Particle Browser: A new tool for post-processing of SEM-EDX particle analysis

Anyone who has samples tested for cleanliness relies on reliable testing and precise determination and representation of the particles contained. With our Particle Browser, we offer you software for follow-up checks and revisions to verify analysis results and to identify and correct possible measurement errors.

3D X-ray analysis of foreign particles in medical glass ampoules

A particular challenge is the correct analysis of microparticles inside medical glass ampoules. When the vials are opened, glass breakage often occurs, which can get into the analysis and falsify the result. To solve the problem, our team has developed a new process to non-destructively detect foreign particles in glass ampoules.

Sand in the Gearbox – Abrasive Minerals Invisible in Contaminant Particles?

It is often surprising for our customers when we find hard mineral particles on their components during technical cleanliness analysis. Customers ask: "How can that be? We didn't find anything in our own cleanliness tests." The contamination of hard minerals is so important, because these particles have an abrasive effect and thus massively damage mechanical systems such as gears and motors.

Filmic Contamination Leads to Gearbox Failure

The determination of the technical cleanliness according to VDA-19.1 or ISO-16232 is now an integral part of quality control and error analysis - because the cleanliness of components is decisive for the quality and error-free function of the product. In addition to particles, filmic contamination poses a problem, as the following example from quality assurance in the manufacture of electric drive systems shows.

MicroQuick Particle Scanner in Operation at University of Heilbronn

Since the beginning of this year, Heilbronn University has had a MicroQuick particle scanner from RJL Micro & Analytic GmbH. Mrs. Prof. Dr. Katja Mannschreck from the Process and Environmental Engineering course and her students have already successfully used the particle scanner in a number of projects.

MicroQuick Recognized in ISO-16232 and VDA 19.1

The revised quality standard ISO-16232 “Road vehicles-Cleanliness of components of fluid circuits” was published in December 2018. This international standard for the cleanliness analysis of automotive parts corresponds to the regulations of VDA 19.1, in the development of which RJL Micro & Analytic GmbH played a key role.