Metallurgical Image Analysis Software Metal Star 11.1

Grain size Analysis module: 

1. User defined program,

2. User defined image enhancement & grain detection functions,

3. User can save program as configuration for future use,

4. Automatically creates Grain Boundary structure,

5. Plan metric method,

6. Hayn Linear Intercept method,

7. Hilliard/Abrams Circle Intercept method,

8. Manual grain analysis

9. Custom grain analysis functions,

10. Supports grain editing/correction,

11. ALA grain size (ASTM E930) analysis, Supports multiple samples

Particle size analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Image enhancement functions for particle detection

3. Analyze and detects particles based on defined configuration/filter

4. Analyze particles for length, area, circularity/elongation/roundness, Ferret length/major axis, minor axis

5. Can detect area, length, width, circularity/roundness/shape factor, ferret length, perimeter of various particles of different shapes like fibre, impurities on filter etc

6. can group particles identified into different buckets (user defined) by length, area, roundness, width, circularity etc

7. supports multiple samples

Coating thickness measurement

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Image enhancement functions

3. Automatically identifies coating boundary

4. Gives MIN/ MAX/ AVG/ STD DEV of results

5. Can measure thickness at user selected points, all points or at user selected intervals

6. Supports multiple samples

Porosity analysis module

1. User defined image enhancement and filter functions

2. User can save program as configuration

3. User can switch to LIVE video to further analyze a feature through focus adjustment

4. User can group selected features into different buckets based on size and shape

5. Can measure thickness at user selected points, all points or at user selected intervals

6. Supports multiple samples

Nodularity analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Nodularity by count, Nodularity by area and Nodule density

3. Group results by Nodule size 1 to 8

4. Can export results for Phase analysis

5. Automatically detects Nodules based on set filter conditions

6. Supports multiple samples

Inclusion Analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Detects Inclusions and group by type (A, B, C, D) and further by THIN/THICK

3. Group results by Nodule size 1 to 8

4. Detection of Oversized Inclusions

5. Supports multiple samples

Phase Analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Can import results from Nodule/Flake analysis for Graphite/Phase report

3. Can detect and isolate Nodules in the image automatically or manually

4. Supports Phase splitting

5. Supports Manual point count method

6. User can save configurations for future use

7. Supports multiple samples

Flake Analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Detects and group Flakes by type A, B, C, D and E

3. Detects and group Flakes by size (1 to 8)

4. User can manually set Flake types/correction

5. Can export results for Phase analysis

6. Supports multiple samples

Dendrite Arm Spacing (for Al) Analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Image enhancement functions

3. For analysis on Aluminum

4. Supports multiple samples

Decarburization Analysis module

1. User defined configurations with filter conditions

2. Image enhancement functions

3. Decarburization on Steel

4. Supports multiple samples

2D measurements: Supports all 2D measurements like length, width, distance between points, angle, area, perimeter, Supports tools for boundary detection like Line, Circle, Arc, Angle, Curve, Closed curve
 Reports: Reports in PDF and Excel format
 Image functions: Image rotation, Gray scale, Image flipping (horizontal or vertical) Histograms, Invert, Brightness correction
 Filters Laplacian : Sobel, Blur, Noise reduction, Edge detection and enhancement filters Substraction, Morphology filters, Thresholding
 Images: Image database, Image 
 database filtering by date and type (grains, phases, nodularity, inclusion etc),Image view or Live view,Switch between image view and live view, Supports multiple image formats like JPEG, BMP, PNG etc