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REDUCTION OF GRINDING & POLISHING TIME BY 28,3%

NCS, one of China’s leading testing and research institutions, sought to address inconsistent results and inefficiencies in the manual grinding and polishing process. The solution was the introduction of automated solutions with Xmatic, which also freed up operator time.

  • Significantly improves specimen preparation efficiency
  • Freeing up operator time substantially
  • Increased polishing quality
  • Ensures result consistency

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Cutting

Reduce your cutting time by 50%

Precise cuts with controlled sectioning, ergonomically designed solutions, and a minimum of downtime with minimal cleaning and maintenance are just some of the keywords for our popular cutting equipment Labotom-20. A fast manual and easy-to-use cutting machine for a wide range of your cutting needs.

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Grinding/polishing

Same accurate preparation. Every time.

Automation can be your answer to obtaining 100% identical prepared samples with our new end-to-end grinding/polishing equipment Xmatic. Easy to use, automatic detection of consumables and high user-friendliness will make Xmatic your new best friend in the lab freeing up time that you can use on analyzing.

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Hardness Tester

Best-in-class hardness tester

“Our new DuraVista-40 gives us increased capability and capacity and the most advanced hardness testing in the market”, MechTest explains. With our popular hardness tester DuraVista-40, you get extremely short turn-around times with full automation tests and still best-in-class, accurate, and repeatable analysis.

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