Available Hardware and Software accessories for VCA
Systems include:
Film Sample Clamp
Designed to secure both ends of film, flexible tubing or other flexible
material which requires a flat surface for analysis.
Application
Essential for analyzing films, small tubing and thin flexible materials.
Environmental Chamber
Sealed chamber provides controlled environment for sample analysis.
Application
- Investigations involving hazardous or corrosive gases
- Controlled evaporation studies; studies involving longer duration
Heated Environmental Chamber
The Standard Heated Environmental Chamber with heating unit.
Application
- Polymer melt studies
- Adhesive investigations
- Contact angle vs. temperature analysis
Heated Syringe System
Heated enclosure housing an inter-changeable syringe with a
micrometer syringe drive to provide dispensing control.
Application
- Viscous liquids
- Liquid temperature vs. contact angle studies
- Polymer melt studies
- Analysis of materials in liquid form that are solid at room
temperature
Oversized Stage Assembly
For samples which are too long or too wide to fit in the standard stage.
Maximum analysis area is 150mm x 150 mm.
Application
- Silicon wafers up to 200 mm in diameter.
- Analysis of samples exceeding the limitation of the Base VCA.
Motorized Syringe System
Computer controlled automatic dispensing system which replaces the
standard syringe for programmable liquid volume dispensing.
Application
- Quality control to ensure operator independent results
- Dynamic contact angle calculation
- Advancing/receding studies
- High precision investigation requiring precise control of process
parameters
Tilting Base Assembly
A cradle and supporting base platform to tilt the entire VCA unit.
Application
For dynamic (advancing/receding) contact angle investigation to tilt
the sample so liquid droplet will deform, creating an advancing contact
angle and a receding contact angle at the trailing edge.
Optical Shutter Assembly
Mounted to the illumination source to provide selective attenuation of
either top or back illumination.
AutoFAST Imaging
Software
Automatic droplet image
capture and calculation of the
contact angle without user
intervention. An image export
function allows for printout,
documentation and export to
other programs.
Calculation Software
Image display, capture and
contact angle calculation
through video image
processing. Graphical or
numerical results can be
printed, documented or
exported to other programs.
Dynamic-2500 Software
Movie viewing of high speed
multiple image capture for
dynamic and time-based
contact angle analysis.
Multi-user Analysis Package
This unique software allows images captured on VCA to be analyzed at
a separate workstation. It saves time and increases productivity for
multiple users environments.
SE-2000 Surface Energy
(dyne/cm) Software
Surface energy calculation of
an unknown solid substrate in
dynes/cm based on the contact
angles of multiple known
liquids. Three calculation
methods are available for user
selection: Geometric Mean
Theory, Harmonic Mean
Theory and Acid-Base Theory.
SPC (Statistical Process
Control) Software
Automatic recording of droplet
characteristics in an
easy-to-use chart with instant
calculation of statistical values.
Data can be saved and exported
to other programs for further
analysis or graphing.
PDAST (Pendant Drop
Analysis for Surface
Tension) Software
Calculation of surface tension by
pendant drop image analysis
through video-imaging
digitization and numerical
curve-fitting using the Laplace
equation of capillarity.
DataView Charting
Software
Display of measurements and
analyses in easy-to-view
graphical formats. Charts can
be stored or printed for
reporting and presentation.
Wafer Mapping Software
(for VCA-3000 series
only)
Spatial analysis using various
preprogrammed test patterns
or user-created test point
templates. The software
automatically measures and
records test details and
displays information in both
text and graphic formats.
Instant calculation of statistical
values.
