Rtec Instruments products

The state of the art Rtec Multi Function tribometer Mft-5000 is globally regarded as the most versatile and technologically advanced tribometer. Manufactured at silicon valley, California it is used by several top labs, universities and industries. The tribometer offers next generation patented force sensors with ultra low resolution, highest speeds and wide environmental control range than any other commercially existing tribometer. The patented integrated 3D profilometer allows to analyse surface change vs time. The universal tribometer MFT-5000 allows to create a comprehensive report on friction, wear, tribology and surface analysis.

Rtec 3D scratch tester equipment to study scratch adhesion, scratch hardness, scratch resistance at nano, micro and macro scale. Inline integrated 3D profiler allows to create 3D stitched images to comprehensively and conclusively characterize the coating failures. Advanced capacitive sensors allows to measure penetration depth with resolution needed to differentiate coatings that have similar properties.

The state of the art Rtec Universal Profilometer has revolutionized optical profilometer. Manufactured at silicon valley, California. It is used by several top labs, universities and industries. The UP-24 uniquely combines 4 imaging modes on one head. With click of a button the imaging mode changes. This combination allows to image any surface with ease - transparent, flat, dark, flat, curved etc.  Each imaging mode has an advantage and all techniques are complementary to each other

The state of the art fretting wear tester has industry leading specifications on stroke and frequency. Controlled stroke from 5 micron at 500 hZ frequency across a wide temperature range makes it an ideal fretting wear testing for both industry and university research.

The state of the art Rtec CMP tester CP-6 allows to study and characterize CMP process like never before. In addition to polishing wafers & substrates the tester comes with inline surface profilometer. This combinations sheds information on why and how the surface, friction, wear etc. changed. Tester also measures several inline parameters such as friction, surface roughness, wear volume etc. to understand the process in detail.

Rtec high temperature hardness tester is used to do high temperature materials testing up to 1200C. To prevent oxidation of tip and the samples the high temperature indenter comes with sealed chamber with inert gas. High resolution programmable down force control and XY stage allows to do multiple indents on same or multiple samples with ease.

Rtec Adhesion Tester is a turn key solution to measure Pull up Adhesion force, Work of Adhesion and Shear Adhesion of materials. Equipped with Ultra-Sensitive Capacitance Load Cells this tester provides µN level resolution with forces up to 5N. The High-Resolution sensors allow characterization of large samples over macroscopic length scales to study the effect of texture and other surface modifications. Integrated with High Resolution Inverted Camera, it allows the researchers to measure Contact Area vs. Force making it extremely useful in measuring Adhesion of Soft Materials, Biomimetics and Hydrogels.

The state of the art Rtec Air jet erosion tester AJ-5000 allows to test repeated impact erosion test that delivers a stream gas with abrasive particles. The tester comes with close loop temperature control upto 900C. The tester is used to rank erosion of various materials, coatings etc. across a wide range of abrasive particle materials, shape, size at various temperature and impact speed.

Rotary module is used for several tribology wear tests. Common tests are pin on disk , ball on disk tribometer tests. The rotary drive module is mounted on top of XY stage that allows to create custom motions on MFT platform. The rotary module comes with several add ons. This note covers pin on disk tester with inline profilometer.

Fretting wear tester module is used across wide applications ranging from materials, lubricant, grease, coating etc. testing. The state of the art fretting module has industry leading specifications on stroke and frequency. Controlled stroke from 5 micron at 500 hZ frequency across a wide temperature range makes it an ideal fretting wear material property tester for both industry and university research.