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Application areas in industry
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Machine construction
Car industry | Sulzer Innotec
Within the process of materials testing and damage analysis the examination results must be documented in detail. The process includes various testing methods such as classical metallography with macroscopic and microscopic part and microstructure examination, hadness testing, scanning electron microscopy and fluorescent X-ray analysis. Results must be recorded using image and meta data, in order to generate reports and certificates.
Application report: Digital Image Management at Sulzer Innotec, Winterthur, CH
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| Strings, faultless and faulty (comparison)
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Connection seam between metal bellows and flange, preparation, colour etching acc. Beraha II
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Fractured surface of not completely sintered component part, using powder metallurgical process |
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Audi
In AUDI materials testing, image management is used at 3 different locations in part, material and damage analysis for order processing, image, result and document archiving, as well as for report generation. A heterogeneous network solution combines the most different testing methods, starting from metallography in macroscopic and microscopic part and micro structure judgement, including image analysis, to scanning electron microscopy based using EDX analysis, to micro hardness testing and inorganic analysis procedures (OES; ICP, GDOS, RFA), up to non-destructive testing methods (X-Ray, CT, Thermography). Location cross linking of image management is already partially realised.
Application report: Digital Image Management at Audi
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Damage Analysis - Shaft with cutter or wood fibre fracture
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Damage Analysis - SEM Examination: Oxide inclusion in aluminium cast material
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Damage Analysis - car body steel plate with colour etching for micro structure judgement
(Source: Audi Materials Testing) |
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Hilti (Schweiz) AG
Metallographic laboratory in the field of New Business and Technology:
Service department -
company-wide support for material related queries
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research projects
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quality related parts of business segments
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on-demand support in production
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Drill crown TE-Y-BK 45/290:
after concrete reinforcement drilling |
Micro capsules, components for fire protection
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Fire powder from cardridges for DX direct mounting |
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Textile industry
Crude fibre production
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Ciba Specialities, Textile Effects, Testing
The image management system is successfully used for microscopic examinations of textiles, in research and application, as well as microscopic analysis of textile damage
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Steel and aluminium mills
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Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH, D
Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
Research and development
Georg-von-Boeselagerstr. 25
53117 Bonn
The German branch of the world wide network of research and development of Hydro Aluminium, Europe's third largest aluminium group, is located in Bonn. In the metallographic laboratory the microstructure of aluminium cast and worked materials is analysed for a wide variety of applications, from engine blocks to 6 µm films. The tasks are generated from development projects and the from quality assurance groups of the mills, in some cases from external clients.
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Preparation: surface grinding, 1'anod. acc. Barker / pol. light
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Preparation: longside grinding,1' H2SO4+HF / bright field
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grain of sand with dendrite growth |
Application report : Digital Image Management at Hydro Aluminium Deutschland (German)
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Nuclear plants
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Nuclear plant Leibstadt (KKL), CH
Analysis of welding samples in the nuclear plant at Leibstadt
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Welding engineer at the microscopy work place at KKL
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Medical Technology
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Robert Mathys Stiftung (RMS-Foundation), Bettlach, CH
As a test laboratory offering services in the areas metallography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), damage analysis and biomechanical testing, RMS generates a large number of image documents. In order to handle and archive the images efficiently, the commercial availability of electronic tools for digitisation of image data is realised using the Image Management System ‘ImageAccess'.
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Dynamic testing of hip jackets with UHMWPE cartridge against an aloxide ceramic ball |
Highly alloyed HIP-steel for St. 37 with perlite seam and decharred areas in both materials |
Surface coating of a knee implant from a CoCrMo cast alloy |
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Oil industry
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Geological examination and archiving of drilling samples, using light and electron microscopic processes, as well as classical digital photography.
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Stone cutting, Total, Paris |
Stone cutting, Total, Paris |
Stone cutting, Total, Paris |
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Manuals
Instructions |
Generation of image related manuals and operating instructions. Documentations created by MS Word allow retracing of the used images in the archive, thus enabling the user to easily modify and update data. The zoom function allows the placement of zoomed areas of high resolution images directly in the Word document.
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