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3.2 Tungsten carbide DIN tool
Your Elcometer 1535 Multi Function Scratch Tester is supplied with a DIN 1 mm
scratching tool as standard equipment (part number KT001538N001). The tool
holder is also supplied as standard equipment.
Tool Part number
Cut (mm)
Rake angle
Coating
hardness
Coating
thickness
(µm/mils)
Substrate
hardness
Tool pressure
(bar/psi)
DIN tool
(Tungsten carbide)
KT001535N001
KT001535N002
1
0.5
Negative
Low 0 to 100/
0 to 4
Hard
to
soft
1.0 to 6.0/
15 to 90
KT001538N001
KT001538N002
1
0.5
Normal
Hard 0 to 250/
0 to 10
Hard 0.3 to 1.5/
4.5 to 22
KT001535N009
KT001535N010
1
0.5
Positive
Very
hard
0 to 700/
0 to 28
Hard 0.3 to 1.0/
4.5 to 15
Positive
rake angle
Negative
rake angle
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