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ParticleX Additive Manufacturing (AM)

PHENOM SEM AUTOMATION

ParticleX Additive Manufacturing

ParticleX Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the Phenom XL Desktop SEM is an automated solution designed to monitor the three key characteristics critical to powder-bed and powder-fed AM processes: particle size distribution, morphology, and composition. This intelligent software streamlines data collection and feature analysis, generating detailed, actionable reports—all without requiring a skilled operator. With the power of SEM in-house, you can focus on enhancing product quality and optimizing your additive manufacturing workflow.

High-Throughput

Analyze up to 10,000 particles per hour with SEM-EDS without needing a skilled operator.

Particle-Specific Data

Size, shape, composition, and position of every detected particle is recorded, allowing you to revisit any location for further analysis.

Standardized Reporting

Maintain consistency in quality control testing across manufacturing sites with customizable pass/fail reporting.

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A Complete Solution for High-Throughput Powder Analysis

Timely and accurate quality control are prerequisites for today’s advanced manufacturing industries. Implementing SEM and EDS for metal powder analysis in manufacturing can be complex and time-consuming, but ParticleX Additive Manufacturing (AM) streamlines the process with automation, high throughput, and organizes all results into easy-to-read reports. This advanced solution monitors the three most critical characteristics of metal powders: particle size distribution, morphological characteristics, and allows for quick identification of foreign particles through integrated energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Compared to outsourcing particle analysis, ParticleX AM makes testing and classification up to 10 times faster.

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Product Features

Monitor the most critical particle characteristics

With ParticleX AM, your team can rapidly assess powder feedstock quality by monitoring the most critical particle characteristics, which include:   

  • Particle Size Distribution: Quantify key size parameters, including minimum/maximum diameter, perimeter, aspect ratio, roughness, and Ferrite diameter.
  • Morphology Analysis: Clearly differentiate satellite particles, spherical particles, deformed particles, and agglomerates for precise quality control.
  • Particle Composition: Integrated EDS analysis enables the identification and classification of individual particles, ensuring a clean and consistent feedstock for every printing cycle.

With comprehensive data visualization at the 10%, 50%, and 90% values, presented on a number- or volume-based scale, ParticleX AM helps manufacturers make clear, data-driven decisions that improve product quality and process efficiency.Ferrite

Identify “killer” particles

On the microscopic level, additive manufacturing processes rely on individual particles to flow, melt, and merge together to form a continuous final structure. Inclusions or voids created by contaminants or structural defects brought upon by irregular particle morphology can pose critical flaws into the finished part. With ParticleX AM, you can confidently and quickly analyze your AM powders’ properties – including size distribution, morphology, and particle-by-particle composition – allowing you to quickly identify outliers and confidently determine quality metrics for AM powder formulations.

Maintain compliance with industry standards

ParticleX AM ensures your powder analysis aligns with ASTM F1877-16, the recognized standard for SEM characterization of particles. The reports generated by ParticleX AM can include all the quantitative parameters defined in the standard, including equivalent circle diameter, aspect ratio, elongation, roundness, and form factor. This level of precision is essential for optimizing powder formulations and implementing sustainable recycling efforts without compromising material integrity.

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