Aka-Brief Preparation Procedures 

Akasel have developed a series of preparation procedures that will help you improve you sample preparation in quality of finish, time taken and cost savings.

In addition, a micrograph is shown with the expected preparation result after each step.
This makes it possible for you to determine whether the individual steps have been successfully completed or if something needs to change.

There are two different types of preparation methods: Specific Methods for certain materials and General Methods for a range of materials based on their hardness. All methods are carefully optimised to provide the best possible quality at the lowest possible cost.

Click on a link below to view and download the Aka-Brief for a specific material or range of materials.

These procedures are also available to purchase as demo kits from our web shop, so you can test it at your convenience.

  1. Copper & Copper Alloys

  2. Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

  3. Pure Titanium

  4. Aluminium Alloys

  5. Metallic/Composite Thermal Spray Coatings

  6. Coated Sintered Carbides

  7. Stainless & Duplex Steels

  8. Titanium Alloys

  9. Carbon Fibre Composites

  10. Soft Materials 50-150HV

  11. Medium Hard Materials 400-700HV

  12. Hard Materials 700-2000HV

  13. Electronic Components

  14. Cast Iron

  15. Zinc Coated Steel

  16. Medium Soft Materials 150-400HV

  17. Nitrided and Nitrocarburized Steels

  18. Surface Hardened Steel

  19. Superalloys with Diffusion Coating

  20. Superalloys

  21. Ceramic Thermal Spray Coatings