Carl Zeiss introduces a microscope-based particle analysis system for analysis and documentation of surfaces, cleaning liquids, gels and powders in industrial quality assessment
The system is said to be ideal for inspection of the technical cleanliness of round filter membranes in the automotive industry, contamination in pharmaceutical preparation and processes, for documenting damage, analysing materials and in biomedical applications.
It meets all of the demands placed on particle analysis systems today, says the company.
It is flexible, reliable, simple to use and provides high resolution images.
The particle analyser allows one-step evaluation of the entire specimen at the target magnification.
Analysis uncertainties caused by the evaluation of single images, the time-consuming manual search for large particles, or multiple measurements at different magnifications (have been eliminated) (are no longer an issue).
Thus, even measurements of large particles become fast and reliable.
Although company-specific standards can be easily implemented, familiar directives and standards (e.g VDA Band 19/ISO 16232, ISO 4406, etc) are used to evaluate the measuring results.
The intelligent architecture of the AxioVision software makes the system very easy to operate and configure.
Users can compile and edit evaluation routines and reports.
Separation into 'administrator' and 'user' levels results in an additional enhancement to operational safety.
The reproducibility and optical quality of the particle analyser are determined by the latest generation of light microscopes and stereomicroscopes from Carl Zeiss.
The motorised precision ensures reproducibility of the entire instrument configuration for a certain recording situation.
Further benefits include the availability of particle standards and special microscope slides - e.g for filter membranes up to 50mm diameter - the optional Carl Zeiss factory calibration with a certificate and the global consultation, sales and service network.
Particle analysis system consisting of a microscope, motorised stage, brightfield and darkfield contrasting techniques, computer, TFT monitor and software.
Carl Zeiss offers two standard system solutions for the reliable recognition of different particle sizes: first system for particle sizes up to 50um is based on the Stereo Discovery V12 stereomicroscope; second system for particle sizes of less than 50um is based on the Axio Imager M1m microscope.
The automatic scaling option is available for both the Stereo Discovery V12 and the Axio Imager-based systems.
Existing microscopes can be converted into a particle analysis system upon request.
