Particle Analysis System images plastic resin particles.
Press Release Summary:
Able to detect particles from .5 µm to 5 mm in size, FlowCAM® takes full-color digital images of every individual plastic flake, granule, and powder in sample to verify and document that batch or shipment of material meets quality specifications. System measures size, length, width, shape, and fluorescence as well as intensity, transparency, color, and roughness. FlowCAM saves each particle image with corresponding data set in spreadsheet and interactive scattergram format.
Original Press Release:
New Particle Analysis Instrumentation . . .
AUTOMATICALLY IMAGES INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC RESIN PARTICLES TO VERIFY AND DOCUMENT QUALITY
New FlowCAM® Verifies Whether Material Meets Specifications
Patented Instrumentation Finds Small Particles That Others Miss
Edgecomb, ME: The automated FlowCAM® particle analysis system from laboratory instrumentation firm Fluid Imaging Technologies, Edgecomb, Maine (www.fluidimaging.com) takes high-resolution, full color digital images of every individual plastic flake, granule and powder in a sample to enable plastic resin manufacturers, compounders, testing laboratories and processors to verify and document a batch or shipment of material meets quality specifications prior to shipment or upon its arrival. Combining sophisticated digital imaging with traditional particle analysis tools, the FlowCAM accurately measures size, length, width, shape and fluorescence as well as a series of proprietary, advanced parameters such as
intensity, transparency, color, roughness, compactness and others. The FlowCAM effectively detects particles from .5um to 5 mm in size that other systems often overlook, resulting in highly accurate data, precise particle size distribution
measurements, confident analysis and ultimately in improved melt quality and uniformity.
Developed for analyzing Teflon®, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and other virgin and reprocessed material, the FlowCAM saves each particle image with its corresponding data set in both a simple spreadsheet format and in the company's patented interactive scattergram format. With a simple mouse click on a particle image, the FlowCAM permits in-depth, particle by particle review, visual analysis and cross-referencing.
For more information, contact Lew Brown, Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc.; 258 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556; 207.882.1100; Fax 207.882.4800; fluidimaging.com; lew@fluidimaging.com.
