Buehler’s new OmniMet 9.5 image acquisition and quantitative analysis software improves lab efficiency and increases operator appeal compared to previous generations of the product.
Improvements include browsing the database using a typical PC-style folder interface, the ability to store multimedia files (such as instruction files, written procedures and measurement reports), a preview pane to view thumbnail images of files within a folder, the ability to flip and rotate images, overlay grids, improved bitplane manipulation functions, database administration tools to assign user rights and access levels and an audit trail function to track file access and modification information.
Typical OmniMet users are in the automotive, aerospace, primary metals, metal fabrication, welding, electronics, printed wire board (PWB), materials science, university, testing and quality control industries wher quantitative industrial microscopy forms a vital part of the process.
The system offers seamless point-and-click integration of microscopes, cameras and image analysis software to capture, analyze and store images and measurement results. Measurements from simple manual point-and-click options to sophisticated automated analysis algorithms are all possible.
OmniMet also includes optional modules for industrial microstructural analysis—all fully compliant with the relevant ASTM and ISO methods—to enable automated grain size measurement, phase area percentage, weld characteristics and other analytical functions considered vital in metallography, petrography and electronics testing.
All optional modules have been updated making use of the new analytical capabilities offered in OmniMet 9.5
“OmniMet 9.5 offers a sophisticated, comprehensive image analysis solution. New features that improve laboratory efficiency include multimedia storage, image manipulation and administrative tools,” says Sean O’Flaherty, optical product manager, Buehler. “Most importantly, we have incorporated customer suggestions that make OmniMet 9.5 more intuitive and powerful than ever.”
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