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Quality Control of Fitting Ring Gasket and Pipe Thread Identification

The customer is Valtec company (Russian-Italian Joint Venture).
The sphere of customer’s activity is production and distribution of engineering plumbing for housing and industrial construction.

Project Description

To achieve this goal Altami Studio has been used with built-in tool, known as Multifocus technique. Multifocus lets to synthesize a picture from images with different focal length so that all of its elements are well focused.
In addition, special measurement tools, such as segments and angle, have been used to determine the size of studied microstructures. In order to interpret the data obtained at this study, lab employees use the function of reporting. Use of Altami Studio provides a great comfort for lab staff working with the microcopy objects.

Specs for Customised ALTAMI VISION Apps

Altami MET 1 MT metallographic inverted microscope which allows to conduct research not only in the light field, but also in the dark field, using simple polarization method. This is necessary when searching a sample for non-metallic inclusions;
50x lens with 2592 x 1944 resolution;
5x lens.

How It Works

Image analysis is conducting using a comparative visual mapping method. The thumbnails show the samples that are compared, illustrating the slices of the rubber ring gaskets of the fittings of different manufacturers. Some product samples present heterogeneity, non-metallic inclusions or voids, which makes them less qualitative.