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How to avoid the 6 most common cutting problems

In this in-depth article, our materialographic specialists outline the six most common cutting challenges – and how to solve them.

Eliminate burrs and thermal damage
Avoid cracks in thin materials and pinching in large workpieces
Work effectively with odd-shape pieces and avoid deflections

STRUERS AT CONTROL 2019

Visit us on Control in Stuttgart 7th – 10th May 2019 in hall 5, booth 5305

Focus area this year is faster preparation in production and lab for Materialography and Hardness Testing.

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How to avoid the 6 most common cutting problems

In this in-depth article, our materialographic specialists outline the six most common cutting challenges – and how to solve them.

Eliminate burrs and thermal damage
Avoid cracks in thin materials and pinching in large workpieces
Work effectively with odd-shape pieces and avoid deflections

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New Magnutom-5000: Let’s Cut to the Point

A section is only as accurate as the quality of the clamping. New Magnutom-5000 is the largest machine in its field with an automated four-axis rotary table. This means no time wasted re-clamping.

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ProntoFix – the fast-curing epoxy cold mounting system

Now you can get the quality of a high-performance epoxy system, without the wait. ProntoFix gives you the finest transparency , low shrinkage and excellent impregnability in a fast-curing system – which means you can prepare, mount and analyze your specimens the same day.

Excellent performance, and much faster than traditional epoxies, ProntoFix is now available.

STRUERS AT CONTROL 2019

Visit us on Control in Stuttgart 7th – 10th May 2019 in hall 5, booth 5305. Focus area this year is faster preparation in production and lab for Materialography and Hardness Testing. Find more information about free tickets and our control contest here:

Struers Control 2019

New consumables catalog

Find your consumables easily with the search function or try our Selection Guides to find the ideal solution for you.

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New Magnutom-5000: Let’s Cut to the Point

SERVICE PLANS

Choose from a variety of plans to find the solution that best meets your needs for quality and uptime – and helps your business run smoothly.

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ProntoFix gives you full transparency, low shrinkage and excellent impregnability in a fast-curing system. The result? You can mount, prepare and analyze your specimens the same day, to increase the quality and speed of your processes.

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Cutting Equipment

You can choose from a wide range of cut-off machines for workpieces of all sizes. All machines offer superior quality and precision, extreme durability, user-friendliness, and low cost per specimen.

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Hot Mounting

You can find a variety of mounting presses for every purpose – from semi-automatic presses for mounting of a few samples to fully automatic, high-speed, dual cylinder presses for high throughput.

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… that Struers also has equipment for preparation of radioactive material? The Struers hot cell system enables remote handling of specimens for precision cutting, hot mounting, and grinding using manipulators?

Hardness Testing Equipment

Find a complete selection of equipment for macro and micro hardness testing!

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Struers offers a complete selection of equipment, accessories, and consumables for grinding and polishing. You can choose from manual systems for the preparation of the occasional sample to powerful, fully automatic preparation solutions for high-volume processing with outstanding reproducibility.

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Electrolytic Polishing Equipment

You can choose from automatic microprocessor-controlled polishing equipment and automatic electrolytic thinning - a fast and efficient method.

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… that Struers has a unique knowledge base with more than 500 systematic and proven methods covering the complete range of metals, ceramics, electronics, minerals, polymers, composites, and organic materials?

Materialographic Analysis Equipment

Microscopic inspection of welds and structures is no longer necessary in many cases. WeldingExpert and StructureExpert provide dedicated digital solutions.

Accessories

Original Struers accessories enable you to use your Struers equipment for dedicated tasks and to boost productivity.

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… that Struers is the only materialographic equipment supplier with an elite team of 27 applications specialists?

Consumables

Successful specimen preparation depends on the correct choice of consumables. You can find a comprehensive range of consumables for cutting, mounting, grinding, and polishing at the Struers e-Shop.

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A full range for all needs

You can find the right equipment for every conceivable materialographic preparation need to make sure you achieve the quality, productivity, and cost efficiency you are looking for.

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Cutting Equipment

You can choose from a wide range of cut-off machines for workpieces of all sizes. All machines offer superior quality and precision, extreme durability, user-friendliness, and low cost per specimen.

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Hot Mounting

You can find a variety of mounting presses for every purpose – from semi-automatic presses for mounting of a few samples to fully automatic, high-speed, dual cylinder presses for high throughput.

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Application Specialists

Ask the Struers Applications Specialists team for assistance at any time.

