François Blateyron

TL;DR: This work develops a semantic and theoretical framework and proposes a new system for organizing and designating multiscale analyses and characterizations of surface topographies from the engineering and scientific literature with an emphasis on production engineering research and design.

TL;DR: The vast majority of surface texture parameters are the field parameters as discussed by the authors, which allow the characterisation of surface heights, slopes, complexity, wavelength content, etc., and are defined in the specification standard ISO 25178 part 2.

TL;DR: An international survey of surface texture parameters in industry is presented in this paper, revealing the use of a variety of parameters from ISO 4287, ISO 12085, ISO 13565-2/3 and ISO 25178-2.

TL;DR: Chromatic confocal probes as discussed by the authors are single point optical sensors built around a confocal coaxial setting that use chromatic dispersion and decoding to obtain the surface distance and can measure on, and through, transparent material, detect several interfaces between materials and calculate thickness.

TL;DR: Feature spectrum is proposed to organize surfaces, in order to help select the appropriate characterisation for different types of surface topographies and to achieve a more direct relationship between characterisation, manufacturing process and surface function.