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Optical metrology
3D Digital Microscope
Keyence VHX-7000 series
A digital microscope replaces the eyepiece with a high-resolution camera and motorized optics.
The 4K sensor covers 5 to 2500×.
A
Key specifications
5–2500×
Magnification range
4K
CMOS image sensor, approx. 12 MP
3D
Height maps and profiles
HDR
Imaging with Optical Shadow Effect
- Focus
- Depth composition, fully focused images
- Measurement
- 2D and 3D, roughness profiles
- Stitching
- Large-area image stitching, motorized stage
- Elemental analysis
- LIBS head, Keyence EA-300
Based on Keyence VHX-7000 series specifications; magnification range as installed.
B
Typical applications
- Fracture surfaces and crack initiation sites
- Extrusion, nibbling and explosive decompression damage
- Wear tracks and abrasion of dynamic seals
- Surface roughness of sealing counterfaces
- Groove and seal geometry measurement
- Surface quality of finished seals to ISO 3601-3
- Voids, inclusions and contamination in moldings
- Fiber orientation and layup in composites
- Cross-sections of multilayer and bonded seals
- Documentation for failure investigations
C
Example outputs
1
Dimensional metrology of machined part
A dimensional control of a precision machined component for critical subsea application.
2
Roughness profile
A line profile evaluated to ISO 21920 with a 0.8 mm cutoff.