Microhardness Measurement in the Micrometer Range

FISCHERSCOPE^® HM2000 S

Inexpensive Microhardness Measurement Instrument for Coatings in the Micrometer Range

• Ample load and depth range; can be used for a broad range of applications from polymeric automotive clear coats to ceramic diamond-like carbon coatings
• Compact design makes the HM2000S and ideal tool for all environments
• Most samples can be measured quickly and without special sample preparation.
• Good thermal stability allows for measurement of rate-dependent material properties of polymers
• Indentation: Vickers, Berkovich or spherical indentors are available
• Optional: Stone plate with silicon damper pads to reduce influence of vibrations
• Easy operation through the customizable WIN-HCU^® Software

Typical fields of applications

• Paint, synthetic or hard material coatings (PVD, CVD)
• Electroplated coatings (decorative, functional)
• Materials used specifically in medical technology applications
• Electronic components

Inexpensive measuring system for determining the Martens hardness HM, characteristic elastic quantities and additional material parameters in the micro and nano range, using the instrumented indentation test according to ISO 14577-1 and ASTM E 2546.

FISCHERSCOPE^® HM2000

• Ample load and depth range; can be used for a broad range of applications from polymeric automotive clear coats to cermaic diamond-like carbon coatings
• Motorized z-axis and fully automated surface detection for higher productivity
• Enhanced high resolution optical system with autofocus and multiple objective turret
• Custom granite structure for enhanced frame stiffness and low noise floor
• Measure on smallest structures, cross-sections with high precision programable X/Y-table
• Minimal sample preparation due to large working area and open layout
• Vickers, Berkovich or spherical indentors are available
• Optional: active damping table to reduce influence of vibrations
• Easy operation through the customizable WIN-HCU^® Software

Typical fields of applications

• Paint, synthetic or hard material coatings (PVD, CVD)
• Electroplated coatings (decorative, functional)
• Materials used specifically in medical technology applications
• Electronic components, bond wires, etc.

Feature packed, user friendly instrumented indentation instrument to measure hardness in MPa, Vickers and Martens, elastic modulus, creep and much more of coatings and bulk material.
ISO 14577-1 and ASTM E 2546.

PICODENTOR^® HM500

• High resolutions for load (≤ 1 µN) and distance (40 pm); PICONDENTOR can be used for a broad range of applications
• Motorized z-axis and fully automated surface detection for higher productivity
• Enhanced high resolution optical system with autofocus and multiple objective turret
• Custom granite structure for enhanced frame stiffness and low noise floor
• Minimal sample preparation due to large working area and open layout
• Measure on the smallest structures and cross-sections with high precision programmable X/Y table with a repeatability of ≤ 0,5 µ m
• Vickers, Berkovich, spherical and custom indentors are available
• Additional vibration damping through closed measuring chamber and active anti-vibration table
• Easy operation through the customizable WIN-HCU^® Software

Typical fields of applications

• Through the simple sample placement, the instrument is not only suitable for lab applications, but also for production monitoring on:
• Hard material coatings, general
• Ultra thin DLC coatings
• Protective coatings on glass
• Soil-resistant coatings (sol-gel coatings)
• Coatings of PC hard disks and CDs
• Very thin paint coatings
• Ion implanted surfaces
• Nanocoatings for sensors
• Medical technology (e.g. Implants)
• Matrix effects in alloys
• Biological materials
• Ceramic materials
• Hardness determinaton on cross-sectioned specimens

Next generation of high precision user-friendly instrumented indentation instrument to measure nanomechanical properties such as hardness, elastic modulus, creep and much more of coatings and surfaces.
ISO 14577-1 and ASTM E 2546.

• Foil clamping device for clamping thin foils or wires (Fig. 1)
• Micrograph specimen holder for transverse micrograph specimens (Fig. 2)
• Universal specimen holder (Fig. 3)
• Heating table for analysis of mechanical properties attemperatures up to 200 °C (Fig. 4)
• Sound insulation hood for reducing external sound influences
• Universal vice for clamping objects to be measured with different geometries
• Atomic force microscope (AFM)
• And much more