T15 Olympus BH microscope

Carl Zeiss Axio A1-Scope with Axiocam ERc 5S Microscope and Camera Used to:

1. Measure wear scar and/or wear track size
2. Capture wear scar and/or wear track appearance.

Typically used with:

1. BOCLE
2. SL-BOCLE
3. HFRR
4. SRV

BOCLE(Left) & SL-BOCLE(Right)

The microscope is used to capture an image of a contact surface after a lubricity test was performed. The surface appearance of the wear scar can the n berated and the wear scar measured. The microscope is equipped with three lenses that are used to obtain different enlargements of the image. These include a 5x-, 10x- and 20x zoom.

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In this Table some basic differences are presented:

Both units are operated via a simulink interfaces found on the PC next to the units (Univ PC nr: 766118).

Documentation

User Manual

A single user manual exists for both machines. click here

ASTM Standards

BOCLE (ASTM D5001) click here
SL-BOCLE (ASTM D6078) click here

Wiring, Flow & Instrumentation diagrams

Overall wiring diagram
BOCLE
PDF VISIO
SL-BOCLE
PDF VISIO

Detailed Opto wiring diagram
BOCLE
PDF VISIO
SL-BOCLE
PDF VISIO

History of this Equipment

The microscope was recieved in 2013.

Current/Previous projects

2012

Jacques Langenhoven, The commissioning of the BOCLE & SL-BOCLE in the Tribology lab
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