Analytics

Our outstanding and consistent quality is guaranteed by ongoing quality assurance measures in our in-house testing and analysis laboratories.

Our laboratories are equipped with a wide variety of measuring systems:

Optical microscopes:
Low magnification microscopes for visual inspection of incoming and outgoing costumer tools or large-scale components
Metallurgic microscopes for evaluation of adhesion
Full digital high resolution microscopes for 3D-measures of complex surfaces
GDOES (Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy) to characterize the composition of the coatings bulk-material
SEM + EDX (Scanning Electron Microscope + Energy Dispersive X-ray) for composition characterization of the coatings surface material
Profilometer for determining the surface roughness
Cutting-edge measurement device to characterize the rounding of cutting edges
Hardness-tester to determine adhesion according to Rockwell indentation test
Tribometer for measuring friction and wear
Wide variety of other analytical test methods in cooperation with partners and institutes, such as e.g.
Nano-indentation for hardness determination
Crystallographic phase identification
Scratch test for evaluation of adhesion
Raman spectroscopy