Polymers

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Our Nano-Scratch Tester, Nano-Tribometer and Ultra Nano Indentation Tester were especially developed for polymer applications.

In order to characterize the mar resistance for varnish clearcoat, we were involved in two important projects. Now the ASTM standard for mar resistance has been validated and the industrial market is using the CSM method for characterization. We added new functionality to our UNHT system especially for polymeric applications.

This is a partial list of some recent polymer characterization projects:

> Minidisk topcoat
> Scratch resistance and Tribology
> Automotive Top Coat
> Mar resistance and viscoelastic propreties
> Nail Varnish adhesion
> Adhesion and friction characterization
> Dynamica Analysis of bulk polymers using sinus mode analysis

 

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°35

Nanoindentation approach to mechanical testing of extremely soft materials
Application Bulletin n°33

Applications of the ConScan Surface Profilometer
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°13

- Influence of tip size on the critical load during scratch testing with the Micro Scratch Tester
- Failure of TiN-coated polymer measured with the Pin-on-Disk Tribometer
- Nano-Scratch Tester (NST) for measurement of dielectric thin films

Application Bulletin n°08

- New Industrial Calotest for improved coating thickness determination
- Micro Hardness Tester (MHT) for fracture toughness determination of brittle materials
- New Tribometer option for reciprocating wear testing of plasticised tickets
- Low-load Micro Scratch Tester (MST) for characterization of thin polymer films