Hot Mounting

• Fast mounting

• Superior edge retention

• Optimal planeness
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Complete range of resins for high, consistent quality

mounts and short process times
The purpose of mounting is to protect fragile or coated materials during preparation and to obtain perfect edge retention.
Mounting also allows for a safer, more convenient handling of e.g. small, sharp or irregularly shaped specimens.
Hot mounting is ideal for large numbers of specimens coming to the lab successively. It is carried out using a mounting
press where the specimen is placed in a mounting cylinder along with the appropriate mounting resin. Struers offers
mounting presses for every purpose, please see separate brochure.

A clear sight to all specimen details Electrolytic polishing

For certain materials you need to view the specimen during preparation, Electrolytic polishing requires an electrically conductive resin.
for example when grinding down to a certain point of the specimen. ConduFast contains iron powder filler for optimal conduction.
ClaroFast gives you transparent mounts with a clear sight to all
specimen details.

Porous specimens
Certain materials like ceramics, plasma sprayed coatings or specimens
for failure analysis require special care during preparation. Porosity,
gaps, cracks and loose particles can easily be altered or even removed
during preparation if the specimens are not mounted properly. Use ConduFast
ClaroFast for careful preparation of porous materials.
Superior edge retention
Excellent edge retention is often a requirement when you need to
examine the edge of a specimen and when the protection of layers is
essential. DuroFast offers excellent edge-retention for hard materials
while LevoFast is excellent for soft to medium hard materials.

ClaroFast

Fast and easy routine examination

For materials without specific application requirements, speed or easy DuroFast

handling is often the focus. MultiFast is suitable for routine examination

of soft to medium hard materials. Examination in SEM
Low shrinkage and high conductivity are necessary for examinations
with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). PolyFast is the perfect
resin for SEM due to its low shrinkage and carbon filler to secure the
conductivity.

When using the more expensive DuroFast and LevoFast, a substantial cost saving can be made by
adding only a small amount of the desired resin to form the preparation surface, and then completing
the required amount with the less expensive MultiFast. If time is the most important parameter, use the
market's fastest resin CitoFast as backing resin.
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HandyDoser - The universal manual doser SPECIFICATIONS Cat.no

ClaroFast (Clear)
The doser can be used with any hot mounting press to make resin dosing as simple 1 kg 40100055
7.5 kg 40100054
and convenient as possible. No spoons or funnels are required, dosing the right volume
25 kg 40100053
becomes easy and cleaning of the hot mounting press is reduced to a minimum. CitoFast (Grey)
1 kg 40100068
7.5 kg 40100069
HandyDoser is ideal when using two different resins in one mount. The dosing unit
ConduFast (Black/Grey)
doses 5 ml at a time and holds enough resin for approximately 30 mounts or 550 ml. 1 kg 40100039
DuroFast (Black)
1 kg 40100044
7.5 kg 40100045
LevoFast (Light yellow)
1 kg 40100057
7.5 kg 40100058
PolyFast (Black)
1 kg 40100036
7.5 kg 40100037
MultiFast Black
2.5 kg 40100027
7.5 kg 40100028
25 kg 40100029
75 kg 40100063
MultiFast Green
2.5 kg 40100030
7.5 kg 40100031
MultiFast Red
2.5 kg 40100060
7.5 kg 40100061
25 kg 40100062

Accessories
Fixation Clips 6 mm 100 pcs. 40300026
Fixation Clips 9 mm 100 pcs. 40300025
EpoDye 20 g 40300002
AntiStick 8 g 40300043

Maximise throughput with the fastest resin Manual doser

HandyDoser 05736902
on the market Scraper
For cleaning the rams on mounting presses 05366901
CitoFast is a patent-pending acrylic resin for soft materials. Thanks to its aluminium
powder content, it can process as fast as 3½ minutes, making it the fastest resin on
the market.

Time For information about CitoPress, please see separate

(min.) product brochure.

Struers’ products are subject to constant product

5 development. Therefore, we reserve ourselves the right

30%
to introduce changes in our products without notice.

4 FASTER

2
Cooling time

1 Heating time

0
MultiFast CitoFast

30 mm dia. mounts mounted in Struers' CitoPress mounting press.

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Struers’ Selection Guide - The easy way to the right choice

Resin ClaroFast CitoFast ConduFast

Material Acryl Acryl with Acryl with

aluminium filler iron filler

Type Thermoplastic Thermoplastic Thermoplastic

Shrinkage •• •• ••
From 1-3 (1 is best)

Hardness •• •• •
From 1-3 (1 is softest)

Removal rate High High High

Process parameters*
Heating temperature (ºC) 180 180 180
Quantity (ml) 20 20 20
Heating time (min.) 4 2.5 3.5
Heating pressure (bar) 350 300 250
Cooling time (min.) 6.5 1 1.5
Cooling rate Low High High

Total process time (min.) 10.5 3.5 5

Application / Specific properties Transparent mounts. For soft materials.** Electrolytic polishing
Porous specimens.*** Fast mounting also
Surface electrical when used as backing.
insulator for ConduFast.

* 30 mm dia. mount with a 45% carbon steel specimen (20 vol%)
** Embedded abrasives can occur in the aluminium filler.
*** For some materials, using sensitive mode.

For more information and troubleshooting please see

Hot Mounting Guide for CitoPress.
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t DuroFast LevoFast PolyFast MultiFast

Epoxy with Melamine with Bakelite with Bakelite with

mineral filler mineral and glass filler carbon filler wood filler

c Thermosetting Thermosetting Thermosetting Thermosetting

• • • •••

••• ••• •• •••

Low High High Medium

180 180 180 180

20 25 20 25
3.5 3.5 3.5 3
325 250 250 250
2 2 1.5 2
High High High High

5.5 5.5 5 5

g. For hard materials. For soft to medium hard SEM examination. Routine examination of soft
Excellent edge retention. materials. to medium hard materials.
Excellent edge retention. Suitable as backing.

Accessories
A variety of accessories, to provide easier handling and
more accurate specimen preparation, are available.
• A ntiStick prevents the mounting resins from sticking to the rams
of the press
• Metal
 spring clips to hold or support small specimens
• EpoDye, fluorescent dye for use with ClaroFast for microscopic
examination of porous materials.

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