The uses and functions of metallographic microscopes
A metallographic microscope is mainly a professional instrument used to observe metallographic structures. It is a microscope specially used to observe the metallographic structures of opaque objects such as metals and minerals. These opaque objects cannot be observed in ordinary transmitted light microscopes, so the main difference between metallography and ordinary microscopes is that the former uses reflected light, while the latter uses transmitted light for illumination. The metallographic microscope has the characteristics of good stability, clear imaging, high resolution, large and flat field of view. It has measurement mode and comparison mode, and can be equipped with metallographic analysis software for metallographic analysis. The main uses of metallographic analysis software are as follows:
1. Drawing - you can easily observe metallographic images on a computer monitor, and analyze and rate metallographic maps. Combined with the optical image measurement system, high-precision optical measurement of the workpiece can be performed, and it can be output in EXCEL, WORD, and TXT formats for data analysis, and can be output in DFX format for engineering drawing design in CAD.
2. Measurement - can measure the size of any geometric figure on the plane (angle, length, diameter, radius, distance from point to line, eccentricity of a circle, distance between two circles, etc.)
3. Annotation - various geometric dimensions can be marked on the actual workpiece in the real-time image.
4. Take photos - you can take photos of the actual object, including the marked dimensions.
5. Graphics output to AutoCAD - The shape of the actual workpiece in the real-time image can be exported to AutoCAD to become a standard engineering drawing.
6. JPEG image input: JPEG images from pre-snapshots can be input for comparison with artifacts in real-time images.
7. Automatically correct when exported to AutoCAD: The graphics depicted according to the actual shape of the workpiece in the real-time image can be set according to actual needs and the graphics can be straightened during the transmission process.
8. Standard engineering drawing input in AutoCAD: The standard engineering drawing in AutoCAD can be directly input into the real-time image and overlapped with the actual workpiece for comparison, thereby finding out the difference between the workpiece and the engineering drawing.
9. Bird's eye view: The entire graphic of the workpiece can be observed and has a zoom function similar to AutoCAD.
10. Marking in the bird's-eye view: You can mark the dimensions in the bird's-eye view of the entire picture.
11. Directly input circles and line segments: You can input standard circles or lines as needed (customers define the size, length and coordinate position of circles and lines by themselves). Then compare the standard circles and lines with the actual objects in the image to find the errors of the workpiece.
12. Input lines in polar coordinates: Standard line segments can be input in polar coordinates according to customer needs.
13. Self-set customer coordinates: You can set the coordinate origin (0, 0) on the real-time image according to the customer's own needs.
14. Coordinate labeling: Based on the coordinate origin (0,0) set by yourself, mark the coordinate position of any point in the real-time image.
15. Capture intersection point: You can automatically capture the intersection point of two lines.
