Clemex - Version CMT Series -Automated Hardness Testing Software
Clemex offers advanced automated hardness testing systems designed to deliver precise and reproducible test results. The CMT series integrates auto-focus technology and a built-in validation function to enhance accuracy. These systems can transform into advanced image analysis tools with additional software modules. Clemex's solutions support a range of recognized standards and are capable of conducting various analyses. The software features automated focus, automatic shading correction, and powerful detection capabilities for challenging indentations, ensuring consistent performance on different surface types. Users can efficiently map, navigate, and measure full samples, including micro-structural changes and heat-treated zones. The systems enable precise positioning of indents and save or reload test patterns for repeated use. Enhanced 3D hardness mapping presents a visual representation of indents across a sample. Clemex's hardness testers are available in motorized or manual configurations, compliant with ASTM and ISO standards, and cater to a range of loads including Vickers, Knoop, and Brinell.
Clemex CMT hardness testing solutions produce repeatable and reproducible results. The auto-focus for obtaining sharp images and the built-in validation function assure furthermore accurate results. Add some image analysis modules to the CMT software and turn your hardness tester into a microscope!
Our automated hardness systems are designed to generate test results according to the following most recognized standards.
- ASTM E384 : Standard Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Materials
- ASTM E92 : Standard Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hardness of Metallic Materials
- ASTM E10 : Standard Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
- ASTM E140 : Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, and Scleroscope Hardness
- ISO 4545 : Metallic materials – Knoop hardness test
- ISO 6506 : Metallic materials – Brinell hardness test
- ISO 6507 : Metallic materials – Vickers hardness test
- ISO 18265 : Metallic materials – Conversion of hardness values to equivalent values in other hardness scales and estimation of tensile strength
AUTOMATED FOCUS
Obtain sharp images thanks to automated focus and fast image optimization, ensuring reproducible results.
AUTOMATIC SHADING CORRECTOR
Ensures even illumination for images captured using the system’s camera.
POWERFUL DETECTION
Even the most difficult indentations are measured automatically. The powerful detection precisely measures on e.g. roughly polished surfaces or etched surfaces.
SCAN OF FULL SAMPLE
Obtain a detailed map of the entire sample. Navigate around the whole sample and view micro-structural changes, heat-affected and heat-treated zones.
PRECISE POSITIONING
Position indents at even distances from each other or at precise distances from the edge of the sample using the Reference Circle tool.
SAVE AND RELOAD PATTERNS
Create multiple patterns easily according to your test requirements (e.g. straight traverses or a matrix). Once a pattern has been created, you can save it and reuse it later to execute another analysis.
CASE DEPTH
Create hardness traverses automatically using a preview of the sample background, a T-bar tool for a perpendicular alignment of the test points with the sample surface, and options for spacing and staggering indents.
3D HARDNESS MAPPING
With the hardness mapping functionality you can automatically generate a 3D map of the full surface of the sample – showing colors per hardness range from up to 32.000 indentations.
RELIABLE RESULTS
Our built-in validation function uses invariant dimensional calibration for increased accuracy. Indent and measure a certified test block automatically at specified intervals.
Depending on your requirements, we will help you select the right hardness tester, objectives, indenters, a motorized stage, and a high-resolution camera. We ensure a seamless integration of all components.
- Analysis of your needs by a technical representative
- Configuration, fine-tuning, and calibration
- On-site installation and training of your team
Increase productivity in a high throughput lab using a very simple workflow. The operator follows a 3-step procedure to obtain repeatable results:
- Position a sample on the stage
- Start an analysis on the sample
- Review data and export results