Metallurgical Image Analysis System

QS Metrology offers Metallurgical Image Analysis System (MIAS®), which is an advanced system for Metallographic study of metals. This system is based on the technology transfer from BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), and conforms to ASTM Standards. MIAS is our registered trademark.

Modules

Grain Analysis
Phase Analysis
Inclusion Analysis
Nodule Analysis
Flake Analysis
Dendritic Arm Spacing
Porosity Analysis
Coating Thickness measurement
Decarburization
Basic 2D measurements

The system consists of

Trinocular Metallurgical microscope
MP CMOS USB Camera
MIAS® Software

Description

Image functions Image rotation
Gray scale
Image flipping (horizontal or vertical)
Histograms
Invert
Brightness correction
Filters Image Analysis filters like:
Laplacian
Sobel
Blur
Noise reduction
Edge detection and enhancement filters
Substraction
Morphology filters
Thresholding
Images Image database
Image database filtering by date and type (grains, phases, nodularity, inclusion etc)
Image view or Live view
Switch between image view and live view
Supports multiple image formats like JPEG, BMP, PNG etcb
Grain size analysis User defined configurations with filter conditions
User defined image enhancement & grain detection functions
User can save program as configuration for future use
Automatically creates Grain Boundary structure
Planimetric method
Hayn Linear Intercept method
Hillard/Abrams Circle Intercept method
Manual grain analysis
Custom grain analysis functions
Supports grain editing/correction
ALA grain size (ASTM E930) analysis
Supports multiple samples
Particle size analysis User defined configurations with filter conditions
Image enhancement functions for particle detection
Analyze and detects particles based on defined configuration/filter
Analyze particles for length, area, circularity/elongation/roundness, Ferret length/major axis, minor axis
Can detect area, length, width, circularity/roundness/shape factor, ferret length, perimeter of various particles of different shapes like fibre, impurities on filter etc
Can group particles identified into different buckets (user defined) by length, area, roundness, width, circularity etc
Supports multiple samples
Coating thickness measurement User defined configurations with filter conditions
Image enhancement functions
Automatically identifies coating boundary
Gives MIN/ MAX/ AVG/ STD DEV of results
Can measure thickness at user selected points, all points or at user selected intervals
Supports multiple samples
Porosity analysis User defined image enhancement and filter functions
User can save program as configuration
User can switch to LIVE video to further analyze a feature through focus adjustment
User can group selected features into different buckets based on size and shape
Supports multiple samples
Nodularity User defined configurations with filter conditions
Nodularity by count, Nodularity by area and Nodule density
Group results by Nodule size 1 to 8
Can export results for Phase analysis
Automatically detects Nodules based on set filter conditions
Supports multiple samples
Inclusion User defined configurations with filter conditions
Detects Inclusions and group by type (A, B, C, D) and further by THIN/THICK
Detection of Oversized Inclusions
Supports multiple samples
Phase analysis User defined configurations with filter conditions
Can import results from Nodule/Flake analysis for Graphite/Phase report
Can detect and isolate Nodules in the image automatically or manually
Supports Phase splitting
Supports Manual point count method
User can save configurations for future use
Supports multiple samples
Flake analysis User defined configurations with filter conditions
Detects and group Flakes by type A, B, C, D and E
Detects and group Flakes by size (1 to 8)
User can manually set Flake types/correction
Can export results for Phase analysis
Supports multiple samples
Dendrite Arm Spacing (for Al) User defined configurations with filter conditions
Image enhancement functions
For analysis on Aluminum
Supports multiple samples
Decarburization analysis User defined configurations with filter conditions
Image enhancement functions
Decarburization on Steel
Decarburization on Steel
Supports multiple samples
2D measurements Supports all 2D measurements like length, width, distance between points, angle, area, perimeter
Supports tools for boundary detection like Line, Circle, Arc, Angle, Curve, Closed curve
Reports Reports in PDF and Excel format

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