Above: A gallery of images showing the ballistic substage with bullets, cartridge cases and motor drives. (All images Calibration Standards Copyright)
BallisticSEM – Ballistic Comparison Substage
- Accommodates bullets and cartridge casings for all common ammunition
- Direct comparison of two independently rotatable samples (2 motors)
- Rotation via table-top controls
- Substage mount compatible with GSR relocating substage system without removal of GSR standard
- Rotation speeds from 1 to 40 deg/second
- Bidirectional rotation
- BallisticSEM Comparison Software
Software capabilities
- Live viewing and comparison of images from two independent video sources
- Live images can be taken from SEM directly (overlay), via RS-170 CCTV capture devices (Osperey and Coreco), IEEE 1394 Firewire Digital Video sources such as cameras and camcorders, and from the network. Image capture facility functions with any DirectX 9 compatible video source as well as some older VFW sources
- Interactive feature measurement tool
- Automatic calibration of SEM magnification
- Interactive image comparison tools (live overlay, correlation and image merging)
- Images portfolios capability allowing images of similar subjects to be saved as a group. Images in a portfolio can be of numerous popular or older file types, be of any resolution and be in any accessible location.
- Multi-page TIFF image storage
- SEM control panel (stage and beam Quanta and XL compatible)
- BallisticSEM Options
Motor drives
Position indexed substage motors (1 or both axes) with software control integrated into BallisticSEM interface. Positioning accuracy 0.1 degrees. Speeds adjustable between 1 and 40 deg/second.
FLATVIEW
- Images stored at 786 x 384 resolution in color or b/w compressed or uncompressed
- Requires at least one motor to have the position indexing option
- Flatview(TM) portfolios allow comparison of patterns on bullets with archives of know types.
Prerequisites:
- BallisticSEM is available for Quanta 400 and 600 SEMs, XL40 and XL30 (with 100 x 100 stages)
- XP or W2000
- 1 spare RS232 port
- 1 spare SEM port (either 55 or 60 mm type)
XL Specific Options:
- Second PC running XP or W2000 and 1280/1024 24 bit video
- Ethernet connections between XL and second PC
- 1 or 2 video capture cards or DV sources (only if additional live channels required)