Imaging Systems, Olympus
Via the analysis Inspector series Olympus offers systematic and fully-automated comprehensive system solutions for special applications. Software and hardware components are so precisely attuned with each other that high exactitude and reproducibility are ensured regarding the measurements, analyses and evaluations conducted. All series members subscribe to the same usage concept common to all products of the analysis Inspector series.
Analysis Inspector - Imaging Systems
Filter Inspector
- Fully automated analysis of residues on circular filters
- Complete process handling
- Particle and classification sheets, particle maps, height maps and classification
- Automated archiving and documentation
Quantifying cleanliness
Cleanliness is of particular significance in many industrial, pharmaceutical and medical applications. It can affect the life-span and functionality of technical components. Virtually every production process and every product has specific requirements with regard to cleanliness. Here are some sample applications where filter analysis is used: determining contamination of lubricants, hydraulic fluids, fuels, carbon particulate in diesel emissions and when monitoring residues in engine blocks, transmissions, camshafts and crankshafts. These mandatory regulations for characterising contamination are defined in corresponding standards for the respective branches of industry. The amount of residue considered permissible may vary broadly.
Cast Iron Inspector
- Automatic and manual analysis of graphite in cast iron (nodular, dendritic and flake graphite particles)
- Classification according to shape and size
- Graphite area fraction in percent (%), graphite-corrected phase analysis of ferrite and pearlite - in percent
- Standards: EN ISO 945; ASTM A247; JIS G 5502; GB 9441-88
- Onscreen chart comparisons with live image
Determining morphology and distribution of graphite automatically
Properties such as tremendous hardness and ductility as well as low raw materials costs, malleability and low shaping costs have made cast iron a commonly used material for the metal-processing industry. The quality and properties of cast iron are primarily determined by its graphite content. This is why it is so critical for product development and quality assurance purposes to evaluate the morphology and distribution of graphite within iron.
Inclusion Inspector
- Complete classification of inclusions
- Reliable detection of alumina and silicate types
- Simultaneous analysis of sulfides and oxides
- JK rating of sulfides, alumina and silicates
- Standards: DIN 50602, ASTM E45 and JIS G0555
- Inclusion size calculation independent of field of view
Standard-compliant recording of non-metallic inclusions
Non-metallic inclusions in steel are the cause for dangerous and serious material defects such as brittleness and a wide variety of crack formations. Non-metallic inclusions are sulfidic or oxidic in composition and are due to the melting process. All steels contain non-metallic inclusions to a greater or lesser extent. The type and appearance of these non-metallic inclusions depends on factors such as type of steel, melting process and the extent of shaping involved in getting the ingot or casting strand to a finished product. It is of particular significance to determine how pure the steel is. This provides information on the extent of sulfidic and oxidic non-metallic inclusions present.