Automotive

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Coatings quality is very important in the automotive industry. For that reason, the automotive manufacturers are an important market for CSM Instruments. We work with many of the automotive manufacturer iand parts suppliers in France , Italy , Germany , Japan ,... for standard production cars and for Formula One vehicles. We provide solutions following the ISO and ASTM standards for the Mechanical surface testing in the industry.

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
  • Tires
  • Automotive glass

csm title Related documents
Application Bulletin n°36

On the use of nanoindentation for the determination of visco-elastic properties of polymers
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