CSM Instruments
CSM Instruments develops, manufactures and sells instruments to characterize mechanical properties of surfaces. We have been the world leader in this market for more than 30 years.
CSM Instruments has been leader in the development of instruments for surface mechanical properties characterization for over 30 years in both research and industrial fields. Our product line includes:
• Scratch Testers: Used to measure characteristics such as adhesion of a coating, delamination effects or cracking in order to optimize coating techniques and determine failure points of the film-substrate system. Adhesion of paints, optical thin films or hard coatings can be defined using one of our Scratch Testers. These span the nano to the macro range to analyze the widest range of materials.
• Indentation Testers: Used to determine the hardness and elastic modulus of coatings and surfaces with extremely high precision at the macro-, micro-, and nano-scales to aid in material selection and development. Dynamic testing measurements can be performed to define not only the hardness of the material, but also to evaluate the plastic and elastic deformation, the elasticity module, creep…
• Tribometers: (high temperature and linear reciprocating options) Used to measure the frictional coefficient and wear rate between material pairs, as well as perform lifetime analyses. Based on the pin-on-disc principle, that operates both in the Micro and Nano regime.
• Imaging: 3D-imaging options are available with the ConScan or AFM objective.
Our focus on research and development helps us to continue our tradition of cutting edge technology.
Additionally, we have a thorough sample testing service and demonstration laboratory in Boston, MA where you can send us your samples for evaluation or take a firsthand look at our instruments.
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The Calotest provides quick, simple and inexpensive determination of coating thickness. A sphere of a known diameter is rotated against the coating surface and the addition of an abrasive slurry causes a spherically-shaped depression to be abra...
The CALOTEST® is widely used for analyzing coatings with thicknesses of between 0.1 and 50 µm. The simple ball-cratering method is a fast and accurate means of checking the thickness of any coating, whether a single or multilayered st...
High Vacuum Tribometer (down to 10-7 mbar)
The High Vacuum Tribometer has been designed to provide controlled vacuum conditions (down to 10e -7 mbar) or gaseous environments. The highly efficient vacuum control system allows the user to reach the desired atmospheric condition very fast...
High Temperature Tribometer (up to 1000°C)
The analysis of friction and wear properties of materials at elevated temperatures has become increasingly important, especially for the development and quality control of combustion engine and power plant constituent parts. To meet the resulti...
The control of friction and wear in moving machine parts is a critical issue facing all manufacturers. It can be crucial to have quantitative data obtained at varying humidity and temperature and in the presence of lubricants. CSM Instruments Trib...
Nano Tribometer In Nanotribometry, a flat, a pin or a sphere is loaded onto the test sample with a precisely known force.The friction coefficient is determined during the test by measuring the deflection force on the arm. Wear coeffi...
The REVETEST® Scratch Testing instrument has become the industry standard for measuring hard-coated materials, with a typical coating thickness of several microns. Coatings may be organic or inorganic, covering Tribological, magn...
The Micro Scratch Tester is widely used to characterize adhesion failure of thin films and coatings, with a typical thickness below 5 µm. The MST is also used in the analysis of organic and inorganic; soft and hard coatings. Applications...
Table Top Nanoindentation Tester (TTX-NHT)
The CSM Instruments Table Top Instrument places the performance of the standard Nanoindentation Tester (NHT) into a small and simple-to-use instrument which is ideally suited to routine nanoindentation testing where a full platform configuratio...
The CSM Instruments Micro-Hardness Tester provides over three decades of normal force range and thus is ideally suited to the mechanical characterization of hard coatings, thick soft coatings and bulk materials. It provides accurate and reprodu...
