Struers Accutom-10 / Accutom-50 Precision Cutter - Accutom cut-off machines are precision cutting machines used for the cutting of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, ceramic and plastic parts prior to surface characterisation. Each machine can be equipped with different cutting wheels according to the type of material to be sectioned. The user can vary the position, speed, and feed to a great accuracy to make sure that the surface structure is not altered during the cutting process due to heat that may be generated.
WireTec Diamond Wire Saw Cutter (Model DWS175) is used for cutting ceramic materials with intricate shapes prior to surface characterisation.
WireTec Diamond Wire Saw Cutter (Model DWS175) is used for cutting ceramic materials with intricate shapes prior to surface characterisation.
Small samples that need surface characterisation, need to be mounted in a rigid material to facilitate the polishing and analysis processes.
Remet IPA 30 Resin Mounting Press is used with a hot mounting resin. When analysing the edges of soft metals, a melamine hot mounting resin with glass and mineral filler is used. In case it requires analysis using a scanning electron microscope, a conductive phenolic mountain resin is used.
Struers CitoVac Vacuum Impregnation Unit is used when porous samples are mounted in a cold mounting resin like epoxy which needs to have no air in the pores and cracks of the mounted specimen. This is achieved by impregnating the specimen under vacuum.
Agar Auto Gold Sputter Coater (Model 108A) is used for non-conductive samples to be analysed using the Scanning Electron Microscope.
Agar Auto Carbon Coater (Model 108CA) is used for non-conductive samples to be analysed using Scanning Electron Microscope.
Struers Tegramin-25 Polisher is an automatic sample grinder and polisher that can polish a maximum of six samples per run, at a predetermined vertical load applied on each sample and at a set rotational speed. Samples to be polished are mounted in a specimen holder. The sizes of the samples depend on the specimen holder size.
Struers Tegramin-20 Polisher
Struers LaboPol-21 Grinder-Polisher
Buehler MetaServ 250 Grinder-Polisher is a manual polisher
Biobase Ultrasonic Cleaner (Model UC-10SD) is used for the ultrasonic cleaning of samples prior to surface characterisation and analysis. Cleaning can take place at different temperatures and ultrasonic frequencies.
Struers LectroPol-5 Electrolytic Polishing Machine is designed for automated electrolytic polishing and etching of metallographic specimens. Unlike mechanical polishing, electrolytic polishing is ideal to polish very soft materials like copper and aluminium, which are prone to smearing and deformation. Electrolytic etching is used to make visible the crystalline structure of the metal surface showing the different constituents that the material is made up of.
Solgelway dip coater (Model ACEdip 2.0) is a dip coater used for the coating of materials using a sol-gel nanomaterial. The machine is equipped with sophisticated software that controls the speed of the material being dipped in the sol-gel solution, hence allowing very smooth solution transfer at a predetermined humidity value. The sealed drying chamber can be additionally filled with any gas and can be homogeneously heated up to 150°C to permit complete control over evaporation.
