BWI: Labsphere Adds Alucore Reflectance Targets to Range

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Labsphere, Inc.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 09:00 AM IST (03:30 AM GMT)
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Labsphere Adds Alucore Reflectance Targets to Range
Lightweight, Durable Targets for Equipment Calibration and Testing

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Labsphere (www.labsphere.com) has expanded its range of diffuse reflectance targets with PTFE-based Alucore targets. With a nearly ideal diffuse lambertian reflectance value, the lightweight and durable targets provide a means to calibrate spectrophotometers, densitometers, reflectometers, integrating sphere systems, optical and photographic equipment, and remote sensing instruments.

Available in five different reflectance values, Alucore targets provide constant high reflectivity over the wavelength range from 250 to 2500 nm. A thin sheet of proprietary PFTE material is laminated to an aluminium honeycombed structured plate, resulting in a rugged yet lower weight target. Thermally stable over the range -50°C to 250°C, chemically inert, and resistant to water and most solvents, Alucore targets maintain diffuse and lambertian characteristic regardless of environment. The relative size and durability make these targets equally well suited to laboratory and field applications.

Labsphere's laminating technique also allows for multiple reflectances on one target with no visible seams. Targets can be customised to any size and combination of white or gray scale reflectances. All Alucore targets can be provided with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) traceable calibration certificates.

Alucore targets have been deployed in applications ranging from calibration of spectrophotometers in remote field locations to runways for calibration of airplane navigation instruments. To discuss your unique target needs please contact Vikrant Mahajan, Labsphere's USA-based Applications Engineering Manager, on e-mail: vmahajan@labsphere.com or telephone: +1 603 927 4266 (extension 2198).

About Labsphere

Labsphere (www.labsphere.com) , a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c., is world leader in light testing and measurement and optical coatings. The company's products include LED, laser and traditional light source light measurement systems; uniform light sources for imaging device calibration; spectroscopy accessories; and high diffuse reflectance materials and coatings for applications in backlit panel displays, computed radiography, and system calibration.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. It is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, health, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction and transport.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

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CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Vikrant Mahajan, Applications Engineering Manager, Labsphere, Inc., 603 927 4266 (extension 2198), vmahajan@labsphere.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com

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