Differences Between Upright and Inverted Usage of Metallographic Microscopes
What is the difference between using an inverted and upright metallographic microscope? Today, we will use the laboratory of Ningbo Ouyi Testing Instrument Co., Ltd. to explore the differences.
Inverted metallographic microscope: It is mainly suitable for studying and analyzing the microstructure, casting quality, and phase structure of various metals and alloy materials after heat treatment. It is an essential instrument for metallurgical research. Due to the fact that the observation surface of the sample is inverted and not limited by height, only one observation surface is flat when preparing the sample. Therefore, factory laboratories, research institutions, and universities commonly use it for teaching. Other industries such as electronics, thin films, and coatings use cold inlaid materials to make samples, which are directly inverted on the workbench for easy observation due to the transparency of the materials. The camera can be conveniently connected to the video screen and computer for real-time and dynamic image observation, saving and editing, printing, and combined with various software to meet the needs of more professional metallographic, measurement, and interactive teaching fields.
The upright metallographic microscope has the same basic functions as the inverted metallographic microscope. In addition to analyzing and identifying metal samples with a height of 20-30mm, it is more widely used for transparent, semi transparent, or opaque substances due to its conformity with human daily habits. Observing targets larger than 3 microns but smaller than 20 microns, such as metal ceramics, electronic chips, printed circuits, LCD substrates, films, fibers, granular objects, coatings, and other materials, can achieve good imaging effects for their surface structures and traces. The camera system can easily connect to the video screen and computer for real-time and dynamic image observation, saving, editing, and printing. Combined with various software, it can meet the needs of more professional metallographic, measurement, and interactive teaching fields.
