InspectorX testing software for nanoindenters

Applications

Nanoindentation

Special feature

Testing software for nanoindentation

Thin layers perfectly analyzed

InspectorX is the intuitive control and evaluation software for force-indentation curves used to determine mechanical parameters with the universal ZHN nanoindenter. For small depths of indentation it is very important to gain a high accuracy of the correction functions for the tip shape as well as for the zero point (position of the surface) and thermal drift.

With the testing software InspectorX you can use and analyze the following hardness testers:

ZHN Nanoindenter
ZHN/SEM
ZHU/zwickiLine+

Advantages and features

InspectorX offers particularly sophisticated correction routines and algorithms, whose quality was proven, for instance, by comparative measurements of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) :

Determination, description and correction of instrument compliance or stiffness
Determination and description of indenter area function (27 different fi t functions available)
Zero point correction (automatic or manual)
Thermal drift correction (automatic or manual)
Creep analysis (fi t of the creep curve, calculation of creep rate)
Analysis of dynamic data (continuous or quasi continuous stiffness measurement)
Special analysis of wholly elastic measurements using a Hertzian contact model for coated materials with up to three layers
Determination of stress-strain curves of metals from indentations with spherical indenters

The InspectorX intuitive operating concept

Step 1: Select indenter

Select the indenter best suited to your application. The indenter's parameters, stiffness and area function, are defined so that you can even call up your test data and analyze it years later.

Step 2: Define specimen grips

Upon entering the specimen grip type, you have immediate access to all presettings. The system provides you with a complete overview of the current position of the precision tables and makes control with step sizes of less than 1 µm possible.

Step 3: Select specimen type/enter specimen data

Data is completely traceable and is easy to enter while setting up the test. The comprehensive integrated software quickly yields the associated Poisson's ratio.