Industrial Microscopes

Smart Technology

Step-by-Step Guidance

The dynamic user interface reduces desktop clutter and confusion by only displaying the tools and functions you want to use. The interface guides you through every step of the process, including image capture, image processing, and report creation. Both simple and complex measurements can be easily conducted using the software’s intuitive set of tools.

Fast Panorama and Extended Depth Focus

Quickly create images of samples that extend beyond the standard depth of focus or the field of view. The instant extended focus image (EFI) function uses the fine focus adjustment to combine many images taken at different Z-levels to build a single combined image that is entirely in focus. Instant multiple image alignment (MIA) makes it easy to create panoramic images simply by moving the XY stage; a motorized stage is no longer necessary.

Instant EFI image of crystal: fully focused image is created even in low-contrast sample areas

Instant MIA image of a coin

Recall Acquisition Setting

Quickly recall previously used camera settings to capture repeatable images with a consistent look and feel. When using a motorized microscope, this function can automatically recall previous hardware settings. If you’re using a BX, GX, or MX series microscope, the software guides you to manually recall settings.

Automated Inspection Tools

The software’s automated tools can create a very large set of data in just a few minutes. Automatic magnification calibration using a calibrated grating reticle helps ensure that your images are displayed with the proper scale bar and that your measurements are confirmed. Large areas can be imaged automatically using motorized XYZ stages, enabling the creation of images of large parts with high resolution.

Sharp and high-contrast MIA image of integrated circuit (IC) pattern (dark field observation with 20X objective lens)

Quantitative Information that Matters

The software tools features quantitative information about your sample. Interactive measurements on live and still images provide the basic dimensional information (length, area, and diameter), and the results are directly visible on the image. 

Advanced interactive measurements include the magic wand and complex polygonal shapes for semiautomatic area measurement, while the count and measure solution provides access to more than a one hundred single particle parameters for quantitative analysis based on the threshold method.

Efficient Report Creation

Creating a report often takes longer than capturing the image and taking the measurements. With the software, you can repeatedly produce smart and sophisticated reports based on predefined templates.  Editing is simple, and reports can be exported to Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. In addition, the software’s reporting tool enables digital zooming and magnification on acquired images. Report files are a reasonable size for easier data exchange by email.

Professional report that summarizes particle counting data

Integrated Data Management

Stream Enterprise’s data management software enables workflows with large amounts of data and many users to run efficiently with a high level of data security.

• Comprehensive access authorization for data and functions across the entire network
• System architecture enables simple installations with minimal maintenance.
• Software Requirements: Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (or SQL Server Express)

User Rights

There are four user rights roles: administrator, power user, user, and guest. Each can be custom modified for more flexibility. In addition, you can assign access rights for each project or data record to defined individuals or members of a group. Authentication is possible via SQL logon when starting Stream Enterprise or via integration with an existing active directory and lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) to provide single sign-on (SSO) capabilities.

Secure File Repository

For additional data security, Stream Enterprise offers the optional secure file repository (SFR) package. As an extra layer of security, the SFR works with Stream Enterprise to handle file requests based on a user’s access permission; users without permission to open a file will not see it in their file directory.

Integration

Stream Enterprise can be set up to interface directly with existing order management, LIMS, ERP, and CRM systems. For additional flexibility, the software has available built-in interfaces to digital communication protocols, such as component object model (COM) and open database connectivity (ODBC), which enable easier interfacing with other programs. Application programming interface (API) functionality has also been added to enable the use of Stream Enterprise processes by other programs.

Access to Existing Databases

Existing records from other databases can be imported into Stream Enterprise with all the relevant data and metadata properly organized. It is also possible to use some existing data sources without importing them (read-only access).