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Instrumented Indentation Tester

Description

The widest range of high-precision indentation testing


With Anton Paar’s versatile indentation testers you can precisely determine the mechanical properties of thin films, coatings, or substrates such as hardness and elastic modulus. The instruments handle almost any type of material, whether soft, hard, brittle, or ductile. You can also conduct creep, fatigue, and stress-strain studies on surfaces in the nanometer range.

Large range of forces: from nano- to macro-indentation
Anton Paar's instrumented indentation testers employ a wide range of forces and thus represent the most versatile and applicable solutions on the market. Covering nano, micro and macro-indentation, the testers allow for studies on countless materials, including metals, ceramics, semiconductors and polymers.

Instrumented indentation measurement
An instrumented indentation measurement enables you to determine a material's mechanical properties, like its hardness, elastic modulus or creep. During an indentation test, the force and depth are continuously monitored and you are provided with a curve of force vs. depth on the instruments' display.

Direct measurments of Hardness and Elastic Modulus
In contrast to conventional micro-hardness testers, the Anton Paar Microindentation Tester not only measures a sample's hardness but also determines its elastic modulus based on the high-precision technique of Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT)

Unique top-surface referencing technique
The design feature that truly sets Anton Paars' indentation testers part from other comparable instruments is its unique surface referencing system. The design of our instruments incorporates a top surface reference that encompasses the indenter and provides a constant reference for the amount of penetration.

High frame stiffness
Thanks to Anton Paar's unique surface referencing system, the frame distance of the instrumented indentation testers is reduced to a minimal value, subsequently providing a high frame stiffness that directly leads to highly accurate measurement results.
Product list
Hit 300

Hit 300

Hit 300 is a premium yet highly affordable nanohardness tester built for every user and every type of environment. The intuitive, automated Hit 300 lets you run 600 measurements per hour, even while you’re away.
Ultra Nanoindentation Tester UNHT³

Ultra Nanoindentation Tester UNHT³

The UNHT³ Standard ultra-high resolution nanoindenter with real force sensors is used to examine the mechanical properties of a material at the nanoscale.
Bioindenter™ UNHT³ Bio

Bioindenter™ UNHT³ Bio

The Anton Paar BioindenterTM is the ideal nanoindentation tester for characterizing the mechanical properties of tissues and soft materials from the human body.
UNHT³ HTV

UNHT³ HTV

The UNHT³ HTV high-temperature nanoindentation tester is a low-load nanomechanical test system for measuring the hardness and elastic modulus of thin films and coatings up to 800 °C
MHT³

MHT³

The Microindentation Tester is ideally suited to the measurement of mechanical properties such as hardness and elastic modulus based on instrumented indentation testing (IIT). I
Nanoindentation Tester NHT³

Nanoindentation Tester NHT³

The NHT3 nanoindentation tester is designed for measuring hardness, elastic modulus, creep, and other surface properties from the nanometer to the micrometer scale.
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Brochure Indentation.pdf