Precise and accurate control of surface texture is increasingly important to product performance in advancing technology. Success depends upon personnel who have a thorough knowledge of the limitations of existing methodology as well as the broad perspective necessary to evaluate factors in terms of company goals. Credos for engineers, manufacturers and quality personnel are given…
A comprehensive bibliography of surface metrology, the numerical description and analysis of manufactured surfaces, improves access to research on topographic quantification that lies outside the usual Earth-science sources. A brief essay accompanying the 4800 literature citations introduces the field of industrial surface metrology to geomorphologists and other Earth scientists, describes similarities and differences between the…
Demo by an Engineer of Zygo Corporation
This playlist by Dr. Chris Brown covers roughness measurement, 3D texture, surface analysis, confocal microscopy, laser microscopy, optical microscopy, and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
This specification covers the sphericity, surface finish requirements, and dimensional tolerances for hip joint prostheses and hip endoprostheses.
These test methods provide a means of evaluating the sealing properties of sheet and solid form-in-place gasket materials. These test methods are suitable for evaluating the sealing characteristics of a gasket material under different compressive flange loads.
RMA OS-1-1 is a standard from the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) that specifies the requirements for shaft surface finish and lead angle for radial lip seals. The RMA standard also discusses methods for measuring these parameters, including the string method for lead and a stylus profiler for surface texture.
An optical profilometer (optical 3D surface profiler, coherence-scanning interferometer) is a non-contact instrument for measuring surface texture on precision surfaces. An optical profiler, a wide-band (white) light source beam is split into “test” and “reference” beams, which are reflected from the test surface and a high-quality reference surface. The beams are recombined, to form a…
