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Reference: Symmetry S3

Symmetry S3 EBSD Detector

CMOS EBSD detector with fibre-optic coupling delivering indexing above 5700 patterns per second, megapixel patterns for HR-EBSD and software-controlled tilting.

Key specifications

Guaranteed indexing speed
>5700 patterns per second
Sensitivity
>1000 pps/nA
Pattern resolution at maximum speed
156 x 128 pixels
Full pattern resolution
1244 x 1024 (megapixel) pixels
  • Configured to your application by our specialists
  • Installed and commissioned on site
  • Training and after-sales support across Jordan, the GCC and MENA

Overview

Product overview

Symmetry S3 is an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) detector that uses a customised CMOS sensor and fibre optics to combine speed, sensitivity and pattern detail. Together with AZtec software it supports texture and grain size analysis in seconds, with guaranteed indexing speeds above 5700 patterns per second and sensitivity above 1000 pps/nA.

It can collect distortion-free megapixel patterns (1244 x 1024) for high angular resolution strain and phase analysis, with sub-pixel distortion giving angular precision below 0.05°. A software-controlled tilting interface with auto-calibration and a proximity sensor that moves the detector to a safe position help protect the microscope.

Five integrated forescatter detectors are optional, and a bellows interface maintains the microscope vacuum. The detector is driven by AZtecHKL acquisition software and AZtecCrystal processing software.

Specifications

Technical specifications

6 parameters

Speed

Guaranteed indexing speed
>5700 patterns per second

Sensitivity

Sensitivity
>1000 pps/nA

Resolution

Pattern resolution at maximum speed
156 x 128 pixels
Full pattern resolution
1244 x 1024 (megapixel) pixels

Accuracy

Angular precision
<0.05 °

Options

Forescatter detectors
Five integrated (optional)
Features

Key features

  • 01

    Speed

    Guaranteed indexing above 5700 patterns per second.

  • 02

    Sensitivity

    Above 1000 pps/nA from a fibre-optic lens design.

  • 03

    Megapixel patterns

    1244 x 1024 patterns for HR-EBSD strain analysis.

  • 04

    Software tilting

    Controlled tilting with auto-calibration for different sample geometries.

  • 05

    Proximity sensor

    Detects potential collisions and moves the detector to a safe position.

  • 06

    Forescatter option

    Five integrated forescatter detectors for contrast images.

From order to operation

We stay with the instrument after it arrives

Al-Shaker specifies the configuration, documents the system, and supports it across Jordan, the GCC, and MENA.

  1. 01

    Consult

  2. 02

    Plan

  3. 03

    Supply

  4. 04

    Install

  5. 05

    Train

  6. 06

    Support

Talk to the technical team

Tell us the application. We will specify the system.

Share the workflow, capacity, and compliance constraints. We respond with a recommended configuration, not a generic catalogue list.