Dilatometers (DIL) Products & Reviews

TA Instruments’ unique True Differential configuration makes our dilatometers the preferred choice for the most accurate measurement of Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE). The high precision linear position sensor, the thermostat equipped measuring head housing, and the use of thermally ultra-stable materials all contribute to the outstanding displacement resolution, and ensure the most accurate measurement of low CTE valu…

 The clear choice for sintering studies without compromise of temperature uniformity.

Quenching dilatometers are used to study the heat treatment of steel and metal alloys, helping to identifying the heating rate, quenching rate, and isothermal dwell times necessary in metals manufacturing to yield the crystalline structure necessary to meet the required physical properties of the finished product.

Optical dilatometry is an innovative and versatile technique capable of measuring, without sample contact, dimensional changes in the sub-micro range and beyond the softening point into the melt, accurately reproducing real industrial firing cycle conditions.  The contact-less measuring principle greatly simplifies the sample preparation process. It reduces the need for precise parallelism between the two ends of the specimen.…

Heating microscopy is a non-contact technique that, based upon an advanced image analysis of a specimen subjected to a thermal treatment reproducing industrial firing conditions, identifies several characteristic shapes and related temperatures key to the optimization of manufacturing processes in ceramics, metals, and alloys.

The Horizontal Optical Dilatometer Misura® ODLT is the ideal instrument to study the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), testing materials beyond the softening point and reproducing industrial firing cycles. It allows to carry out thermo-mechanical measurements even beyond the softening point of a material throughout the entire industrial firing cycles (up to 1750°C on sample). Also, it can determine an expansion and shrin…

The Vertical Optical Dilatometer Misura® ODHT is the ideal instrument to study sintering, sintering kinetics, expansion and shrinkage. It allows to carry out thermo mechanical measurements following the process of expansion, sintering or bloating of materials. The practical applications of this technique are various and include all fields in which it is important to know the thermo-mechanical behaviour of the materials, reprod…

The Heating Microscope is able to acquire and store images of a specimen subjected to an industrial heating cycle ,while all the dimensional parameters (height, length, area…,etc.) are measured automatically during the test in order to identify: flattening/melting behaviour, fusibility, identification of the characteristic temperatures Misura® Heating Microscopes have been continuously developed and implemented to gain technic…

The Optical Fleximeter Misura® FLEX is the ideal instrument to study flexural behaviour of materials undergoing real industrial firing cycles without application of loads. The Optical Fleximeter Misura® FLEX is the ideal instrument to identify the coupling temperature, qualitative studies of the residual stresses between coupled materials and the pyroplastic deformations, which are related to the tendency of a material to defo…

The Heating Microscope and Vertical Optical Dilatometer Misura® HSM-ODHT is ideal for studying the flattening/ melting and sintering behaviour of materials undergoing real industrial firing cycles. The combination of the Heating Microscope with the Optical Dilatometer allows a better control of industrial processes, quality control of materials and development of new products with specific properties.

The Heating Microscope and Horizontal Optical Dilatometer Misura® HSML-ODLT is ideal for studying the melting/ flattening behaviour and coefficient of thermal expansion of materials. It is the ideal instrument for all the materials which present reduced or considerable expansions and contractions and it is incomparable for the study of thin materials without thickness limitations.

The Heating Microscope and Optical Fleximeter Misura® HSML-FLEX is ideal for studying the melting/ flattening and flexural behaviour of materials. Through this instrument it is possible to study the physical behaviour of materials during industrial firing cycles and to carry out no contact bending measurements, which enables to have a more complete characterization of the evaluated materials.

The Optical Fleximeter and Horizontal Optical Dilatometer Misura® FLEX-ODLT is incomparable for understanding problems like delayed crazing and planarity, identifying the state of tension and amount of compression between two layers.

The Heating Microscope, Optical Fleximeter and Horizontal Optical Dilatometer Misura® HSML-FLEX-ODLT is an incomparable combination of three instruments ideal for studying the melting/ flattening, dilatometric and flexural behaviour of materials undergoing real industrial firing cycles. It represents a valid solution to study the physical behaviour of materials during a firing treatment, to carry out no contact bending dilatom…