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Automatic Cleaning Equipment

Eliminate the time-consuming manual cleaning process between preparation steps! Lavamin is an innovative, stand-alone cleaning unit for specimens.

Grinding and Polishing Equipment

Electrolytic Polishing Equipment

You can choose from automatic microprocessor-controlled polishing equipment and automatic electrolytic thinning - a fast and efficient method.

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Customized Products

If you need modifications to our standard designs, simply ask our experts before purchasing.

Materialographic Analysis Equipment

Microscopic inspection of welds and structures is no longer necessary in many cases. WeldingExpert and StructureExpert provide dedicated digital solutions.

Consumables

Successful specimen preparation depends on the correct choice of consumables. You can find a comprehensive range of consumables for cutting, mounting, grinding, and polishing at the Struers e-Shop.

Accessories

Original Struers accessories enable you to use your Struers equipment for dedicated tasks and to boost productivity.

Did you know...

… that Struers is the only materialographic equipment supplier with an elite team of 27 applications specialists?

Meet the Application Specialists

A full range for all needs

You can find the right equipment for every conceivable materialographic preparation need to make sure you achieve the quality, productivity, and cost efficiency you are looking for.

See the full range of equipment

Cutting Equipment

You can choose from a wide range of cut-off machines for workpieces of all sizes. All machines offer superior quality and precision, extreme durability, user-friendliness, and low cost per specimen.

Go to Cutting Equipment

Hot Mounting

You can find a variety of mounting presses for every purpose – from semi-automatic presses for mounting of a few samples to fully automatic, high-speed, dual cylinder presses for high throughput.

Did you know…

Application Specialists

Ask the Struers Applications Specialists team for assistance at any time.

Go to Application Specialists

Automatic Cleaning Equipment

Eliminate the time-consuming manual cleaning process between preparation steps! Lavamin is an innovative, stand-alone cleaning unit for specimens.

Grinding and Polishing Equipment

Electrolytic Polishing Equipment

You can choose from automatic microprocessor-controlled polishing equipment and automatic electrolytic thinning - a fast and efficient method.

Go to Electrolytic Equipment

Customized Products

If you need modifications to our standard designs, simply ask our experts before purchasing.

Materialographic Analysis Equipment

Microscopic inspection of welds and structures is no longer necessary in many cases. WeldingExpert and StructureExpert provide dedicated digital solutions.

Consumables

Successful specimen preparation depends on the correct choice of consumables. You can find a comprehensive range of consumables for cutting, mounting, grinding, and polishing at the Struers e-Shop.

Accessories

Original Struers accessories enable you to use your Struers equipment for dedicated tasks and to boost productivity.

Did you know...

… that Struers is the only materialographic equipment supplier with an elite team of 27 applications specialists?

Meet the Application Specialists

Industries

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Helle Michaelsen

Global Business Solution & Application Manager
Struers Aps.
Ballerup, Denmark

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Birgitte Nielsen

Metallographer,
Application Specialist
Struers Aps.
Ballerup, Denmark

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Maria Lindegren

Ph.D. in Metal Forming,
Application Specialist
Struers Aps.
Ballerup, Denmark

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Marcello Manca

PhD, Mechanical Engineer,
Application Specialist
Struers ApS
Ballerup, Denmark

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Farouk Mouzafer

Application Engineer
Struers ApS
Ballerup, Danmark

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Ólafur Ólafsson

Application Specialist
Struers Aps.
Ballerup, Denmark

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James Silvester

B.Eng. (Hons.) Materials Engineering, Sheffield, Hallam University,
Application Specialist
Struers Ltd.
Rotherham, UK

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Holger Schnarr

Doctorate Degree in Engineering and Degree of Engineering in Material Science,
Application Specialist
Struers GmbH
Willich, Germany

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Ulrich Setzer

Materials Engineer, Degree of Technical Assistant for Metallography and Material Science,
Application Specialist
Struers GmbH
Willich , Germany

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Roman Gerund

Degree of Technical Assistant for Metallography and Material Science,
Application Specialist
Struers GmbH
Willich, Germany

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Quentin Roissac

Application Specialist
Struers SAS
Champigny sur Marne, France

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Christian Wegierski

Application Specialist
Struers GmbH
Willich, Germany

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Caroline Moussu

Lab Manager
Struers SAS
Champigny sur Marne, France

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Marco Caruso

Metallographer,
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Struers S.A.S.
Arese, Italy

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Kelsey Torboli

Application Specialist
Struers Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio, US

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Brian Jones

Application Specialist
Struers Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio, US

