Information
4401 Dayton Xenia Rd, Beavercreek, OH 45432, USA
+1 937-429-5413
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Overview
- Summary
- Robo-Met.3D is UES' proprietary and fully automated material analysis system, providing repeatable serial sectioning technology for three-dimensional microstructural investigations. The company offers solutions that deliver critical insights for various material science applications, including validating additive manufacturing results, verifying non-destructive testing methods, testing metals and composite materials, and quality control for bearings, welds, or coatings.Robo-Met.3D is UES' proprietary and fully automated material analysis system, providing repeatable serial sectioning technology for three-dimensional microstructural investigations. The company offers solutions that deliver critical insights for various material science applications, including validating additive manufacturing results, verifying non-destructive testing methods, testing metals and composite materials, and quality control for bearings, welds, or coatings.
- Key Products/Technologies
- Robo-Met.3D System: A user-programmable, fully automated system for three-dimensional microstructural investigations. Capable of evaluating a wide range of materials from carbon pitch foams to high-temperature ceramics. Key specifications include a maximum mount size of 50.8 mm diameter, a maximum total sectioning thickness of 9.5 mm, submicron to tens of micrometers removal per section, and a maximum section rate of 20 sections per hour. Features automated immersion etching and optical illumination (bright field, polarized, DIC available).Robo-Met.3D System: A user-programmable, fully automated system for three-dimensional microstructural investigations. Capable of evaluating a wide range of materials from carbon pitch foams to high-temperature ceramics. Key specifications include a maximum mount size of 50.8 mm diameter, a maximum total sectioning thickness of 9.5 mm, submicron to tens of micrometers removal per section, and a maximum section rate of 20 sections per hour. Features automated immersion etching and optical illumination (bright field, polarized, DIC available).
- Robo-Met.QC System: A coating characterization system providing rapid, real-time QA/QC for thermal spray coating analysis. Equipped with intelligent software that determines coating quality based on automated image analysis.Robo-Met.QC System: A coating characterization system providing rapid, real-time QA/QC for thermal spray coating analysis. Equipped with intelligent software that determines coating quality based on automated image analysis.
- SEM-integrated Robo-Met.3D (under development): A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) capable Robo-Met.3D, developed in conjunction with researchers at AFRL and NRL. This system offers ultra-high resolution images and EBSD and EDS technology for crystallographic and chemical data collection.SEM-integrated Robo-Met.3D (under development): A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) capable Robo-Met.3D, developed in conjunction with researchers at AFRL and NRL. This system offers ultra-high resolution images and EBSD and EDS technology for crystallographic and chemical data collection.
- Robo-Met Software (Analytics): A multipurpose optical image analysis software program specifically designed to support microstructural investigations of various materials like metals and alloys. It enables automatic analysis of two-dimensional or three-dimensional stacks and extraction of basic material features.Robo-Met Software (Analytics): A multipurpose optical image analysis software program specifically designed to support microstructural investigations of various materials like metals and alloys. It enables automatic analysis of two-dimensional or three-dimensional stacks and extraction of basic material features.
- Core Advantages
- Fully Automated and User-Programmable System: Eliminates the tedious and time-consuming nature of manual processes, accelerates data acquisition, and enhances repeatability and accuracy.Fully Automated and User-Programmable System: Eliminates the tedious and time-consuming nature of manual processes, accelerates data acquisition, and enhances repeatability and accuracy.
- Unique 3D Microstructural Analysis Capability: Provides critical insights into 3D material processes beyond the limitations of 2D analysis, enabling large-scale quantitative analysis of complex microstructures such as dendrites, pores, cracks, and particle inclusions.Unique 3D Microstructural Analysis Capability: Provides critical insights into 3D material processes beyond the limitations of 2D analysis, enabling large-scale quantitative analysis of complex microstructures such as dendrites, pores, cracks, and particle inclusions.
- Broad Material Applicability: Capable of analyzing a wide range of materials, including carbon pitch foams, high-temperature ceramics, titanium, steel, metal matrix composites, and nickel superalloys.Broad Material Applicability: Capable of analyzing a wide range of materials, including carbon pitch foams, high-temperature ceramics, titanium, steel, metal matrix composites, and nickel superalloys.
- Flexible Integration with Other Characterization Techniques: Potential for integration with other analytical methods like SEM, Laue XRD, and SRAS, with the SEM-integrated version offering ultra-high resolution imaging and crystallographic/chemical data collection capabilities.Flexible Integration with Other Characterization Techniques: Potential for integration with other analytical methods like SEM, Laue XRD, and SRAS, with the SEM-integrated version offering ultra-high resolution imaging and crystallographic/chemical data collection capabilities.
- Rapid Data Acquisition and High Productivity: Significantly reduces data acquisition time to hours compared to days or weeks for manual processes, minimizing human error and ensuring high data reproducibility.Rapid Data Acquisition and High Productivity: Significantly reduces data acquisition time to hours compared to days or weeks for manual processes, minimizing human error and ensuring high data reproducibility.
- Customized Analysis Services and Expert Support: Offers specialized analysis services for individual customer samples, supported by a team of highly experienced metallurgists and materials scientists.Customized Analysis Services and Expert Support: Offers specialized analysis services for individual customer samples, supported by a team of highly experienced metallurgists and materials scientists.
- Target Industries
- Validation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) builds and defect analysisValidation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) builds and defect analysis
- Verification of Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) techniquesVerification of Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) techniques
- Testing and characterization of metals and composite materialsTesting and characterization of metals and composite materials
- Quality control for bearings and weldsQuality control for bearings and welds
- Quality control and characterization of coatings, especially thermal spray coatingsQuality control and characterization of coatings, especially thermal spray coatings
- Materials science research and development, microstructure investigationMaterials science research and development, microstructure investigation
- Advanced aerospace applications for structural materials (polymer matrix composites, ultra-high temperature ceramics, ceramic matrix composites)Advanced aerospace applications for structural materials (polymer matrix composites, ultra-high temperature ceramics, ceramic matrix composites)
- Analysis of bending fracture mechanisms and surface roughening in automotive partsAnalysis of bending fracture mechanisms and surface roughening in automotive parts
- Confirmation of fine lattice structures in applications like catalysts and heat exchangersConfirmation of fine lattice structures in applications like catalysts and heat exchangers
- Major Markets
- USA (based on collaborations with major research institutions and universities)USA (based on collaborations with major research institutions and universities)
- Certifications/Patents
- Robo-Met.3D® is a registered trademark of UES, Inc..Robo-Met.3D® is a registered trademark of UES, Inc..
- Proprietary technology platform developed in collaboration between UES and the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).Proprietary technology platform developed in collaboration between UES and the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
- Offers an accurate and automated platform for visualizing material microstructures in 3D.Offers an accurate and automated platform for visualizing material microstructures in 3D.
- Specific patent numbers are not available in the public information.Specific patent numbers are not available in the public information.
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4401 Dayton Xenia Rd, Beavercreek, OH 45432, USA
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