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US 10,589,321 B2Granted
Method of, and an apparatus for, rinsing materialographic samples
AssigneeStruers Aps
InventorsThomas Matschofsky, Palle Oppelstrup
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of, and an apparatus for, rinsing materialographic samples. The method includes the steps of: arranging one or more materialographic samples in a sample holder; connecting the sample holder (10) to a rotation head of a rinsing device; placing the sample holder connected to the rotation head in the vessel of the rinsing device; rotating the sample holder relative to the vessel; filling the vessel with a rinsing liquid; and subjecting the materialographic samples in the sample holder to ultrasonic waves.
Claims17
A method of rinsing materialographic samples comprising:
- arranging one or more materialographic samples to be rinsed in a sample holder, wherein the materialographic samples comprise at least one of metal, polymer or ceramic samples that have been cut and subjected to at least one of a grinding or lapping procedure,
- coupling the sample holder to a rotation head of a rinsing apparatus,
- placing the sample holder coupled to the rotation head in a vessel of the rinsing apparatus, followed by, in a sequential order,
- commencing filling the vessel with a rinsing liquid by injecting the rinsing liquid through an inlet disposed in the bottom of the vessel to submerge the samples into the rinsing liquid,
- subjecting the rinsing liquid and the materialographic samples to ultrasound,
- rotating the sample holder including the materialographic samples relative to the vessel, wherein the step of subjecting the rinsing liquid and the materialographic samples to ultrasound is maintained at least during filling of the vessel with the rinsing liquid, and
- subjecting the rinsed materialographic samples to a second grinding, lapping or polishing procedure.
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