Carl
Zeiss and Digital Surf announce the signing of an agreement enabling Carl Zeiss
to provide ConfoMap® software. ConfoMap® is a surface imaging and analysis
software for confocal microscopes and compound microscopes for topographical
research.
"Carl Zeiss confocal
microscopes provide strong support for the development of new materials and
enable more efficient quality inspection in industry," stated Dr. Franz
Reischer, Product Manager of the Materials Business Unit at Carl Zeiss
MicroImaging. "Research
institutes and industrial facilities using Axio CSM 700, LSM 700 and other Carl
Zeiss microscopes to develop and manufacture modern materials will benefit
greatly from ConfoMap®, which will provide them with latest surface metrology
standards and methods with an intuitive user interface."
The standard ConfoMap® ST
package includes numerous analytical studies. Geometric studies calculate
distances, angles, areas, volumes and step heights on 2D profiles and 3D
surfaces. Functional studies, including the bearing ratio curve and height
distribution, facilitate the assessment of friction and wear on engineering
surfaces. The roughness
and waviness components of a surface are separated using the latest ISO 16610
advanced filtering techniques, and 3D surface texture parameters are calculated
in accordance with ISO 25178 standard. Additionally a
layer on a micro-mechanical or electronic component can be extracted and
analyzed in exactly the same way as a full surface.
ConfoMap® ST software can be
extended by adding modules for advanced surface texture analysis, dimensional
analysis, grain and particle analysis, 3D Fourier analysis, the analysis of
surface evolution, and statistics. It can also be upgraded to the top of the
line ConfoMap® Premium package.
Working in ConfoMap®, a visual
surface analysis report is built straightforwardly frame by frame in accordance
with latest international and national metrology standards and methods. Every
analysis step is recorded in an analysis workflow to assure full metrological
traceability.
"The
agreement with Carl Zeiss reflects Digital Surf's commitment to providing "best
in class" surface imaging and analysis software solutions for confocal
microscopes," stated François Blateyron, Chief Operating Officer of Digital
Surf. "Surface imaging and analysis software based upon
our Mountains Technology® is subject to continuous evolution by metrologists
and software engineers. We are
confident that it will meet the present and future expectations of users of
Carl Zeiss' microscopes who carry out research on advanced materials or who are
responsible for assuring the quality of products manufactured using these
materials."
For further information visit
www.zeiss.de
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