PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEMS
Powders, granulars, and liquids, can now be analyzed with extreme precision, using a number of innovative sample dispersion techniques. For less dense powders, vacuum dispersion, either by itself, or in conjunction with a vibrating platform, and / or air jet, are utilized to move the particles in to the field of view. Liquids and slurries, are kept in suspension using magnetic stirrers, while specially designed pumps, draw precise amounts through specially engineered parallel glass slides (flowcell). 

Our particle measurement systems have superior resolution, compared to laser diffraction, allowing for precise analysis of particles as small as 200 nanometers, which makes this technology not only suitable, but preferable for exacting applications.
A MONOCHROMATIC, COLLIMATED BACK LIGHT, ACTS LIKE A CALIPER, PROVIDING PRECISE PARTICLE DEFINITION  
SAMPLE TYPE:
SOLID MATERIALS / TEXTURE AND HOLE  
CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS 
DRY 2 microns to 20 cm

SAMPLE TRANSPORT METHOD:
MANUAL PLACEMENT 
THREE DIFFERENT MODELS DESIGNED TO  HANDLE LARGER SAMPLE QUANTITIES OF POWDERS AND GRANULARS, AND/ OR  INLINE ANALYSIS. LIQUID ANALYSIS OPTIONS AVAILABLE MORE INFORMATION
SAMPLE TYPE:VERY FINE POWDERS 400 nm to 2 mm / 3 mm  XY WET 400 nm micron to 1 mm (XY ONLY)
NEW! NANO 500 XY 
WITH REMOVEABLE FLOWCELL FOR LIQUIDS
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DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY CAN BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION TESTS, IN CASES WHERE THE PARTICLES ARE TOO SMALL FOR ANALYSIS BY LASER DIFFRACTION, OR WHERE THE ANALYSIS OF PARTICLE SHAPE PARAMETERS IS IMPORTANT.

THE REALTIME CAPABILITIES OF OCCHIOS' PARTICLE CHARACTERISTIC ANALYZERS, ALONG WITH THE ABILITY TO DETECT SHAPE PARAMETERS, AND MAKE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK, ALLOW FOR THE ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES IN BOTH LIQUID AND SOLID FORMS.

RECENT INNOVATIONS INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO MEASURE TRANSPARENT CRYSTALS IN CRYSTALLIZATION STUDIES, DYNAMIC PROTEIN AGGREGATE ANALYSIS AND ABSOLUTE PARTICLE COUNTING OF PROTEIN AGGREGATES..                                         

BY OVERLAYING VIRTUAL CIRCLES ON TO PARTICLE IMAGES, QUANTIFIABLE ABRASION PROPERTIES LIKE BLUNTNESS AND ROUGHNESS ARE NOW POSSIBLE. KINETIC MEASUREMENTS OF SLURRIES, AND LENGTH / WIDTH ANALYSIS OF FIBROUS MATERIALS, ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. NEAR PERFECT SIEVE CORRELATION IS ATTAINED BY USING THE MAXIMUM INSCRIBED DISC, TO DETERMINE THE WIDEST PART OF A PARTICLE, WHICH WOULD DETERMINE THE APERTURE SIZE A PARTICLE WOULD FALL THROUGH.
DIGITAL IMAGING FOR PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION
HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY MEASURE LENGTH, WIDTH, AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION, ALONG WITH MANY APPLICATION BASED MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS
A TELECENTRIC LENS PROVIDES THE SAME MAGNIFICATION LEVEL AT ALL DISTANCES, SO THAT PARTICLES AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS IN THE FIELD OF VIEW ARE RECORDED ACCURATELY. UNIQUE OPTICS ALLOW FOR DETECTION TO 200 nm.
BY OVERLAYING VIRTUAL DISCS ON TO IMAGES OF ABRASIVE PARTICLES,  ABRASIVE PROPERTIES LIKE BLUNTNESS 
AND ROUGHNESS, CAN BE STUDIED.
USING THE MAXIMUM INSCRIBED VIRTUAL DISC OVERLAY, NEAR PERFECT SIEVE CORRELATION MAY BE ATTAINED. (VARIANCES ARE CAUSED BY SIEVE APERTURE DIAGONALS, WHICH GIVE A FALSE READING)
MAGNETIC STIRRER KEEPS PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION

