WIRE NEWS 2016 December 2016 | Page 8

Buehler Inaugurates Materialography Solutions Center Buehler – ITW Test & Measurement GmbH (www.buehler.com) recently opened its new Solutions Center in the Düsseldorf Chamber of Handicrafts building. This spacious laboratory is equipped with cutting-edge technology for preparing materialographic samples as well as with Buehler’s latest hardness testers and the specially adapted DiaMet™ testing software. Experienced in-house metallographers available throughout the day support customers in finding solutions to their specific problems and challenges. The spacious area provides an outstanding forum for hosting seminars,conferences and training events for both German and international customers as well as for offering continuing professional development courses. WN DECEMBER 2016 The new Buehler Solutions Center is equipped with large to medium-sized abrasive cutters, precision cutters, the latest generation of hot mounting presses and manual and semi-automatic grinders and polishers. The facility also has Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers and Knoop hardness testing machines that can be operated manually, semi or full automatically. The laboratory is also backed up by two image analysis workstations. Further facilities include a thin-sectioning system and a large laboratory fume hood for carrying out a comprehensive range of contrast tests using a very extensive variety of different etchants, and an electropolishing cell. As Matthias Pascher, manager of the new Buehler Solutions Center explains, “The large attendance to our grand opening signifies the tremendous 8