Scratch and Indentation Tester
NanoTest Vantage High Temperature nano indentation, scratch, tribology tester.
The NanoTest Vantage is a multi-technique nanomechanical test platform combining nanoindentation, nano-scratch and friction, nano-impact and fatigue, and fretting wear at both nano and micro scale. Loads span 0.01 mN to 30 N without reconfiguration, with testing from −20°C to 850°C, in liquids, and under controlled humidity. Compliant with ISO 14577 and ASTM E2546.
KEY FEATURES
Integrated multi-technique capability
The NanoTest Vantage consolidates a comprehensive suite of nanomechanical and tribological techniques within a single, modular platform. By spanning multiple force regimes and environments, it enables consistent cross-technique analysis, reducing experimental variability and offering a unified solution for complex material characterisation workflows.
Exceptional configurability and modular design
A highly adaptable architecture allows users to tailor the instrument to specific research needs, incorporating modules such as nanoindentation, nanoscratch, nano-impact, and SPM/AFM integration. This flexibility ensures applicability across diverse material systems and evolving experimental requirements without compromising performance.
Wide dynamic force range without reconfiguration
Simultaneous integration of low- and high-load heads provides a continuous load range from 0.01 mN to 30 N. This eliminates the need for hardware exchange or recalibration, enabling seamless transition between nano- and micro-scale measurements while maintaining depth-sensing accuracy and experimental efficiency.
Advanced environmental and thermal control
The system offers precise control over temperature, humidity, and atmospheric conditions, including high-temperature testing (choice of upto 500 or up to 850 °C )and sub-ambient operation. Its horizontal loading geometry and active thermal management minimise drift, ensuring reliable measurements under conditions representative of-real-world service environments.
Tribological and impact testing capabilities of the NanoTest Vantage
Scratch and impact modules combining wide load range, high lateral rigidity and exceptional frictional sensitivity to deliver advanced tribological characterisation, together with unique impact & fatigue testing techniques, at high strain rates
(≈ 1000 s⁻¹) . Nano- and micro-scale scratch and wear testing, reciprocating nano-wear, fretting, cyclic impact testing, erosion – and much more!
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Nanotest Vantage is a reliable and advanced solution for material testing.
NanoTest™ Vantage™
The NanoTest™ Vantage™ system offers a complete range of nano- and micro-mechanical and tribological tests on one flexible, user-friendly platform. Furthermore, a single test platform covers a wide range of mechanical properties, consequently allowing researchers to assemble a complete picture of material performance.
The NanoTest™ Vantage™ supports the following test techniques, each performable across multiple force scales (<10 µN to 30 N):
- Indentation
- Impact and fatigue
- Scratch and friction
- Fretting and reciprocating wear
The instrument furthermore features a modular design, making it straightforward to add further capabilities. An integrated multiple-objective optical microscope additionally allows precise test site selection. Moreover, users can extend imaging capabilities with either SPM/Nanopositioner or AFM modules.
A highly intuitive software interface consequently reduces training times, making even advanced measurements easy to perform.
The NanoTest Vantage additionally supports a wide range of environmental control options, enabling the study of various environmental dependencies — such as the effect of increasing temperature on hardness. Furthermore, sample oxidation can be mitigated using the gas purge chamber. Available configurations include:
- High temperature to either 500°C or 850°C
- Reduced oxygen / purged conditions
- Low temperature to −20°C
- Sample and probe immersed in liquids
- Controlled humidity
| Load application | electromagnetic |
|---|---|
| Maximum load with standard head | 500 mN |
| Load resolution | 3 nN |
| Displacement resolution | 0.002 nm |
| Repositioning accuracy | < 0.4 µm |
| Testable surface area | 50 mm x 100 mm (hot stage) |
| Compliance with standards | Fully compliant with ISO 14577 and ASTM 2546 |