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Xiuping Jiang

Ph.D., M.Sc. in Material Science and Engineering,
Application and Laboratory Manager
Struers Ltd.
Shanghai, China

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Zhe Chen

Master's Degree in Materials Science and Engineering,
Application Specialist
Struers Ltd.
Shanghai, China

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Kenny Lim

Application Specialist
Struers Singapore
Singapore , Singapore

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Charily Zhen

Application Engineer
Struers Ltd
Shanghai, China

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Kinichi Ishikawa

Ms.C. in Industrial Science,
Application Specialist
Marumoto Struers K.K
Tokyo, Japan

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Allen Chen

Application Engineer
Struers Ltd
Shanghai, China

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Yuya Hayakawa

M.Sc. in Manual Science and Engineering,
Application Specialist
Marumoto Struers K.K
Tokyo, Japan

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Cutting Knowledge

A high-quality surface gives you shorter preparation time. Your choice of cut-off wheel is extremely important in order to ensure minimum deformation and a plane surface.

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Cold-Mounting Knowledge

Cold mounting uses vacuum impregnation to reinforce and protect materials requiring special care during preparation such as ceramics, plasma sprayed coatings, and specimens for failure analysis.

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Did you know...

… that Struers introduced a fully automatic mounting press in the early 1970s?

Hot-Mounting Knowledge

Hot mounting produces high-quality mounts of uniform size and shape.

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About Grinding and Polishing

Correct selection of abrasive disks and polishing cloths is vital for producing a plane surface as fast as possible and with minimal damage that can be removed easily during polishing.

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Meet the application specialists

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Did you know...

… that the composite disks with magnetic fixation that almost everyone uses today were first introduced by Struers in 1995?

Materials/application notes

The type of material is the single most important factor when choosing a materialographic solution. Struers Application Notes give you concentrated and precise information about specific materials and their application.

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Electrolytic Polishing Knowledge

Successful electrolytic preparation requires the right choice of method. You can see ten standard methods for different materials and an electrolyte guide if none of these fits your material.

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Hardness Testing Knowledge

Successful hardness testing depends on the correct choice of method and load for the material. Achieve the best result.

Did you know...

… that Struers already in 1875 imported chemicals and instruments that were used for etching for the manual preparation of metal specimens for microscopic inspection?

Materialographic Solutions

If you need to improve preparation of a particular material or a particular preparation step, you can ask for support from a Struers Application Specialist.

Microscopy Knowledge

You can use Struers knowledge resources to get the most out of your microscopy equipment. Improve precision!

Etching Knowledge

Your assurance of a true microstructure for the purpose of the investigation depends on a correct and reproducible etching process, preferably in as short a time as possible.

Did you know ...

… that Struers has been a leading supplier of hardness testing machine since the turn of the millennium?

… or that the first electrolytic polishing machine was introduced by Struers in 1949?

Go to Hardness Testing Equipment Go to Electrolytic Equipment

How to

You can make sure you and your staff have the right knowledge at the right level for your operation by making use of Struers’ unique materialography knowledge base.

Find the “how to” guides you need

Cutting Knowledge

A high-quality surface gives you shorter preparation time. Your choice of cut-off wheel is extremely important in order to ensure minimum deformation and a plane surface.

Go to Cutting Knowledge

Cold Mounting Knowledge

Cold mounting uses vacuum impregnation to reinforce and protect materials requiring special care during preparation such as ceramics, plasma sprayed coatings, and specimens for failure analysis.

Did you know ...

… that Struers introduced a fully automatic mounting press in the early 1970s?

Hot Mounting Knowledge

Hot mounting produces high-quality mounts of uniform size and shape.

Go to Hot Mounting Knowledge

Meet the Application Specialists

And discover new process opportunities.

About Grinding and Polishing

Correct selection of abrasive discs and polishing cloths is vital for producing a plane surface as fast as possible and with minimal damage that can be removed easily during polishing.

Materials/application notes

Go to Material

Electrolytic Polishing Knowledge

Successful electrolytic preparation requires the right choice of method. You can see 10 standard methods for different materials and an electrolyte guide if none of these fits your material.

Go to Electrolytic Preparation Knowledge

Materialographic Solutions

If you need to improve preparation of a particular material or a particular preparation step, you can ask for support from a Struers Application Specialist.

Did you know...

… that Struers already in 1875 imported chemicals and instruments that were used for etching for the manual preparation of metal specimens for microscopic inspection?

