Challenges:

- Characterization and chemical composition of bulk stock material and raw powder
- Material quality assessment: porosity, cracks, grain structure, critical inclusions

Your benefit with ZEISS:

- Light microscopy: capture large powder particle or raw material size
- Scanning electron microscopy: Automated EDX measurements in ZEISS SmartPI software reveal chemical composition of material
- Segmentation and auto-evaluation of porosity, crack, and inclusion images within predefined ZEISS ZEN core job template
- Consistent material feedstock quality with early detection of fluctuations
- Assess material recycling/reuse strategy.

Find more information about ZEISS solutions for materialography here.