Welcome to Fischer Instrumentation (GB) Ltd -

A microsite dedicated to material analysis using micro hardness and nano hardness testing

If you want a simple hardness tester that dents your material and leaves you to measure the diagonal – this site is not for you.

For more challenging microhardness and nanohardness testing needs however…

such as an ultra thin hard coating on a soft substrate; the hardness pattern within boundary layers; the elastic and plastic properties ; the creep properties; characteristic qualities such as modulus of indentation and the elastic-plastic energy portions, and, to remove subjective operator errors .... read more

NEWS:See Fischer Instrumentation on Stand R48 at the Southern Manufacturing Exhibition, FIVE, Aerospace Boulevard, Farnborough, Hampshire 10th - 11th February 2010, where an innovative, versatile range of instrumentation will be on display. 

NEWS:Fischer spectrometer chosen to pre-scan mineral samples for Diamond Light Source beamline. View the article on Laboratory Talk 

Microhardness Case Study: Micro Hardness Determination of Cured Lacquer on Thin Polymer Film Substrates

Characterisation of non metallic films on polymer substrates is very important when the materials are being used in applications which require the films to give certain surface properties for providing resistance to impact, scratching and general wear while in use.
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