Coating thickness measurement and material testing with one instrument. The FISCHERSCOPE^® MMS^® PC2 is a compact and extremely versatile desktop multi-function measuring system with data archiving and measurement data processing capabilities. It can be used for manual sampling inspection as well as for process control and round the clock monitoring of production processes. A great variety of probes for different test piece geometries and measuring ranges are available.
Many different plug-in testing modules allow numerous instrument configurations to meet the needs of the user. The modular design allows the upgrading of the instrument at any time. Similar or different modules can be installed depending on the applications.

Configuration Examples:
For versatile coating thickness measurements in pc-board production, the modules BETASCOPE^®, SIGMASCOPE^®/PHASCOPE^®, SR-SCOPE^® and PERMASCOPE^® may be installed in the FISCHERSCOPE^® MMS^® PC2. This instrument configuration allows the following measurements:

• Nano coatings (Antifingerprints), Solar cell coatings (CdTe/ glass), Gold coatings on contacts, tinlead alloy coatings on solder pads and traces, and photo resist coatings (module BETASCOPE^®).


• Surface copper cladding thickness and copper plating thickness in through-holes (SIGMASCOPE^®/PHASCOPE^®).

Copper thickness on laminates and multilayers without any influence from the copper coating on the opposite side (SR-SCOPE^®).

• Thickness of solder resist on copper (PERMASCOPE^®).


• Applications in automotive supply industries. In this case the FISCHERSCOPE^® MMS^® PC2 contains the modules PERMASCOPE^®, NICKELSCOPE^® and BETASCOPE^® for versatile coating thickness measurements of:
  
• Graphite coatings on the surface of pistons or corrosion resistance coatings on brake discs (PERMASCOPE^®).


• Ferruginous coatings on the piston surfaces (NICKELSCOPE^®).

We offer a number of plug-in testing modules for ultimate flexibility:

• Module PERMASCOPE^®
  
• Module NICKELSCOPE^®
  
• Module BETASCOPE^®
  
• Module SR-SCOPE^®
  
• Module SIGMASCOPE^®-PHASCOPE^® 1/TEMPERATURE
  
• Module SIGMASCOPE^®-PHASCOPE^® 2
  
• Module PHASCOPE^® DUPLEX
  
• Module TEMPERATURE
  

User-Friendly
The FISCHERSCOPE^® MMS^® PC features a large, high-resolution color LCD touch screen. The touch screen enables quick and easy handling of measurements, storage, evaluation, and documentation tasks. The instrument operates with a Windows^® CE based application software comparable with MSWord or MSExcel. The operation is simple, easy to learn, and uniform for all test methods. The MMS^® PC offers practically unlimited memory for measurement parameters and values as well as up-to-date possibilities for network integration and online applications.

Three measurement presentation choices are available to discern important information immediately (Numeric Display Mode, Control Chart Display Mode, Specification Limit Display Mode or Simple Operation Mode).

 

Evaluation
The FISCHERSCOPE^® MMS^® PC saves the user from having to do complicated and extensive mathematical computations for the statistical evaluation of the measurement data. The statistical characteristics can be viewed and printed in list form and as graphics such as sum frequency and histogram.
 

Module PERMASCOPE^®
This plug-in testing module utilizes the magnetic induction and eddy current test method to measure:

• Thickness of paint, lacquer, plastic, synthetic, metallic coatings such as zinc, chromium, etc. on iron and steel (non-ferrous coatings/ferrous substrates).



• Thickness of paint, plastic, lacquer, ceramics coatings on non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass, aluminum, etc. (non-conductive coatings/non-ferrous substrates). Also for measurements of anodized coatings on aluminum and for coating thickness measurement of tubes and beverage made of aluminum.



• Delta ferrite content in austenitic weld metal or duplex stainless steel.

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Module NICKELSCOPE^®
This plug-in testing module utilizes the Hall effect method to measure the thickness of nickel or steel coatings on non-ferrous substrates. Use this module to measure:

• Electroplated nickel coatings deposited on electrically non-conductive or non-ferrous substrates.



• Thick non-ferrous metal coatings, e.g., copper, aluminum, or lead coatings on iron or steel.



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Module BETASCOPE^®
This plug-in testing module utilizes the beta backscatter method. It allows the thickness measurement of coatings consisting of practically any material on any substrate under the condition that there is a difference of at least 5 atomic numbers between coating and substrate materials. This module is applied:

• in the PC-board industry to measure the thickness of conformal coatings, SnPb, Au or Ni coatings.
  
  
• in plating shops for the economical measurement of single coatings with hand probes.
  
  
• in paint production and applications to measure the thickness of organic coatings on metallic substrates.
  
  
• in sheet metal production and processing industries for quality inspection of anti-corrosive oil films, "Bonazinc" coatings, etc.
  

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Module SR-SCOPE
This plug-in testing module utilizes the electrical resistance method and is suitable for the surface copper thickness measurement on multilayers. Particularly Cu coatings on thin laminates, the starting material for multilayer pc-boards, as well as on multilayers with epoxy interim coatings can be measured.

• Cu coatings with a thickness of 0.1 to 10 µm (0.04 to 0.4 mils) and 5 to 120 µm (0.2 to 4.7 mils) without interference of interim Cu.

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Module SIGMASCOPE^®-PHASCOPE 1/TEMPERATURE
This plug-in testing module utilizes the phase-sensitive eddy current method. It is used for the measurement of the:

• electrical conductivity of non-ferrous metals (automatic temperature compensation is possible with the probe integrated or external temperature sensor).



• thickness of non-ferrous metal coatings, e.g. zinc, copper, aluminum etc., on steel and iron, especially in cases of high surface roughness or on electrically non-conductive substrates.



• thickness of non-ferrous metal coatings with high electrical conductivity on non-ferrous parts with low conductivity, e.g. copper on brass or austenitic material.



• thickness of plated nickel coatings on steel and iron.



• copper coatings under solder resist.



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Module SIGMASCOPE^®-PHASCOPE 2
This module completes the module SIGMASCOPE^®-PHASCOPE 1/TEMPERATURE for the combination of the magnetic induction and eddy current phase-sensitive test method. It allows the one-step measurement of the individual thickness of a paint/zinc coating system (duplex coating) on steel and for copper plating thickness in bore holes of pc-boards.

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TEMPERATURE
Plug-in testing module for temperature measurement with the probe TF100 A (temperature probe with PT100 sensor) in a range of –20 °C to +80 °C  (–4 to +176 °F). For some cases the temperature measurement may be useful, for the temperature compensation of measurements for example with the beta backscatter method or the electrical resistance test method.

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Module MMS^® PC PCMCIA
Module for memory expansion using CompactFlash cards. The internal instrument memory for over 1,000 applications and 1 million measurements is freely expandable with the module MMS^® PC PCMCIA and CompactFlash cards.

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Module LAN/USB
Interface module for LAN network and USB connection. The LAN network can be used for the backup and storage of applications and measurement data on a network server.

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