Attaching to existing microscopes or supplied with a new microscope, the system allows fully automated, unattended analysis of all or part of every filter using image analysis
It is part of many QC laboratories' daily routine to examine filters under a microscope and to count and characterise the particulates trapped by them.
Until now this has been a tedious and time-consuming task, often resulting in only a fraction of the filter being examined and a great deal of operator fatigue and human error.
With GT Vision's Filtrex system this is a thing of the past.
Attaching to existing microscopes or supplied with a new microscope, the Filtrex system allows fully automated, unattended analysis of all or part of every filter using sophisticated image analysis techniques.
Analysis times depend on the size of the filter, type of material to be analysed, number and size of particles and proportion of a filter analysed; a typical time is three seconds per field.
All the operators need to do is load the filter, press start and get on with something else.
For each filter the system generates a report summarising the size distribution and count of particulates per volume of sample with an image of the analysed particles.
Perfect for labs needing to validate their test procedures and manufacturing equipment.
Filters are widely used in industries such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foods, beverages, oils, power generation, chemicals, automotive and in environmental air sampling.
Sales director Ian Baldwin said: "users of Filtrex have been rather surprised with the improvements in productivity and quality of results generated from day one, and with no other sensible alternative we know that Filtrex will continue to be enthusiastically received by our customers".
GT Vision is the exclusive distributor of Filtrex and a range of other industrial image analysis systems.
Filtrex is widely used in Europe, especially for component cleaning fluid analysis, hydraulic fluids and pharmaceuticals.
