Taperader®

Micro-Kalotest with Taperader® for quick, mobile abrasion measurement (non-visible damage)

Surface

The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

Soiling affinity

The tendency that the soil is transferred and adheres onto the surface of the product

Scratch quantification

Counting and measuring the scratches on the surface that maps human observations and illustrate with a set of numbers

Plasticity

Describes the deformation of a (solid) material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to applied forces

Metal fatigue

Deformation mechanism occurring primarily in ductile metals

Macrostructure

The gross structure of an object as made visible to the naked eye

Limpness

Losing stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame

Height sectional cut

Analysis of a 3D Topography Cutting the surface according to different heights into various planes