Intended mainly for automobile manufacturing, but offering potential for laboratory work, the ZKG borehole microscope from Klughammer is equipped with a CCD camera
The automobile industry is making rapid developments in internal combustion engines, aimed at reducing emissions and improving fuel efficiency.
One result of this is the increasing need for quality control in the new aluminium/silicon alloys being used. Klughammer is offering a bore hole microscope equipped with a high quality CCD camera for the quality control of crankshaft housings.
The ZKG borehole microscope offers different magnifications, with objectives from 5x to 100x giving results of up to 1000x magnification on paper - printed on a videoprinter. The objectives are quickly and easily switchable.
The company says these features allow applications in the laboratory as well as for production.
The bore hole stand can enter holes between 60mm and 120mm diameter, and can be turned through 360deg without moving the locking bolts.
Both a manual system and a completely automated system are avialable.
The automated system allows the automatic recovery of selected point positions, controlled by computer.
The ZKG microscope allows the use of different CCD cameras and TV monitors.
The images may be archived on a computer.
As the images are stored in a standard video format, they can be easily imported in a report or, for example, an MS Word document.
The ZKG software includes comparison of stored images with the real-time image, aiding interpretation.
The captured images may be transferred to image analysis software which allows the detection of the silicon crystals and the shrinking holes.
