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CETR-Apex Indenter & Scratch Tester

Nanoindenter, Microindenter, Nano Scratch Tester, and Micro Scratch Tester

Bruker's signature nano-mechanical test instrument platform, CETR-Apex, comes with 6 easily interchangeable mechanical heads, high magnification microscope and imaging modules (AFM and 3d stylus profiler). It takes less than 2 minutes to interchange these heads (i.e a nanoscratch tester can become a nanoindenter or a microscratch tester in 2 minutes and vice versa).

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Six Types of Mechanical Heads

• Nanoindenter head — Used to measure hardness, Young’s modulus of thin, ultra thin coatings and bulk materials (samples should be optically smooth for reliable data)
• Nano scratch head — Typically used for thin and ultra thin coatings of nm thickness (DLC, ALD, solar thin films, ITO, optical coatings, etc.)
• Microindenter head — Instrumented microindenter head is used to measure hardness, Young’s modulus of thick and thin coatings and bulk materials
• Micro scratch head — Typically used for coatings of micron scale thickness (PVD, CVD, paint, decorative coatings, etc.)
• Macro scratch head — Typically used for thick coatings and bulk materials
• Nano/Micro Tribology head — Used to measure wear, static and dynamic friction, durability, adhesion, stick slip, etc. (thin and thick films/coatings and bulk materials)

Features & Highlights

• The platform comes with anti-vibration table, acoustic and thermal enclosure for ensuring environmental stability
• 3-plate capacitance sensor to measure displacement with ultra high accuracy
• Mapping of unlimited number of indents
• User-definable analysis algorithm or models to calculate material properties
• ASTM, DIN and ISO compliant