MEMBRANE PUMP
AVAILABLE SIZE AND SHAPE PARAMETERS
THE BLUE MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT PROVIDES PARTICLE DEFINITIONS BELOW 1 MICRON, WHICH CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE STANDARD WHITE LIGHT USED BY OTHER DIGITAL IMAGERS
Flow Cell  SERIES FOR PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION IN LIQUIDS AND SLURRIES
Zephyr SERIES LOW TO HIGH THROUGHPUT POWDER ANALYZERS
Nano 500 SERIES FINE POWDER ANALYZERS  (PATENTED VACUUM DISPERSION SYSTEM)
ZEPHYR ESR                                             NEW !  ZEPHYR ESR 2                                                    ZEPHYR LDA
500 NANO                                                      500 NANOP                                            500 NANOXY
FC200M                                                                               FC200S                                                                    FC200S IPAC
NEW FOR BIOTECH
FULLY AUTOMATED
FOR PHARMACEUTICAL 
APPLICATIONS 
CAN TEST BELOW 1 mg.

CALLISTO PHARMA SOFTWARE 
IS 21 CFR PART 11 COMPLIANT
Occhio Scan
SYRINGE PUMP
SAMPLE TYPE:
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID, AND SENSITIVE TO BREAKAGE     
ANALYSIS DETECTION 800 nm to 1 mm
SAMPLE TYPE:
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
FOR SMALLER PARTICLES
ANALYSIS DETECTION 200 nm to 1 mm
SAMPLE TYPE:
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
FOR SMALLER PARTICLES
WET 200 nm to 1 mm

ADAPTED FOR PROTEIN AGGREGATE COUNTING AND ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS
DRY 30 micron to 30 mm


DRY-VIBRATING HOPPER / GRAVITY  
VACUUM ASSIST  
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS
DRY 7 micron to 30 mm
WET 1 micron to 1 mm


DRY-VIBRATING HOPPER /  AIR JET /
VACUUM ASSIST , LATERAL DISPERSION   

LIQUID- FLOWCELL 
GRANULARS / BULK MATERIALS                       GRANULARS / BULK MATERIALS                        DIFFICULT POWDERS
THREE DIFFERENT MODELS DESIGNED FOR LIQUID ANALYSIS
THREE DIFFERENT MODELS FOR LOW VOLUME PRECISION STATIC POWDER ANALYSIS 
SAMPLE SPECIFIC DISPERSION AND OPTICS SYSTEMS FOR PRECISE PARTICLE ANALYSIS
HIGH THROUGHPUT DYNAMIC ANALYSIS / LOW THROUGHPUT DYNAMIC AND STATIC ANALYSIS
ADVANCED DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

Consistometers, Samplers, Particle Measurement Systems, and More

POWDERS AND GRANULARS
FINE POWDERS
LIQUIDS 
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS
DRY 30 micron to 30 mm


DRY-VIBRATING HOPPER / GRAVITY  
VACUUM ASSIST  
NEW CALLISTO 3D INTUITIVE SOFTWARE

Callisto 3D is software created and developed by the engineers at Occhio. Used in conjunction with any Occhio instrument, this software receives and deciphers the vast amounts of digital information which is supplied
during microscopy analyses. 

Certified to conform with ISO 9276-6 Norms, this software uses powerful
algorithms to interpret, characterize, and sort each particle independently. With over 60 evaluation tools, Callisto 3D allows the user to thoroughly review analysis results for thousands of different applications.
STATUS GAUGES


FULL REPORT CAPABILITIES

FULL VIDEO & IMAGE
RECORDING CAPABILITIES

NAVIGATION WHEEL
UNIQUE FLOWCELL WITH INTERCHANGEABLE VARIABLE WIDTH SPACERS FROM 50 MICRON TO 1 MM. ALLOWS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF EMULSIONS, AND FOAM
WITH LITTLE OR NO DILUTION.

ENTER SAMPLE WITH STANDARD PIPETTE OR BY TUBES 

SPECIAL SYRING PUMP ALLOWS SAMPLES
AS SMALL AS 1 MICRO LITER TO BE ANALYZED.
RINSE MODE CLEANS CELL FOR NEXT TEST
MANUFACTURING
DISTRIBUTION
TECHNICAL SERVICES ​FOR
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION

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