Hardness Testing Knowledge

Successful hardness testing depends on the correct choice of method and load for the material. Achieve the best result.

Go to Hardness Testing Knowledge

Etching Knowledge

Your assurance of a true microstructure for the purpose of the investigation depends on a correct and reproducible etching process, preferably in as short a time as possible.

Did you know ...

… that Struers has been a leading supplier of hardness testing machine since the turn of the millennium?

… or that the first electrolytic polishing machine was introduced by Struers in 1949?

Microscopy Knowledge

You can use Struers knowledge resources to get the most out of your microscopy equipment. Improve precision!

Go to Microscopy Knowledge

How to

You can make sure you and your staff have the right knowledge at the right level for your operation by making use of Struers’ unique materialography knowledge base.

Find the “how to” guides you need

Cutting Knowledge

A high-quality surface gives you shorter preparation time. Your choice of cut-off wheel is extremely important in order to ensure minimum deformation and a plane surface.

Go to Cutting Knowledge

Cold Mounting Knowledge

Cold mounting uses vacuum impregnation to reinforce and protect materials requiring special care during preparation such as ceramics, plasma sprayed coatings, and specimens for failure analysis.

Did you know ...

… that Struers introduced a fully automatic mounting press in the early 1970s?

Hot Mounting Knowledge

Hot mounting produces high-quality mounts of uniform size and shape.

Go to Hot Mounting Knowledge

Meet the Application Specialists

And discover new process opportunities.

About Grinding and Polishing

Correct selection of abrasive discs and polishing cloths is vital for producing a plane surface as fast as possible and with minimal damage that can be removed easily during polishing.

Materials/application notes

Go to Material

Electrolytic Polishing Knowledge

Successful electrolytic preparation requires the right choice of method. You can see 10 standard methods for different materials and an electrolyte guide if none of these fits your material.

Go to Electrolytic Preparation Knowledge

Materialographic Solutions

If you need to improve preparation of a particular material or a particular preparation step, you can ask for support from a Struers Application Specialist.

Did you know...

… that Struers already in 1875 imported chemicals and instruments that were used for etching for the manual preparation of metal specimens for microscopic inspection?

Hardness Testing Knowledge

Successful hardness testing depends on the correct choice of method and load for the material. Achieve the best result.

Go to Hardness Testing Knowledge

Etching Knowledge

Your assurance of a true microstructure for the purpose of the investigation depends on a correct and reproducible etching process, preferably in as short a time as possible.

Did you know ...

… that Struers has been a leading supplier of hardness testing machine since the turn of the millennium?

… or that the first electrolytic polishing machine was introduced by Struers in 1949?

Microscopy Knowledge

You can use Struers knowledge resources to get the most out of your microscopy equipment. Improve precision!

Go to Microscopy Knowledge

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How to avoid the 6 most common cutting problems

In this in-depth article, our materialographic specialists outline the six most common cutting challenges – and how to solve them.

STRUERS AT CONTROL 2019

Visit us on Control in Stuttgart 7th – 10th May 2019 in hall 5, booth 5305

How to avoid the 6 most common cutting problems

In this in-depth article, our materialographic specialists outline the six most common cutting challenges – and how to solve them.

New consumables catalog

New Magnutom-5000: Let’s Cut to the Point

SERVICE PLANS

Be certain of maximum uptime with a Struers Service Plan

The wait is over

ProntoFix – the fast-curing epoxy cold mounting system

STRUERS AT CONTROL 2019

New consumables catalog

New Magnutom-5000: Let’s Cut to the Point

SERVICE PLANS

The wait is over

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Hardness Testing Equipment

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Application Specialists

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Automatic Cleaning Equipment

Electrolytic Polishing Equipment

Customized Products

Did you know...

Materialographic Analysis Equipment

Accessories

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A full range for all needs

Cutting Equipment

Hot Mounting

Did you know…

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Automatic Cleaning Equipment

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A full range for all needs

Cutting Equipment

Hot Mounting

Did you know…

Application Specialists

Automatic Cleaning Equipment

Grinding and Polishing Equipment

Electrolytic Polishing Equipment

Customized Products

Materialographic Analysis Equipment

Consumables

Accessories

Did you know...

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Helle Michaelsen

Birgitte Nielsen

Maria Lindegren

Marcello Manca

Farouk Mouzafer

Ólafur Ólafsson

James Silvester

Holger Schnarr

Ulrich Setzer

Roman Gerund

Quentin Roissac

Christian Wegierski

Caroline Moussu

Marco Caruso