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InfiniteFocus® Specifications

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Distributed in the USA by Extec Imaging.

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General Specification

Measuring Principle: non-contact, optical, 3 dimensional, based on Focus-Variation
Measuring Result: dense, true color surface model with 2-25M 3D points
Maintenance: maintenance free
Illumination: White LED coaxial light, high power, controllable
Optional: White LED ring light, high power, controllable
Optional: Polarisierung
Objectives: 2.5x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, 100x
Sensor: Color focus sensor (1624x1236 3D points)
Nosepiece: 6 objectives manual or 5 objectives motorized
Max. lateral travel range (XY): 100mm x 100mm
Max. vertical travel range (Z): 100mm
Weight: 95-100kg, depending on equipment
Size: Width: 710mm, Depth: 540mm
Height: Height: 628mm up to 768mm
Temperature range: possible: 5° - 40°C; calibrated for: 18° - 22°C
(other temperature ranges can be calibrated)
Temperature gradient: less than 1° per hour

Specimen

Specimen Surface Texture: Surface topography Ra above 10-15nm, depending on surface structure
Material: any solid surface
Max. Height of Object: 100mm up to 240mm
Max. Weight of Object: 20 kg (30kg optional)
Maximum slope angle: up to 90°
Sample Preparation: none

Objectives Details

Objectives
  2.5x 5x 10x 20x 50x 100x
Sampling distance
µm 3.52 1.76 0.88 0.44 0.18 0.09
Optical lateral resolution
µm 5.6 2.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4
Min. repeatability
µm 0.8 0.15 0.04 0.02 0.008 0.003
Max. scan height (approx)
mm 8 22 16 12 9 3.2
Vertical resolution (low speed)*
nm 2300 410 100 50 20 10
Vertical resolution (high speed)*
nm 47100 8200 2000 1000 400 200
Scan speed (low)
µm/s 20 3.5 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.02
Scan speed (high)
µm/s 400 70 17 8 4 1
Vertical dynamic
  3400 52000 160000 250000 430000 380000
Working distance
mm 8.8 23.5 17.3 13 10.1 3.5
Field of view X
µm 5716 2858 1429 715 286 143
Field of view Y
µm 4351 2175 1088 544 218 109
Max. extended field of view
mm² 10000 10000 3200 800 130 35
Max. uni-directional scan extension
mm 100 100 100 100 100 100
*) Vertical resolution can be adjusted depending on the application, this also influences the scan speed.

IFM Server

Power supply: 500W;100-230V~; 50-60Hz
Temperature range: possible (operating): 5° - 50°C
High performance dual chip Intel Core2Extreme QX6700
Memory: DDR2 RAM, 4 GB
Graphics Board: ATI FireGL V7200
Hard Disk: HD 160GB
Case: 19" Short design
Dimensions (WxLxH): 483mm x 451mm x 177mm

Software

Capturing: image, sharp image, 3D model
Analysis: Profile analysis (height, roughness, Ra..),
Area analysis (Sa, Fractal dimension,…)
Volume analysis
Image Analysis (2D Measurements)
3D Editor
Automation: IF Automation (built-in script editor)
IF Remote Interface (remote control
from another PC with .NET Remoting)
Visualization: 2D single and stereo image, high resolution 3D visulization
anaglyph view
Database: intuitive, graphical database
Import/Export: all common image formats are supported,
easy export of results, various printing capabilities

Country of Origin: Manufactured in Austria by Alicona GmBH