Description
Achieve reference-grade colour accuracy with Agera L2. Built for tight tolerances and long-term reliability, Agera L2 combines certified Grade ‘A’ CIE D65 source illumination, superior low-reflectance performance, the industry’s largest measurement area, and built-in PC power and storage.
Features and Benefits
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Agera L2 delivers confident, visually aligned measurements whether or not a controlled D65 viewing environment is available. Engineered to measure colour the way the human eye sees it under D65 lighting. It is the colour spectrophotometer designed for applications where visual agreement, consistency, and confidence matter most.
Agera L2 is the ideal colour measurement solution for plastics, plastic recycling, packaging, retroreflective and safety materials, textiles, coatings, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, paper and related materials, and anything with 20% reflectance or less.
Extra-Large Area of View
The largest single area of measurement available. Four to sixteen times larger than typical instruments, improves repeatability and minimises the need for averaging on textured, patterned, and directional materials.
Screen Recording and Built-In Sample View Camera
Confirms sample alignment and captures high-quality images with every measurement and records the sample image as part of the measurement data. Supporting traceability, training, and consistent measurement practices
Simultaneous Colour and 60° Gloss Measurement
Reports both values in a single reading. Simplifying workflows, reducing steps, and streamlining data collection and reporting.
FAQ
1. What is the primary function of the HunterLab Agera L2?
The Agera L2 is a reference-grade 0°/45° benchtop spectrophotometer that simultaneously captures reflectance colour, 60° specular gloss, and sample images in a single reading. Designed with a self-contained PC interface and an extra-large viewing area, it evaluates directional, textured, patterned, or solid materials while matching human visual perception under standard daylight.
2. How does the Extra-Large Area of View (XLAV) improve measurement consistency?
The XLAV aperture (over 53 mm in diameter) offers the largest single measurement area available on a benchtop instrument. By capturing four to sixteen times more surface area than typical colorimeters, it minimizes sample-to-sample variability and reduces the need for multiple averaged readings on non-uniform, coarse, or textured materials.
3. What is Dark Performance Mode and when is it useful?
Dark Performance Mode optimizes illumination intensity, detector sensitivity, and signal processing to accurately evaluate ultra-low reflectance samples (typically below 15–20% reflectance). It overcomes stray light noise to provide stable, precise measurements and ISO 18314-3 compliant blackness/greyness indices on carbon black plastics, deep navy textiles, darker foods, and low-gloss coatings.
4. How does the Agera L2 evaluate optically brightened or fluorescent materials?
Equipped with certified Grade "A" CIE D65 source illumination across the 360–700 nm spectral range, the Agera L2 reproduces full UV energy alongside visible light. This allows automated control and measurement of visible-excited fluorescence in safety apparel, optical brightening agents (OBAs), neon dyes, retroreflective signage, and paper.
5. What built-in quality assurance and imaging tools does the Agera L2 provide?
The instrument features an integrated high-resolution sample camera that captures and saves an image with every colour reading to confirm alignment and support traceability. Operating on Essentials software via an onboard 7-inch touchscreen, it stores measurement data internally and connects seamlessly with LIMS or SPC networks via Ethernet and USB.