Metallography

Our fully equipped metallography laboratory provides advanced tools for examining and analysing the microstructure of metals. With modern cutting, grinding, polishing and imaging equipment, we support reliable material testing and quality control. In addition, our laboratory is equipped with several hardness testers. Our team ensures accurate results that help users understand material performance.

Embedding

Cold embedding

25 mm, 30 mm, 40 mm embedding molds
Non-conductive with EpoFix from Struers
Conductive with EpoFix from Struers + graphite powder

Hot embedding Simplimet 3000 Buehler

Molding Temperature 50°C-180°C in 10°C increments
Molding Pressure 80-300 bar in 5 bar increments
Heating Time 0-20 min in 10 sec increments
Cooling time 0-30 min in 10 sec increments

Sawing

Accutom-50 (shown here)

Separation speed: 300-5000 rpm, adjustable in increments of 100
Feed rate: 0.005-3.000 mm/s, adjustable in increments of 0.005 mm/s
Force limits: low approx. 20 N, medium approx. 40 N, high approx. 60 N
Travel distance
Y direction 105 mm in 0.1 mm increments
X direction 60 mm in 0.005 mm increments
circulation cooling

Accutom-100

Separation speed: 300-5000 rpm, adjustable in increments of 50
Feed rate: 0.005-3.000 mm/s, adjustable in increments of 0.005 mm/s
Travel distance
Y direction 110 mm in 0.1 mm increments
X direction 60 mm in 0.005 mm increments
circulation cooling

Grinding

Labopol-60

Manual grinding only
Wet grinding disc for grinding paper and MD disc for polishing cloths, diameter 20 cm
Speed 50-500 rpm
Counterclockwise rotation

Polishing

Tegramin-30

Manual and semi-automatic grinding and polishing of individual samples and central pressure
Sample holder: 30-400 N increments of 10
Individual samples: 5-65 N increments of 5
Up to 6 samples
Disc speed 40-600 rpm counterclockwise in increments of 10
Sample mover speed 50-150 rpm clockwise / counterclockwise increments of 10

Vibromet 2 (shown here)

Working surface of 305 mm
For polishing samples for EBSD analyses
Vibrations up to max. 120 Hz

Labopol-60 (shown here)

Manual grinding onlyWet grinding disc for grinding paper and MD disc for polishing cloths, diameter 20 cm
Speed 50-500 rpm
Counterclockwise rotation

Etching

Visualisation of surface structure and grain boundaries using various etching agents is carried out safely in our laboratory, with all etching procedures performed inside a fume cupboard.