Leica CLEANLINESS EXPERT User Manual

Leica Cleanliness Expert

The new analysis software for measurement and

classification of particles on filters.

Living up to Life

The Expert for Quality Assurance

Critical Quality Factors

The lifetime and functionality of engineering
components often depend on the cleanliness
of their surface after the production process
as tiny dirt particles affect their reliability
and durability. Leica Cleanliness Expert is a
quantitative Quality Assurance system that
helps monitor the quality of components
during the manufacturing process.

Reliability by experience

With critical system components continuously
being miniturised, cleanliness monitoring
systems and analysing software need to be
adapted and improved. Over the last 10 years,
Leica Microsystems has been developing its
systems in close collaboration with leading
representatives of the automotive industry to
ensure that we meet our customers growing
needs.

Leica Cleanliness Expert

Leica Cleanliness Expert is designed to
measure the contamination of cleaning fluids
for micro mechanic and engine components. It
can be used in all applications where particle
classification and characterisation on circular
shaped substrates is undertaken. During the
measurement process an overview image of
the whole filter is built up and the length of the
largest detected feature is displayed. The user
can zoom in on the overview image whilst it is
being built to get an early indication of the filter
preparation, imaging quality and the presence
of very large fibres and particles.

Featur e Highlights:

• Easy to use and quick to perform meas­urements on circular filters for rapid
results

• Automatic differentiation between

reflective and non-reflective features
to trace back the source or potential
risk of contamination.

• Measurement parameters and system

settings are automatically stored and
can be recalled for reproducible and
consistent measurement conditions.

• Rapid measurement and classification

of different particles simultaneously to
increase throughput.

• Editing function with documentation for

easy and reliable control of the results

• Live particle information to obtain early

feedback on the severest contamina­tion to decrease response time.

• Limitless feature length detection func­tion for the accurate measurement of
large and small particles at the same
magnification.

• Access to measured particle data

for artefact removal and further data
processing

• Fully compliant with the latest stand­ards (ISO 16232 and VDA 19) imple-

mented in cleanliness detection.

• User management to avoid unauthor­ised alterations of settings.