Electrolytic polisher and etcher for metallographic samples
Achieve precise metallographic sample preparation with unparalleled speed and accuracy, ensuring your metal specimens display clear microstructural details essential for thorough analysis and research.
Polishes and Etches Metal Specimens
The Qetch 1000 from QATM is a fully automatic electrolytic polisher and etcher designed for precise metallographic specimen preparation. Featuring intuitive touch-screen control and a separate polishing unit, it easily fits into lab settings, including fume cabinets. The Qetch 1000’s unique scan function displays the current voltage curve, ensuring quick polishing results without structural changes. Optimized for labs focused on metallography and material analysis, it effectively processes metal alloys, microstructure samples, and etched surfaces. Accommodating up to 200 stored programs with real-time current and voltage diagrams, this equipment is suitable for metallography labs, industrial quality control, and research facilities. With interchangeable 1-liter tanks for easy electrolyte management and a cleaning program, maintenance is streamlined. The Qetch 1000 supports integration into lab environments, offering a compact footprint with robust processing capabilities for advanced material science applications.
Benefits
- Ensures high-quality specimen preparation with precise polishing and etching.
- Increases efficiency by allowing quick voltage curve scans for optimal results.
- Simplifies operation and reduces setup times with touch-screen control and programmable parameters.
- Facilitates easy electrolyte management and cleaning, minimizing maintenance efforts.
- Enhances versatility with integration into diverse laboratory environments, including fume cabinets.
- Applications
- Metal surface analysis,Material analysis,Metallography,Material science,Hardness testing,Metal processing
- End products
- Metallographic samples,Microstructure samples,Etched metal surfaces,Material characterization samples,Metal alloys,Polished metal specimens
- Steps before
- Sample Preparation,Mounting,Pre-Grinding
- Steps after
- Hardness Testing,Microscopic Analysis
- Input ingredients
- material,electrolytes
- Output ingredients
- polished material,etched material
- Market info
- QATM is renowned for its expertise in manufacturing high-quality metallographic equipment and consumables, providing innovative solutions for material testing and analysis, which are trusted by laboratories and quality control professionals globally.
- Operation
- Fully automatic
- Control Method
- Touch-screen display with QATM-software
- Program Capacity
- Up to 200 programs
- Voltage Diagram
- Current,voltage diagram in real time
- Output Voltage
- Variable
- Polishing Duration
- 1 sec - 25 min
- Etching Duration
- 1 sec - 5 min
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- 330 x 220 x 400 mm
- Weight
- ~ 7 kg
- Connection Power
- 2 kVA
- Max Voltage
- 90 V DC
- Max Current
- 14 A
- Polishing method
- Electrolytic
- Control interface type
- Touch-screen display
- Automation level
- Fully automatic
- Program storage
- Up to 200 programs
- Voltage display
- Real-time voltage curve
- Tank cleaning method
- Washing program with water
- Electrolyte tank capacity
- 1 Ltr.
- Process duration
- Polishing
- Process duration
- Etching
- Changeover of electrolytes
- Interchangeable tanks
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Easy to clean with water
- Biological compatibility
- 0
- Abrasion resistance
- 0
- Machine footprint
- 330 x 220 x 400 mm
- Weight
- ~ 7 kg
- Tank volume
- 1 Ltr.
- Control panel type
- Touch-screen
- Control panel type
- Touch-screen display with QATM-software control
- Program storage
- Up to 200 programs,password protected
- Voltage and duration customization
- Variable output voltage and process duration
- Interchangeable electrolytic tanks
- 1 Ltr. capacity