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Coatings are very important in the automotive industry. For that reason, the automotive represents an important market for CSM Instruments. We work with all the automotive manufacturer in France , Italy , Germany , Japan ,... for standard car or for F1 racing. We are your solution to follow the ISO and ASTM standard for the Mechanical surface testing.

We are experienced in:

  • Wheel Bearings
  • Elasto-plastic properties of polymeric varnishes
  • Wear properties of rubber seals
  • Brakes
  • DLC-coated tappets
  • Lubricant studies
  • Chrome-plated trim
  • Adhesion of polymeric bumper paint
  • Automotive tyre
  • Car glasses

    ...etc

csm title Related documents

Application Bulletin n°30

Nanoindentation and Nanoscratch of Oxide Coatings on Thin Film Polymer Substrates

Measurement of Acoustic Emission during Microindentation

Application Bulletin n°26

The Influence of the Rockwell Indenter Tip Geometry on the Progressive Load Scratch Test

Application Bulletin n°25

Influence of indenter tip radius on the scratch resistance of an automotive clearcoat

Application Bulletin n°16

- Automotive Applications
- Tribometer Lifetime Study of Wheel Bearings
- Elasto-plastic properties of polymeric varnishes
- Wear properties of rubber seals
- Friction and wear on Brake Pads
- Hardness of DLC-coated tappets
- Controlled lubricant studies
- Scratch resistance of chrome-plated trim
- Adhesion of polymeric bumper paint
- Mechanical properties of automotive tyre

Application Bulletin n°15

- Characterization of Polymers
- Quality Control of Minidisk polymer topcoat with Nano Scratch Tester and Tribometer
- Nano Scratch method developed as reference test for polymeric automobile topcoats
- Failure properties of nail varnish investigated with the Micro Scratch Teste

Application Bulletin n°14

- Measurement of hardness as a function of depth in nitrided 316L stainless steel
- Scratch Test Atlas of typical failure modes obtained in scratch testing with the Revetest instrument
- High-Temp. Tribometer for friction comparison of automobile brake pad materials

Application Bulletin n°01

- New Nano-Hardness Tester (NHT) for characterization of MoS2 thin films
- Automobile bumper paint adhesion analyzed using Micro Scratch Tester (MST)
- Using CSM's Revetest (RVT) scratch-tester for Rockwell indentation
- Hard coating characterization with the Revetest (RVT) scratch tester

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