CSM Instruments

CSM Instruments develops, manufactures and sells instruments to characterize mechanical properties of surfaces to R&D laboratories and manufacturing industry. CSM Instruments have been on the market for more than 30 years, first under the name of LSRH then CSEM.

 

Indentation Testers

Indentation TesterCSM Indentation Testers are high precision instruments used for the determination of mechanical properties of thin films, coatings and substrates. Properties such as hardness and elastic modulus can be determined on almost any type of material: soft, hard, brittle or ductile. Indentation instrumentation spans:

  • Ultra Nano Indenter (0.025 - 100mN)
  • Nano Indentation Tester
  • Micro Indenter (0.03 - 30N)

 

 

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Scratch Testers

Scratch TesterCSM Instruments Scratch Testers are dedicated instruments for characterizing the surface mechanical properties of thin films and coatings, e.g. adhesion, fracture and deformation. The scratch tester's ability to characterize the film-substrate system and to quantify parameters such as friction force and adhesive strength, using a variety of complementary methods, makes it an invaluable tool for research, development and quality control. Scratch testers span:

  • Nano Scratch Tester (10uN - 1N)
  • Micro Scratch Tester (30mN - 30N)
  • Revetest (1N - 200N)
  • Revetest Xpress (1N - 200N)

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Tribometers

TribometerIn Tribology, a flat or a sphere shaped indenter is loaded on to the test sample with a precisely known weight. A pin is mounted on a stiff lever, designed as a friction less force transducer. As the sample is either rotating or sliding, resulting frictional forces acting between the pin and the sample are measured by very small deflections of the lever. Wear coefficients for both the sample and material are calculated from the volume of the material lost during a specific friction run. This simple method facilitates the determination and study of friction and wear behaviour of almost every solid state material combination, with varying time, contact pressure, velocity, temperature, humidity, lubricants, etc. Tribometers span includes:

  • The Nano Tribometer
  • Standard Tribometer
  • High Temperature Tribometer (up to 1000°C)
  • High Vacuum Tribometer (down to 10-7 mbar)

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