Surface metrology makes it possible to control numerous functions on mechanical components and manufactured objects. Reducing wear of a moving part and increasing its lifespan, ensuring sealing between shafts and seals, decreasing fuel consumption and reducing carbon dioxyde emissions, optimizing efficiency of solar cells, obtaining luxurious aspects on brushed metal surfaces, reducing heating in electronic components, making autocleaning surfaces, etc. All these functions can be obtained by programming and controlling specific surface texture. This guide, freely proposed by Digital Surf, contains numerous resources for self-training and for adoption of good practices. The company Digital Surf has been strongly involved in surface texture analysis for more than twenty years, via François Blateyron, who has been an active member of standardization committees in France and at ISO/TC 213. This activity has allowed Digital Surf to contribute to standard development and made it possible to develop advanced features in MountainsMap® based upon early drafts of the standards and therefore offer ready-to-use tools as soon as the standard is published.
