Dewinter - Cast Iron Microstructure analysis

A software based on a touchscreen concept, Foundry Plus is the most comprehensive solution for cast iron industries. The software is used to estimate nodules, flake size and the class and number from 1 to 8 as per ASTM, JIS and ISO standards. Furthermore, the software includes various templates for reporting.

• Option to get analysis report based on ASTM 247-67 or ISO 945_1 standards.

• Nodules touching boundaries are excluded in analysis.

• Artefacts less than 10 microns are excluded in analysis.

• Nodules are separated from non-nodules on predefined spheroidicity.

• The nodules/flakes form (designated by roman numbers I to VI) and size (designated by Arabic numbers 1 to 8) are reported.

• The flake occurring in cast iron in the form I, are reported on the basis of type of distribution (designated by capital letters A to E) and on the basis of orientation.

• The percentage of pearlite is calculated by excluding the graphite area.

• The matrix of pearlite, ferrite, graphite and carbide are reported in etched sample.

• Report is generated with specific international standards chosen by the user.

• F% is reported in JIS method.

Image Editing

• Cut, Copy, and Paste.

• Selected copy by free hand AOL controlled by four arrow keys available on keyboard or mouse with zoom preview.

• Crop, duplicate, restore

• Resize

• Compression

• Conversion to another format such as BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, GIF & PSD

• Flood fill or spray with selected color at selected portion.

• Grid creation; 5X5, 10X10 & 100X100 grids (or cells).

• Drawing tool curve, line, square, and circle with node control and provision to change color & thickness of the line.

• Write text in any color or font.

• Pointer to place on an object in either of four directions with provision to change its color & thickness.

• Eraser works only on line, arrow or on any drawing tool.(not on original image)

• Camera Lucida

• Montage feature to merge stored image together. Useful to Merge different focuses of same image.

• Image stitching.

• Highlighter.

• Pixel by Pixel Correction by key board.

• Multiple image folder with Search facility.

• Filter application on selected area.

Edge Detection

• Laplacing, Sobel, Krisch, Prewitt Gradient, Shift & Difference, Combine, Contrast Base, Quick, Range and Variance.

Morphometry

• Skeletonizing, Pruning, SKIZ, Histogram Equalization, Histogram Smoothing, Histogram Peak, Histogram Valley, Segmentation by Over/Under and Quantized, Contoring, Dilation / Erosion on Binary, Gray & colored Images, Opening/ Closing on Gray & Binary Images, Special Opening/Closing, Split/Combine of RGB, YUV, YIQ, XYZ, & HSL, Changing any Image to 1, 4, 8 & 24 bits, Medial Axis.

• Transformation, Halftone.

• Image Addition, Image Average, Image Subtraction, Image Multiplication.

• Roundness, Shape, Orientation, Elongation, Equal Circular Diameter, Equal Sphere Volume.

Cast Iron Analysis

• The dedicated module determines flake size from 1 to 8 as per ASTM, JIS, and BIS & ISO standards. The type distribution percentage A, B, C, D, E is calculated interactive tools.

• Flakes per square mm is also calculated simultaneously.

• Percentage of pearlite, ferrite, graphite and carbide is calculated from Etched sample automatically with predefined values.