Manufacturing teams often struggle to reliably measure and monitor surfaces before bonding, painting, or coating, leading to over-processing, unplanned defects, and costly rework. This webinar explores how quantitative surface measurement, using water contact angle, helps manufacturing teams reduce waste, standardize surface preparation, and build predictable, data-driven adhesion processes.
Derrick Merrell, Sales & Applications Director at Brighton Science, will discuss how manufacturing teams can move beyond qualitative surface checks and outsourced lab testing to real-time, quantitative surface measurement on the production floor.
The webinar will show how measuring surface energy through water contact angle helps teams identify and reduce the specific types of waste tied to unmonitored surface preparation, including waiting on lab results, unnecessary over-processing, and preventable defects. Attendees will also learn how manufacturers across automotive, electronics, and medical device production are using randomized statistical sampling and process control thresholds to validate surface readiness with a high degree of confidence, without slowing down production.
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