ZEISS Additive Manufacturing Powder Analyzer

The quality of parts created using additive manufacturing is dependent on the quality of the input materials. For metal part production, the primary input material are metal powders that may suffer from numerous forms of defects or inconsistencies that may induce defects or inconsistencies on the produced part. Consistent, robust analyses of these powders is often challenging, requiring in depth knowledge of image processing and analysis techniques, which is often not available in industrial environments.

ZEISS Additive Manufacturing Powder Analyzer is an automated image processing and analysis solution that allows for entire 3D volumes to be taken from raw data to fully analyzed results in a single click. It analyzes both quantity and size distribution of internal (included) porosity, as well as performing touching particle separation and size analysis. These analyses are then curated into an automated .pdf report for easy comparison between samples. While there are significant individual technical and technological accomplishments throughout the module, the real power comes from the integration of multiple state-of-the-art techniques into a single, easy to use industrial workflow.