(Buehler: Lake Bluff, Il) -- Buehler, An ITW Company has completed the design and is now manufacturing the SimpliVac, the first programmable castable mounting system that will expedite materials sample preparation in manufacturing quality control or inspection laboratories that work on testing small material parts or component samples in electronics, thermal spray coatings, additive manufacturing, composites, and other specialty surface treatments.

This robust casting system will free up the metallographic or quality control lab technician to perform other tasks because it requires less set-up time and reduces processing time. The game-changer is that it is fully programmable and allows for processing samples through multiple cycles without human interference. This will especially make a difference for manufacturers that are racing to the future with lightweight, additive, composite, and surface-treated materials in aerospace, automotive, electronic, medical device, and other key industries.

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