profilometer

[‚prō·fə′läm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

An instrument for measuring the roughness of a surface by means of a diamond-pointed tracer arm attached to a coil in an electric field; movement of the arm across the surface induces a current proportional to surface roughness.

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Checking and Measurement Devices

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Contract notice: Provision of an Optical Profilometer and extended support for an additional 4 Years.

Provision of an Optical Profilometer and extended support

A profilometer (XP Plus Stylus) was used to determine the thickness of the films.

Thermal annealing of sequentially deposited SnS thin films/SnS kilede keemiline sadestamine ZnS ja CdS alusele ning nende jargnev termiline tootlemine

The OLP on-line profilometer is used for on-line measurement for tread/sidewall extruders and gum calenders.

On-line profilometer

Results from the profilometer indicate there is a larger height difference on the sample ground using 300 rpm (39.

Microsectioning of laminates: lab studies show variances in hardness and fragility mean procedures need to be tailored to a specific resin system

The macrotexture descriptor MTD is measured with a laser profilometer nowadays.

Influence of road pavement macrotexture on tyre/road noise of vehicles/Kelio dangos makroteksturos itaka automobiliu padangu keliamam triuksmui kelyje/Seguma makroteksturas ietekme uz riepas/segas mijiedarbibas izraisito troksna limeni/Katte makrotekstuuri moju soiduki rehvi/katte murale

A useful technique is to compare the smoothness of films after application and drying/curing using a profilometer.

Leveling

The embossed films were characterized for replication fidelity and repeatability in the embossed features with SEM and optical profilometer.

Constant-temperature embossing of supercooled polymer films

Some of the state-of-the-art equipment include DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer), TMA (Thermomechanical Analyzer), TGA (Thermogravimetric Analyzer), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), Malvern Particle Analyzer, Digital Microscopes and Surface Finish Profilometer.

Saint-Gobain Seals Group's High Quality Management System Standards' Certifications Renewed for Kontich, Belgium

Alicona IFM G4 is using to analyze 540 irradiated crater depths to obtain the optical surface micrograph and its corresponding profilometer graph.

Determination of average coating removal efficiency for Nd:YAG laser over three types of car coated substrate

A stylus profilometer was preferred because it was capable of measuring the profile over the entire length of the ramp in one measurement.

An additive manufacturing test artifact

After the tests, the cross-sections of the wear scars were studied applying the Mahr profilometer, and the respective wear volumes were calculated as a product of the cross-section area of the wear scar by its length; average wear volumes were calculated afterwards.

Sliding wear of TiC-NiMo and [Cr.sub.3][C.sub.2]-Ni cermet particles reinforced FeCrSiB matrix HVOF sprayed coatings/TiC-NiMo ja [Cr.sub.3][C.sub.2]-Ni kermiste osakestega armeeritud FeCrSiB maatriksiga kiirleekpihustatud pinnete liugekulumine

We measured the surface roughness of alfalfa, broccoli, and radish seeds with a confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) method developed in our laboratory and validated the results with a contact surface profilometer.