Buehler – ITW Test & Measurement GmbH
Buehler is part of the Test and Measurement Segment of the US company Illinois Tool Works (ITW) with about 800 decentralized divisions in 52 countries and 45,000 employees. Buehler – ITW Test+Measurement GmbH, Leinfelden-Echterdingen Germany has been a leading manufacturer of instruments, consumables and accessories for metallography and materials analysis since 1936, and also supplies a comprehensive range of hardness testers and hardness testing systems. A dense network of branch offices and dealers means our customers can rely on professional assistance and service around the world. The Buehler Solutions Centers in Esslingen and Dusseldorf/Germany, Dardilly/France, Coventry/UK and elsewhere can offer all kinds of assistance with application questions or with devising reproducible preparation procedures. Buehler innovates solutions and offers expert service and support throughout the materials preparation and analysis market. Buehler designs and manufactures metallographic equipment and consumables for sectioning, grinding, polishing, mounting samples and hardness testing and analysis.
Buehler is a leading supplier of metallographic sample preparation and analysis instruments. Buehler’s sectioning machines, mounting machines, grinding and polishing machines, and hardness testers have the best user interfaces in the industry. Our experts in metallography can recommend the best preparation method to pair with your machine. We serve a wide variety of applications in metallurgical labs including, production, research & development, quality control, and failure analysis. Our products are used to analyze and test a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic samples.
Buehler
Buehler was founded 1936 by Adolph I. Buehler, a Swiss immigrant who saw a need for metallographic sample preparation equipment and optical inspection instruments for the steel and automotive industries in the USA. Starting with a product line consisting of optical inspection instruments, a mounting press and a polisher, seventy years later Buehler is now well established as the world’s leading supplier of materials preparation and analysis instruments, equipment, consumable supplies and application solutions.
Based in Lake Bluff, IL, Buehler has been an active exporter for much of its history and has more than 40 years experience operating in Asia and Europe.
Buehler expanded into Europe in 1963 and in 1979 Buehler products started selling in China. Buehler has continued its international expansion and now operates in 65 countries.
Products:
- Metallography
- hardness testing
- cutting machines
- precision cutters
- embedding materials
- grinding and polishing equipment
- consumables
- Wilson hardness testing
- Knoop hardness testing
- Vickers hardness testing
- Rockwell hardness testing
- Brinell hardness comparison plates
- magnetic polishing cloths
- OmniMet
- DiaMet
- diamond grinding wheels
- petrography
- cold mounting
- hot mounting