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General videos
Micro Materials - Indentation
Nanoindentation - a review of the technique, demonstrated using the NanoTest Vantage instrument from Micro Materials Ltd
How to use advanced nano-scale testing to deliver improved wear resistance of DLC coatings
In this presentation, we show how data from a range of nanomechanical and tribological test techniques in the multi-functional NanoTest Vantage can be used to improve the design of DLC coating architectures for enhanced wear resistance in specific applications.
About Micro Materials
Why buy your nanoindenter from the leading nanomechanical test innovator?
The NanoTest Vantage - more than just a nanoindenter!
The company’s flagship instrument – the NanoTest™ Vantage - is designed to allow customers to carry out all their tests on one flexible, user-friendly platform.
Advanced nanomechanical characterisation techniques
In this webinar, Professor Ben Beake introduces the commonly used techniques, including some unique to Micro Materials Ltd, such as highstrain rate fatigue testing with our nano-impact module and high cycle wear behaviour with our nano-fretting module.
Indentation videos
The NanoTest Xtreme for nanoindentation and microindentation under high vacuum conditions
Researchers are increasingly demanding that test conditions closely mimic real-world environments in order to provide the most reliable, accurate prediction of properties. With the NanoTest Vantage, Micro Materials already offers the most comprehensive range of nano-mechanical test options.
Micro Materials - Easy to use nanoindenters
Comprehensive, easy to use nanoindentation test instruments for determination of nanohardness and elastic modulus from Micro Materials, the leading nanomechanical test innovator
Nanoindentation at impact rates - Dr Jon Molina-Aldareguia
The nano-impact test is a technique for high strain rate mechanical characterization of materials at the nano/microscale.
During this talk, Dr Molina will show:
- How to use the new instrumentation to obtain load-displacement curves at high strain rate.
- How to use this new capability to study strain rate dependent phenomena at the microscale
Chinese language Nanoindentation and Dynamic Nanomechanical Testing Seminar
Chinese language Nanoindentation and Dynamic Nanomechancial Testing seminar
Nanoindentation 101
Nanoindentation 101 From the fundamentals of nanomechanical measurements to their applications across material analysis
Nanoindentation Principles and Non Ambient Measurements (in Russian language)
Nanoindentation Principles and Non Ambient Measurements
(in Russian language)
Scratch / Wear / Tribology videos
How to use advanced nano-scale testing to deliver improved wear resistance of DLC coatings
In this presentation, we show how data from a range of nanomechanical and tribological test techniques in the multi-functional NanoTest Vantage (nanoindentation, nano- and micro-scratch, nano- and micro-wear, nano- and micro-impact) can be used to improve the design of DLC coating architectures for enhanced wear resistance in specific applications.
Nano-fretting: expanding the operational envelope of nano-mechanical testing
Micro Materials presents a video on Nanofretting, expanding the operational envelope of nanomechanical testing.
Multi sensing nano wear with electrical contact resistance and friction measurement
Multi sensing nano wear with electrical contact resistance and friction measurement
High Temperature Testing videos
High temperature nanomechanical characterisation webinar
High temperature nanomechanical characterisation at high temperatures: How to fully understand your material performance in their working environments.
Nanomechanical testing of thin films to 950 degrees C
This webinar will describe experimental hardware and experiment design protocols used in the nanomechanical testing of thin films at up to 950 ºC.
Using high temperature nano mechanical testing for optimising coating performance
In this webinar Professor Ben Beake reports on high temperature nanoindentation data for a wide range of nitride-based hard coatings and design rules suggested for coating optimisation for different machining applications.
High Temperature Nanomechanical Testing | Webinar Part 1 | Equipment and methodology
In part 1 of the webinar Applications engineer Mike Davies introduces the experimental techniques and methodology used in high temperature nanomechanical testing.
High Temperature Testing Nanoindentation | Webinar Part 2 | Nanoindentation case studies up to 750C
This webinar introduces and discusses these techniques with the aid of a range of applications examples at test temperatures up to 750 degrees C.
High temperature nanomechanical testing | Webinar part 3 | Nano-Tribology
High Temperature testing - Nano-Tribology by Micro Materials
High entropy alloys Dr Abheepsit Raturi
Unique Temperature-dependent Mechanical Behavior of Non equiatomic MoNbTaVW Refractory High Entropy Alloy: Nanoindentation testing and Atomistic simulation.
