MICRO METROLOGY | CASE STUDY Drill Bit Characterisation with the


NPFLEX 3D Optical Microscope Comprehensive and Rapid Non-Contact Tool Metrology


<< Figure 1: NPFLEX 3D Optical Microscope. >>


An industry-leading hand and electric tool company is utilising Bruker’s


NPFLEXTM 3D Optical Microscope for R&D and product quality control in their drill bit manufacturing. It is known within the industry that there is a


correlation between the surface roughness of critical tool surfaces and a tool’s ultimate function. The difficulty for this company was finding a solution that could easily, quantitatively and repeatably measure the surface roughness.


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