ALTANA Byko-Cut Universal Manual - Manual (Page 14)

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English 6.2.2 Determination of Film thickness
Switch on the illumination. The microscope eye-
piece shows a 2mm long micron/mils scale with
100 line markings, the cut appears under the
microscope according to the pictures, depending on
the cutting angle. Place the Zero mark at the start of
the cut and count the units.
Operation
Tool No. Cutting
Angle*)
Range in
Mils
1 Line
Increment
in Mils
Range in
Microns
1 Line
Increment
in Microns
Accuracy
in Microns
(±1 incre-
ment) **)
1 45° 0 – 80 1 0 – 2000 20 40
2 26.6° 0 – 40 0.5 0 – 1000 10 20
3 5.7° 0 – 8 0.1 0 – 200 2 4
*) Angle measued from sample plain.
**) For film thickness smaller 15 µm, accuracy plus 1.5 µm Additional cutting tools
are available for very thin or very thick coatings.
Scale of byko-cut universal