2000 sample measurements. ColorFlex EZ’s smaller size requires very little benchtop space and it’s one-touch operation makes it easy to operate for all of your colour measurement challenges.

ColorFlex EZ is also offered in custom models for these solution applications:

ColorFlex EZ Citrus is specifically designed to measure the colour of fresh and concentrated orange, grapefruit, and lemon juice. Citrus colour scales provided in firmware include: Citrus Number, Citrus Redness & Citrus Yellowness.

ColorFlex EZ Coffee is specifically built to meet and exceed your needs in measuring the colour of roasted coffee grounds. It makes it easy to define the degree of roasting. Coffee colour scales provided in firmware include: HunterLab Coffee Colour Index (HCCI), SCAA Number & SCAA Roast Classification.

ColorFlex EZ Tomato is specifically designed to measure tomato color in its every processed form – paste/purée, sauce, catsup, juice, as well as fresh tomatoes. Tomato colour scales provided in firmware include: Tomato Paste Score (TPS), Tomato Sauce, Score (TSS), Tomato Catsup Score (TCS), Tomato Juice Score (TJS), a/b ratio, Fresh Tomato Colour Index (FTCI) & Lycopene index.

Explore all the additional features and benefits below.

 

Production - Specification :

Measurement

Measurement Principle: Port up or Port forward dual-beam spectrophotometer

Geometry: Directional annular 45° illumination / 0° viewing

Spectrophotometer: Sealed optics; 256-element diode array and a high resolution concave holographic grating

Port Diameter/View Diameter: 31.8 mm (1.25 in) illuminated/ 25.4 mm (1 in) measured

Specular Component: Excluded

Spectral Range: 400 nm - 700 nm

Spectral Resolution: < 3 nm

Effective Bandwidth: 10 nm equivalent triangular

Reporting Interval: 10 nm

Photometric Range: 0 to 150 %

Light Source: Pulsed Xenon Lamp

Flashes per Measurement: 1 flash

Lamp Life: > 1 million flashes

Measurement Time: < 1 second from button push to measurement 2 seconds from button push to data display

Minimum Interval Between Measurements: 3 seconds

Standards Conformance: CIE 15:2004, ISO 7724/1, ASTM E1164, DIN 5033, Teil 7 and JIS Z 8722 Condition C

Standards Traceability: Instrument standard assignment in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following practises described in CIE Publication 44 and ASTM E259

Performance

Inter-Instrument Agreement:

∆E*< 0.15 CIE L*a*b* (Avg) on BCRA II Tile Set

∆E*< 0.25 CIE L*a*b* (Max) on BCRA II Tile Set

Colorimetric Repeatability: ∆E*< 0.05 CIE L*a*b* on white tile (20 Readings)

 
On-board Software

Data Views: Colour Data, Color Difference Data, Tristimulus Colour Plot, Spectral Data, Spectral Difference Data, Spectral Plot, Spectral Difference Plot

USB Flash Drive Features: Backup of Setups and Data, Setup Transfer to Multiple Units, Data Export to Excel

Other Features: Pass/Fail, Average Multiple Readings, Search for Closest Standard

Illuminants: A, C, D50, D55, D65, D75, F2, F7, F11

Observers: 2° and 10°

Colour Scales: CIE L*a*b*, Hunter Lab, CIE L*C*h, CIE Yxy, CIE XYZ

Coloir Difference Scales: ∆L*a*b*, ∆Lab, ∆L*C*H, ∆L*C*h, ∆Yxy, ∆XYZ

Coloir Difference Indices: ∆E*, ∆E, ∆C*, ∆C and ∆Ecmc

Indices and Metrics: E313 Whiteness and Tint (C/2° or D65/10°), E313 Yellowness (C/2° or D65/10°), D1925 Yellowness (C/2°), Y Brightness, Z%, 457 nm Brightness, Opacity, Colour Strength (Average and Single Wavelength), Gray Change, Gray Stain, Metamerism Index, Shade Number

Tomato Colour Model Only: Tomato Colour Scores:

TPS - Tomato Paste Score

TSS - Tomato Sauce Score

TCS - Tomato Catsup Score

TJS - Tomato Juice Score

Tomato a/b Ratio

Lycopene Index

Citrus Colour Model Only: Citrus Number, Citrus Redness, Citrus Yellowness Data Storage:

As Standard - 250 spectral or tristimulus with Pass/Fail tolerances as Working, Physical, Numeric and Hitch

As Sample - 2000 spectral

Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Physical/Electrical

Dimensions:

Height: 16 cm (6.3 in.)

Width: 13 cm (5.1 in.)

Depth: 36 cm (14.2 in.)

Weight: 4.5 kg (9.9 lbs)

Display: 7.1 cm x 5.4 cm (2.8 in. x 2.1 in.) backlit colour LCD

Interface: 3 USB 2.0 ports

Power: 100 to 240 VAC 47 to 63 Hz

Operating Environment: 10° to 40°C (50° to 104° F), 10 % to 90 % RH, noncondensing

Storage Environment: -20° to 65°C (-5° to 150° F), 10 % to 90 % RH, noncondensing

Standard Accessories:

Calibrated instrument white tile

Certificate of traceability

Black glass

Green diagnostic tile

Universal AC adaptor

Computer interface cable

USB flash drive

ColorFlex EZ User guide