Our IA44 Image Analysis/Management System easily transforms your raw data into valuable information that can effectively communicate your results. The combination of powerful image management capabilities and point-and-click simplicity provides a comprehensive solution for users with various levels of expertise. For added convenience, the PAX-it2™ software provides easy image management that saves, organizes, and retrieves all images and related data.
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PAXcam™ Cameras
PAX-it 2 allows you to easily capture, organize, analyze, network, transmit, and print high-resolution images. Through the use of a simple "electronic filing system," millions of images can be effectively organized and shared throughout your work environment, whether within the same building or around the world, streamlining your work process.
Standard measurement module
Core analysis module
PAXcam Camera
Ideal for creating medium-sized sections from automotive, ceramic, and composite materials. The MSX255 manual series sectioning machine offers 12 in (300 mm) blade capacity and a 5.4 HP (4 kW) motor.
The LECO MSX250 Series sectioning machine is ideal for obtaining medium-sized sections from automotive, ceramic, and composite materials. An automatic pulse sectioning feed rate with load control optimizes cutting time, with 10 in or 12 in (250 mm or 300 mm) blade capacity, and a 5.4 HP (4 kW) motor.
The MSX205 Series sectioning machine is perfect for creating small sections for electronics and fasteners. This versatile sectioning machine offers both linear and radial feed configurations in a space-efficient benchtop model with 8 in (200 mm) blade capacity, 2.04 HP (1.5 kW) variable motor speed, and integrated 4.2 gallon (16 L) recirculating system.
The MSX305A Series is designed for sectioning large samples of many different types of materials using automated oscillation and servo-pulse sectioning. It is ideal for samples like induction-hardened parts, through-hardened tool steels, carburized pieces, and more. A manually adjustable Y-axis table provides easy sample position and parallel sectioning. Models support up to 14 in (350 mm) blades, and feature a powerful 10.05 HP (7.5 kW) motor and solid-steel construction.
The MSX432 Series is designed for sectioning large samples of high-alloy and hardened materials. Short contact times per stroke coupled with intense cooling provide the cold-cutting effects required for microstructural examination. Features 17 in (431.8 mm) blade capacity and a 20.1 HP motor.
The PX400/PX500 grinder/polisher emphasizes ease-of-use while delivering exceptionally flat specimens to keep your metallography lab running smoothly. Designed with the latest technology, the PX400/PX500 provides an efficient, safe, reliable, and clean grinding/polishing solution through a number of innovative, user-friendly features.
Patent pending
PX400A Automatic Model
- Wheel Sizes: 8 in, 10 in, 200 mm, and 250 mm
- 115V or 230V
PX400S Standard Model
- Wheel Sizes: 8 in, 10 in, 200 mm, and 250 mm
- 115V or 230V
PX500A Automatic Model
- Wheel Sizes: 10 in, 12 in, 250 mm, and 300 mm
- 230V
Multiple dispenser configurations
Our PX300 Grinder/Polisher Series emphasizes ease-of-use while delivering specimens that are ideal for microhardness or microstructural work. Our PX300 provides an efficient, safe, reliable, and clean grinding/polishing solution for lower-volume laboratories.
Patent pending
PX300 Base Models
- 115V or 230V
PX300 with Non-Motorized Head
- 115V or 230V
8 in, 10 in, 12 in, 200 mm, 250 mm, and 300 mm
Our GDS900 Glow Discharge Spectrometer (GDS) offers you state-of-the-art technology designed specifically for your routine elemental determination in most conductive solid matrices. User-friendly Cornerstone® brand software is brought to the platform for increased usability, simplified reporting, and streamlined analysis times—saving you time in your lab.
The glow discharge source brings a number of advantages including:
The detection system ensures stability, flexibility, and performance, with the following specifications:
Optional CDP Analysis Support is available.
The GDS900 is ideal for bulk elemental determination in metals or other solid materials, like steel, cast iron, titanium, and other metals. When equipped with the CDP option, it expands the capability to include compositional depth profiling of surfaces like galvanizing, plating, heat treatments, and cladding.
Glow Discharge Spectrometry (GDS) is an analytical method for direct determination of the elemental composition of solid samples. A prepared flat sample is mounted on the glow discharge source, the source is evacuated and backfilled with argon. A constant electric field is applied between the sample (cathode) and the electrically grounded body of the lamp (anode).
These conditions result in the spontaneous formation of a stable, self–sustained discharge, which is called a glow discharge. The applied current is regulated by the power supply and the lamp voltage is held constant through regulation of the argon pressure.
As soon as the plasma is initiated, inert gas ions formed in the plasma are accelerated by the electric field toward the cathode. Through a process called cathodic sputtering, kinetic energy is transferred from the inert gas ions to the atoms on the sample surface, which causes some of these surface atoms to be ejected into the plasma.
Once the atoms are ejected into the plasma, they are subject to inelastic collisions with energetic electrons or metastable argon atoms. Energy transferred by such collisions causes the sputtered atoms to become electrically excited. The excited atoms quickly relax to a lower energy state by emitting photons.
The wavelength of each photon is determined by the electronic configuration of the atom from which it was emitted. Since each element has a unique electronic configuration, every element can be identified by its unique spectrochemical signature or emission spectrum.
A spectrometer is used to measure the emission signals from the glow discharge. To ensure that the media within the spectrometer is transparent to ultra-violet and visible light (160-460 nm), the entire optical system is purged with argon. Photosensitive Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) arrays are positioned at the focal plane in such a manner that the complete emission spectrum is recorded from 160 to 460 nm.
The CCD arrays convert the spectrum into an electrical signal, which is digitized and processed to remove dark current signal, normalize the pixel response, extend the dynamic range, and eliminate pixelation. Since the number of photons emitted by each element is proportional to its relative concentration in the sample, analyte concentrations can be deduced by calibration with reference samples of known composition.
GDS900DCBO
GDS900DCEXBO
GDS900DCQO
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