Breakthrough Nanoindentation Testing

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NEWSLETTER | APR 2009

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This month Nanovea's Tradeshow calendar begins with WOM in Las Vegas and ICMC in San Diego. For more information see Tradeshows below. Also this month, due to the growing popularity of our Application Notes the engineers will now provide 2 per month. If you know someone who would like receiving our Application Notes please have their email submitted to the link below. Thank you for your continued support of our newsletter and please feel free to let us know how we can improve. info@nanovea.com

NEWS__________________________________________________________________________

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Breakthrough Nanoindentation Testing With Image Pattern Recognition

Irvine CA, April 6, 2009 - Nanovea announced today a breakthrough development in Nanoindentation testing by combining advanced image pattern recognition capabilities to the most advanced nano-indenter for quality control applications.

Nanovea has now combined their, PRVision, machine vision camera option to Nanoindentation testing that allows auto-recognition of precisely chosen features with little to no user interaction. The user-friendly software of Nanovea's PRVision allows for the automatic test of hardness and elastic modulus on patterned samples or specifically chosen areas of interest. Nanoindentation properties including hardness and elastic modulus can then be automatically measured and recorded. The “quasi non-destructive” low loads associated with Nanoindentation Testing makes this technique an ideal breakthrough tool to monitor the quality control of applications where hardness and elastic modulus are crucial: Micro Electronics, Solar, Pharmaceuticals and many others.

"Nanoindentation until now was performed using primitive mapping options. Our PRVision option will speed up Nanoindentation testing and opens the door to wide-scale automatic production quality control applications where hardness and elastic modulus are the best control parameters." Said Pierre Leroux, CEO/President, Nanovea.

To learn more info@nanovea.com or 1-866-333-4674

LABORATORY___________________________________________________________________

Examples of what we tested this month:

Hardness:
• Hardness of composite blocks
• Hardness of thermal barrier coatings at different wear stages
Scratch:
• Adhesion of ceramic coatings to metal substrate
• Adhesion of thin films on rubber, metal, and polymer substrates
• Scratch Resistance of hard chromium, aluminum titanium oxide based
    ceramic, weld overlay & titanium nitride coatings on metal rods
• Scratch Resistance of acrylate on PMMA polymer substrate
• Scratch Resistance of plastic cell phone cases
• Adhesion of porous platinum on platinum coated alumina
                                            3D Metrology:
                                            • Roughness of diamond abrasive materials
                                            • Roughness of fractured metal springs
                                            • Topography of wear track molds
                                            • Topography of tooth molds with tooth wear calculations

APPLICATION NOTES____________________________________________________________

Nanovea's engineers will now be submitting monthly application notes to give in depth examples of application capabilities.

THIS MONTH:
►Quality Control Comparison of Tablet Roughness

               Tablets                            Tablet Roughness Levels

►Wear Rate Analysis Using Tribology & 3D Metrology

Wear Track Wear Track Levels

PAST MONTHS:
►Scratch Resistance of Bulk Materials
►Topography & Roughness Study of Various Sandpaper Grits
►Characterization of One-Dimensional Micro Lens Array
►Adhesion Properties of Compact Disc Coatings

TRADESHOWS__________________________________________________________________

THIS MONTH:

►WOM Las Vegas, NV - April 19-23

Visit us at WOM for a live demonstration during the exhibit hours. Take advantage of this opportunity to have your Wear samples analyzed with 3D Non-Contact Metrology. There is no appointment necessary but to ensure that a measurement time is available you can send a request with an approximate time to Susana Cabello: susana@nanovea.com

►ICMC San Diego CA - April 27-May 01

3D Scratch

Visit us at ICMC for a live demonstration during the exhibit hours. Take advantage of this opportunity to have your Coatings/Thin Film samples analyzed with 3D Non-Contact Metrology. There is no appointment necessary but to ensure that a measurement time is available you can send a request with an approximate time to Benjamin Mell: benjamin@nanovea.com

FOLLOWING MONTHS:

►SPIE (OPTIFAB) Rochester, NY - May 12-14

►MS&T Pittsburgh, PA - October 25-29

►MRS Boston, MA - November 30-December 4

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