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Machine Shop Particles Under the Microscope

Machine Shop Particles

These are particles that are typical of a machine shop environment. This view includes saw dust from a carbon fiber/carbon filled plastic composit material, a magnetite weld sphere, glass abrasive, abraded metal, a paint sphere, mercerized cotton fiber, machined metal, skin flakes, paper fiber,and natural minerals.

Transmitted Circular Polarized Light and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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A machine shop is involved in the construction or assembly of metal and/or plastic or composit parts. The types of particles present often help indicate the type of work being done at that facility.

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