Automation of metallographic sample cleaning process

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.confer.cz/proceedings/metal/2022.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.confer.cz/proceedings/metal/2022.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.37904/metal.2022.4478" target="_blank" >10.37904/metal.2022.4478</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Automation of metallographic sample cleaning process

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Specimen cleaning and drying are critical processes following any metallographic preparation steps. The paper focuses on automation by reason of absence of the process repeatability during manual sample handling. An etchant or electrolyte results in inhomogeneous surface quality because the solution runs off the specimen surface during its removal from the beaker. High-quality specimen cleaning is absolutely crucial for the acquisition of the specimen suitable for characterization by a scanning electron microscope operated at very low landing energies of the primary electrons (SLEEM). The SLEEM technique is a powerful tool for the characterization of advanced steels, as described by many scientific papers. The SLEEM requires the specimen absolutely free of water and any organic residues on the surface. This work presents a novel unique apparatus enabling automatic specimen cleaning and drying after the etching or electropolishing processes. Automation reduces the influence of dependent variables that would be introduced into the process by the metallographer. These variables include cleaning time, kinematics, and motion dynamics, but the process can also be affected by variables that are not obvious. Performed experiments clearly demonstrate our in-house designed apparatus as a useful tool improving efficiency and consistency of the sample cleaning process. The high quality of the specimen surface is verified using a light optical microscope, an electron scanning microscope, and above mentioned SLEEM technique.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Automation of metallographic sample cleaning process

Popis výsledku anglicky

Specimen cleaning and drying are critical processes following any metallographic preparation steps. The paper focuses on automation by reason of absence of the process repeatability during manual sample handling. An etchant or electrolyte results in inhomogeneous surface quality because the solution runs off the specimen surface during its removal from the beaker. High-quality specimen cleaning is absolutely crucial for the acquisition of the specimen suitable for characterization by a scanning electron microscope operated at very low landing energies of the primary electrons (SLEEM). The SLEEM technique is a powerful tool for the characterization of advanced steels, as described by many scientific papers. The SLEEM requires the specimen absolutely free of water and any organic residues on the surface. This work presents a novel unique apparatus enabling automatic specimen cleaning and drying after the etching or electropolishing processes. Automation reduces the influence of dependent variables that would be introduced into the process by the metallographer. These variables include cleaning time, kinematics, and motion dynamics, but the process can also be affected by variables that are not obvious. Performed experiments clearly demonstrate our in-house designed apparatus as a useful tool improving efficiency and consistency of the sample cleaning process. The high quality of the specimen surface is verified using a light optical microscope, an electron scanning microscope, and above mentioned SLEEM technique.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20205 - Automation and control systems

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TN01000008" target="_blank" >TN01000008: Centrum elektronové a fotonové optiky</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

METAL 2022. 31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials. Conference Proceedings

ISBN

978-80-88365-06-8

ISSN

2694-9296

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

402-407

Název nakladatele

TANGER

Místo vydání

Ostrava

Místo konání akce

Brno

Datum konání akce

18. 5. 2022

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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