Impact Testing videos
Impact testing, including randomised impact testing
A review of the technique, demonstrated using the NanoTest Vantage instrument from Micro Materials Ltd
Micro Materials - randomised impact testing
In this workshop, Prof. Ben Beake introduces the new randomised impact test technique and shows how it can be used to develop more erosion-resistant materials
Simulating erosive wear in coatings and bulk materials - a revolutionary nano-impact testing method
This webinar describes the new test with examples of where it has been used in the development of advanced thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems for jet engines. Results from the new test show excellent correlation with conventional erosion tests on TBCs, replicating damage mechanisms and coating rankings.
Nanoindentation at impact rates - Dr Jon Molina-Aldareguia
During this talk, Dr Molina will show:
- How to use the new instrumentation to obtain load-displacement curves at high strain rate.
- How to use this new capability to study strain rate dependent phenomena at the microscale
Optimization of coatings for improved fracture resistance
In this presentation, Prof Ben Beake of Micro Materials explains how to optimize coatings for improved fracture resistance using nano and micro-impact testing.
How to use advanced nano-scale testing to deliver improved wear resistance of DLC coatings
In this presentation, we show how data from a range of nanomechanical and tribological test techniques in the multi-functional NanoTest Vantage (nanoindentation, nano- and micro-scratch, nano- and micro-wear, nano- and micro-impact) can be used to improve the design of DLC coating architectures for enhanced wear resistance in specific applications.
Micro Materials - Micro-impact Demo - NanoTest Vantage
Micro Materials applications engineer Adrian Harris performs a demonstration of the Micro-impact test on the NanoTest Vantage.
Random impact test: revolutionary nano impact testing method for simulating erosive wear in coatings
Introducing the random impact test - a revolutionary nano impact testing method for simulating erosive wear in coatings and bulk materials
Optimisation of coating microstructure and mechanical properties for improved fracture resistance
Optimisation of coating microstructure and mechanical properties for improved fracture resistance under impact testing
Multi-technique videos
Multi sensing nano wear with electrical contact resistance and friction measurement
Multi sensing nano wear with electrical contact resistance and friction measurement
Multi-technique and multi-scale nanomechanical testing
Dr Hannah Zhang from National Physical Laboratory, UK gives an overview of instrumented indentation-related tests (nano impact and scratch) on hard metals, glasses and thin coatings, carried out at both very high and very low (cryogenic) temperatures
How to use advanced nano-scale testing to deliver improved wear resistance of DLC coatings
In this presentation, we show how data from a range of nanomechanical and tribological test techniques in the multi-functional NanoTest Vantage (nanoindentation, nano- and micro-scratch, nano- and micro-wear, nano- and micro-impact) can be used to improve the design of DLC coating architectures for enhanced wear resistance in specific applications.
Nanomechanical testing of thin films to 950 degrees C
This webinar will describe experimental hardware and experiment design protocols used in the nanomechanical testing of thin films at up to 950 ºC.
Micro Materials offers more than just a nanoindenter
Micro Materials supplies a range of innovative, versatile nanoindenters and nanomechanical test instrumentation backed by great expertise and support.
The NanoTest Vantage - more than just a nanoindenter!
The company’s flagship instrument – the NanoTest™ Vantage - is designed to allow customers to carry out all their tests on one flexible, user-friendly platform.
Advanced nanomechanical characterisation techniques
In this webinar, Professor Ben Beake introduces the commonly used techniques, including some unique to Micro Materials Ltd, such as highstrain rate fatigue testing with our nano-impact module and high cycle wear behaviour with our nano-fretting module.
Vacuum videos
NanoTest Xtreme - for ultra-reliable nanomechanical tests under high vacuum
For ultra-reliable nanomechanical tests under high vacuum at high temperatures, upto and exceeding 1000 degrees C
NanoTest Xtreme Demonstration
Micro Materials applications engineer Andy Bird puts the NanoTest Xtreme through its paces in this short demonstration.
The NanoTest Xtreme for nanoindentation and microindentation under high vacuum conditions
Researchers are increasingly demanding that test conditions closely mimic real-world environments in order to provide the most reliable, accurate prediction of properties. With the NanoTest Vantage, Micro Materials already offers the most comprehensive range of nano-mechanical test options.
Nanomechanical testing of thin films to 950 degrees C
This webinar will describe experimental hardware and experiment design protocols used in the nanomechanical testing of thin films at up to 950 ºC.