cocobolorose:
Thanks for the tip, I hadn't heard of them. Does anyone know a metrology service that has an Alicona Infinite Focus? I found one company in Manchester (ISS Group), but their email address doesn't work and I'd like to find a company in the states. Thanks.
A surface consists of peaks that are assumed to have a Gaussian distribution (normal). When two surfaces come together the highest peaks make contact and contact force develops. The magnitude of contact force is critical to our model. Greenwood and Williamson have a theory to relate the...
I understand that calculating it myself from the raw data is an option, but I was hoping I could find a lab that would do the calculation for me. If you don't trust the lab to do a calculation from data, how can you trust their measurements in the first place? You can't do everything yourself...
I did try Michigan Metrology. Don was very helpful, but he was unsure if he could get me the standard deviation of peak distribution. It's one of the really important characterizations of the surface roughness I need for my model. I also contacted Solarius, but they were unable to help.
I'm trying to find a company/lab to do some 3D surface roughness measurements for me. I'm looking for some specific parameters and having trouble finding someone who can measure what I need for a model that has been developed.
The tricky parameter is the standard deviation of peak...
