Connected mircoscopy
ZEISS Microscopy for Industry​

Connected Microscopy

Accelerate decision making

  • Solutions tailored to your manufacturing process​

    for connected microscopy

    ZEISS offers dedicated industrial microscopy ​solutions for users in different departments:​

    • research and development​
    • materials and quality labs​
    • incoming goods inspection​
    • metrology labs and at line inspection​
    • ZEISS Industrial Microscopy Series offers unrivalled connectivity across departments.​
  • ZEISS offers a uniquely comprehensive portfolio​

    of microscopy solutions for industry:​

    • Light and digital microscopes​
    • Electron microscopes​
    • X-Ray microscopes​

    In addition, the intuitive ZEISS ZEN core software allows users to make full use of their microscopes, boasting powerful features such as automated workflows and hardware-independent analysis.​

  • From image analysis to productivity​

    Data processing across dimensions. ​

    With ZEISS Industrial Microscopy Series, ZEISS supports its customers in obtaining, managing and utilizing their microscopy data consistently in multiuser environments, across multiple departments and across different microscopy types. ​

    This enables user-independent operation, the analysis of trends and deeper insight through the combination of results across dimensions or modalities and the sharing of data. The result: more productivity and higher certainty in industrial microscopy applications. ​

    • Go/no-go for visual inspection​
    • Identify defects and failures and determine their root cause​
    • Characterize roughness and topography​
    • Keep track of particle contamination​
    • Identify deviations on critical geometric dimension​
  • Intelligent data handling​

    for connected microscopy​

    ZEN core’s unified user interface allows users to operate microscopes the same way, from stereo microscopes to fully automated high-end applications. The powerful software suite enables the correlation of light and electron microscopy in multi-modal workflows and provides connectivity between systems, departments, and locations. ​

    ZEN core handles more than just microscopy imaging. It is the most comprehensive suite of imaging, segmentation, analysis, and data connectivity tools for multi-modal microscopy in connected material laboratories.​

ZEISS Microscopy for Industry: applications and portfolio​

Light and digital microscopes from ZEISS

Light and digital microscopes from ZEISS

Here you can find the portfolio of light and digital microscopes for industry

Electron microscopes from ZEISS

Electron microscopes from ZEISS

Here you can find the portfolio of electron microscopy for industry

X-ray microscopes from ZEISS

X-ray microscopes from ZEISS

Here you can find the portfolio of X-ray microscopy for industry​

ZEISS Solutions for Technical Cleanliness.​

ZEISS Solutions for technical cleanliness

Identify root causes. ​Make the right decisions faster.​

ZEISS Solutions for materialography

Materials get complex.​ Analysis gets simple.​

ZEISS Solutions for surface and roughness

In-depth surface​ understanding.​

ZEISS Solutions for​ optical inspection

Optical inspection ​and documentation​.

Optical measurement with ZEISS O-INSPECT duo​

Inspecting large and small parts automatically? Works.

Find out more about Microscopy for Industry

    • Combined ZEISS microscopy for quality assurance in the steel industry​
    • How to inspect coatings ten times faster with an optical microscope? The medical technology group Smith+Nephew has been using ZEISS Axio Imager.Z2m since summer 2022. And is enthusiastic about the AI-supported solution for several reasons.​
      AI speeds up the measurement process​
    • Two thirds of all electric drivetrains are manufactured using production technology from the southern German family-owned company GROB. GROB ensures its rigorous quality standards with quality solutions from ZEISS.​
      Quality assurance at the e-mobility pioneer​
    • Find out in our success story why an Austrian manufacturer of large engines introduced standards for technical cleanliness ten years ago. And why the ZEISS EVO scanning electron microscope plays a key role in this.​
      Finding the needle in the haystack​
    • SPC Werkstofflabor GmbH supports the steel industry in ensuring quality even under the current difficult circumstances. The accredited testing laboratory relies on a combination of light and scanning electron microscopy from ZEISS.​
      Combined ZEISS microscopy for quality assurance in the steel industry​
    • The future is already today at ZEISS​

