In work and life, each of us will summarize some practical experiences and develop our own habits. These experiences and good habits can help us complete related tasks quickly and well, achieving twice the result with half the effort and improving efficiency. The same goes for metallographic inlay. If we can pay attention to a detail that is overlooked by most people and develop habits during the process of inlaying metallographic samples, I believe it will definitely make your metallographic inlay machine better used and longer lived!

As we all know, when using a hot pressing metallographic inlay machine for sample inlay, regardless of brand and model, the inlay operation process is roughly the same, and the consumables used for inlay are usually powdered inlay resin powder. The characteristic of these powdery consumables is that they will drift to the edges and gaps of the cylinder and hatch cover when poured into the embedded cylinder; After the sample is embedded and the sample block is removed, there will be more or less residual resin residue at the bottom of the embedding cylinder after solidification. Due to the small amount of these dispersed powders and solidified residues, which may not be obvious to the naked eye, timely cleaning is ignored to determine where they are stored. Over time, different hot embedded resins may mix, resulting in poor protection of the surface edges of the embedded samples, affecting the quality of sample preparation, and even affecting the accuracy of microscopic observation evaluation data; For samples that require hardness testing, there may also be data errors.

Therefore, in our daily work, after each sample inlay preparation is completed, we must carefully clean the residual resin in the bottom of the inlay cylinder, the cover of the inlay cylinder, and the edge gaps, in preparation for the next sample preparation. This key detail is also very helpful for extending the service life of the hot pressing metallographic inlay machine.


The editor of Kemai Testing believes that paying attention to this detail and developing the habit of cleaning equipment during the operation of thermal inlay can make your metallographic inlay machine better used and longer lived. Give praise to the old iron men who agree