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Mag3x Features at a Glance

  • All new design - plug and play USB connection to any Windows XP PC
  • Mouse or touch-screen driven displays
  • Simple graphical displays show pass or fail for each card
  • Save detailed data on each card for future analysis
  • Extremely fast 1 million samples per second acquisition rate with 16-bit resolution
  • Expert mode for laboratory use
  • Speed platen and Basic mode for production use
  • Test all sizes and thicknesses of magnetic media, even intact gift cards, raw magnetic tape, cut cards, bank books and ATB tickets
  • Read-Write and Read-Only versions

The Mag3x Difference

  • QuickChange Heads - user-replaceable/adjustable magnetic heads with no machine tear-down
  • Simply the most accurate solution available. The advanced technology used in the Mag3x insures the lowest possible measurement variation available on the market today for testing magnetic stripes.
  • Cards cannot jam in the open-design Mag3x; never lose time retrieving jammed cards from inside a closed machine
  • Magnetic read and write heads, the core of the Mag3x, are designed and manufactured in our own facility and are ISO certified

Lowest Cost to Own

  • Annual calibration costs are lowest in the industry
  • No machine tear-downs - ever
  • User-replaceable heads
  • No card jamming - ever
  • Easy-to-use reporting
  • Easy-to-learn software
  • Expert mode for laboratory use

Accurate and Reliable

  • Laboratory and QC Grade Measurements
  • Superior design uses a low-friction slide, not belts or rollers, to move card
  • Analyzes 300, 650 Oersted & high coercivity stripes
  • Checks tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, (ATB) and central track (others optional)
  • Analyzes per ISO/IEC 7811-2; 7811-6 and 10373 specifications or can be customized to your own specifications
  • Hico and Loco; ID1 (CR80), TFC, up to ATB
  • Uses 3 separate ISO-qualified read & write heads
  • Accuracy calibrated with ISO, 300 Oersted or high coercivity reference card from PTB
  • Superior head mounts give excellent head/stripe contact

Stripe testing features:

  • Window Comparison Plot
  • ISO 7811-2 table 1 ‘loco” stripe tests
  • ISO 7811-6 table 1 “hico” stripe tests
  • ISO tests in forward or reverse card direction

Independent Card Testing Lab Independent Card Testing Lab

Q-Card Laboratories can perform all of your required testing in our state of the art third party testing lab.

Q-Card Laboratories is an independent, third-party test laboratory to help you achieve total card quality. Q-Card Laboratories has helped hundreds of companies like yours all across the world. We analyze your cards, tickets and equipment, and determine where your issues are occurring and how to fix them. When needed, our experienced staff can travel to your facility for onsite testing, troubleshootinng and consulting.

Benefits of working with Q-Card Laboratories.

  • Solve existing quality issues with your cards, tickets, or transaction processes
  • Work to solve issues with your magnetic stripe, chipcard or physical card attributes
  • Improve existing transaction systems and eliminate problems before they happen
  • Gain insight and experience when designing new cards or equipment

Learn more about our third party laboratory services or contact us at info@q-card.com or 570-286-7447 to speak with an expert.