    • Fast 3D failure analysis.correlative workflow solution from ZEISS.​

    • Cross-scale material analysisin just four steps.​

    • Localization and navigation on the SEM made easy: ZEISS ZEN Connect​

    • Reduce your working time on the device. With the ZEISS ZEN core software.​

    • Connected microscopy for industry​

    • Learn more about the unique ZEISS microscopy portfolio. Microscopy can do much more than just make small things visible. Get to know the wide world of microscopy and the various fields of application, also and especially for industry.​
      The future is already today at ZEISS​
    • Watch the video about our correlative workflow solution! Learn how easy it is to use your data across technologies with ZEISS Solutions and how to achieve reliable and efficient results.​
      Fast 3D failure analysis.correlative workflow solution from ZEISS.​
    • What do your macroscopic structures look like? How do you find the regions of interest in a large sample? How do you access these regions of interest (ROI)? And how do you analyze them further?​
      Cross-scale material analysisin just four steps.​
    • Organize, visualize and contextualize different microscopy images and data of the same sample, all in one place. The correlation between images at different scales can be overlaid in the workspace and used for easy navigation.​
      Localization and navigation on the SEM made easy: ZEISS ZEN Connect​
    • ZEISS ZEN core software - reduce your working time at the device - image analysis is therefore independent of the microscope. Learn more in the video.​
      Reduce your working time on the device. With the ZEISS ZEN core software.​
    • ZEISS helps its industrial customers to consistently generate, manage and use microscopy data in multi-user environments, The ZEISS ZEN core software offers workflow-oriented operation of ZEISS microscopes, machine learning and AI-based image analysis for a wide range of applications as well as seamless connectivity across the entire microscopy portfolio.​
      Connected microscopy for industry​
    • More intelligent. More time-saving. ZEISS ZEN Intellesis.

    • Safe and reproducible microscopy workflows with the ZEISS GxP module.

    • Metallography and material testing with the ZEISS ZEN core material modules.​

    • Assured quality in steel production: ZEISS Non-Metallic Inclusion Analysis (NMI)

    • ZEISS ZEN Connect: Microscopy images and analysis data in an overall context. ​

    • ZEISS ZEN Data Storage: Centralized data management in networked laboratory environments.​

    • By using proven machine learning techniques such as pixel classification or deep learning, ZEISS ZEN Intellesis enables even non-experts to achieve robust and reproducible segmentation results. Simply load your image, define your classes, label the pixels, train your model and perform segmentation.​
      More intelligent. More time-saving. ZEISS ZEN Intellesis.​
    • With the GxP module in ZEN core, you can make your workflows reproducible along an integrated hardware and software solution to comply with regulatory and certification requirements.​
      Safe and reproducible microscopy workflows with the ZEISS GxP module.​
    • How can you speed up your metallographic examinations? How do you deal with new materials? How do you avoid incorrect results? How do you ensure productivity in the laboratory? Instead of just acquiring functions, with ZEN core you get a real productivity package and take your material examinations to the next level​
      Metallography and material testing with the ZEISS ZEN core material modules.​
    • Steel is one of the most widely used materials in the world. Despite their small size, non-metallic inclusions can affect the mechanical properties as well as the processing and corrosion behavior of steel. ZEN Non-Metallic Inclusions is your solution for fast and reliable NMI analysis.​
      Assured quality in steel production: ZEISS Non-Metallic Inclusion Analysis (NMI)
    • With ZEN Connect you can visualize different microscopy images and data of a sample - in their context in a common location. Discover the connections between image data from different scales. You can also benefit from integrated reporting on the connected data sets.​
      ZEISS ZEN Connect: Microscopy images and analysis data in an overall context. ​
    • ZEN Data Storage enables the centralized management of device presets, workflows, image data and reports from different systems and laboratory locations. Separate microscopic image acquisition from downstream analysis tasks to make laboratory work even more efficient.​
      ZEISS ZEN Data Storage: Centralized data management in networked laboratory environments.​

Microscopy applications for quality assurance:​

Customer examples from the industry for the industry​

It couldn't be simpler

AI-supported ZEISS Solution checks implant coatings automatically.​

Pioneer for e-mobility

E-drive: GROB and ZEISS make production efficient and error-free.​

A must: Technical Cleanliness ​

Technical cleanliness: INNIO Group uses a ZEISS Solution to analyze the chemical composition of residual dirt particles.​

Combined ZEISS microscopy for materials testing​

Quality becomes a key success factor. Combination of light and scanning electron microscopy from ZEISS convinces.

Downloads​

    • 02_Battery Material Microstructure Analysis by SEM & EDS_20241018

      3 MB
    • ZEISS Industrial Microscopy Series - Brochure - EN

      537 MB
    • IMS Automated Microscopy Solutions Technical Paper, EN

      2 MB
    • ZEISS IQS Technical Paper, FIB/SEM, Failure analysis, EN, PDF

      5 MB
    • Technical Paper Connected Microscopy EN

      430 KB
    • EN_product-flyer_GxP-Toolkit-for-ZEN-2-core

      654 KB
    • ZEISS ZEN core Brochure

      8 MB


    • ZEISS IQS, Mic and Medical, Success Story, SmithandNephew, EN, PDF

      12 MB
    • ZEISS IQS, Mic and NEV, Success Story, GROB, EN, PDF

      13 MB
    • ZEISS IQS, Mic and TCA, Success Story, INNIO Group, EN, PDF

      16 MB
    • ZEISS IQS, Customer story, SPC, Mic, Metallog, EN, Flyer

      17 MB


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