OCCHIO ZEPHYR ESR2 HEAVY DUTY PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM  
MEDIUM TO LARGE SAMPLES FOR GRANULAR AND BULK MATERIALS (LIQUID ACCESSORY OPTION AVAILABLE)
Occhio particle size and shape analyzers, are the collaboration of many years of focused research in the fields of optics, lighting, and digital imaging.

Common methods of particle size distribution analysis include laser diffraction, and sieve analysis, both of which are based on the assumption that the sample is comprised of spherical particles. 

While these methods of gathering size distribution information generally provide usable results, they lack in accuracy, and application when compared with digital imaging technology, especially when particles are not round.
Fig 1.1 A monochromatic, collimated back-light acts like a caliper. 
OCCHIO ZEPHYR ESR GRANULAR MORPHOMETER
SAMPLE TYPE: FREE FLOWING GRANULARSAND BULK MATERIALS                                  THAT DISPERSE NATURALLY WITH GRAVITY
                          (LIQUID ANALYSIS ACCESSORY AVAILABLE)                           
DRY 30 micron to 30 mm
WET 30 micron to 1 mm
OCCHIO ZEPHYR ESR2 BROCHURE
BY USING A  PARAMETER CALLED MAXIMUM INSCRIBED DISC, NEAR PERFECT SIEVE CORRELATION IS NOW POSSIBLE, SINCE THIS EFFECTIVELY MEASURES THE WIDEST PART OF A PARTICLE, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY DETERMINES THE SIEVE APERTURE SIZE THE PARTICLE WOULD OR WOULD NOT FALL THROUGH. BECAUSE WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER A PARTICLE FALLS THROUGH A SIEVE APERTURE SQUARELY OR ON ITS' DIAGONAL, THERE WILL BE SOME VARIANCE.
​FOR BETTER CORRELATION TO A PARTICLES ACTUAL MASS, A PARAMETER CALLED EQUIVALENT DISC DIAMETER IS EMPLOYED. THIS BASICALLY EQUATES TO COUNTING PIXELS, AND CORRELATES MORE CLOSELY TO LASER DIFFRACTION RESULTS.
INSCRIBED CIRCLES ARE USEFUL IN DETERMINING OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS ABRASIVE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES
THIS ACTUAL IMAGE OF AN ESPRESSO COFFEE GRIND, HELPS SHOW
HOW SIEVING MAY PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO SIZE.

WHAT SIZE SQUARE APERTURE WOULD LIKELY CAPTURE THE PARTICLE.? EVEN MORE SO, WOULD IT FALL THROUGH ON THE PERPENDICULAR OR THE HORIZONTAL?
Recent studies have shown that laser diffraction results may skew towards the smaller end.

Also compared with direct measurements, laser diffraction results for plates can be 31% off, and rods up to 70% wrong.
Using a special proprietary light source, Occhio Particle Analyzers, are able to provide clear resolution, and definition to particles as small as 200 nanometers.  
WHAT ABOUT SIEVE CORRELATION WITH NON SPHERICAL PARTICLES?
WHAT ABOUT CORRELATION TO LASER DIFFRACTION?
AVAILABLE MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS

OCCHIO DIGITAL IMAGING THEORY
VIBRATING HOPPER / GRAVITY  
DISPERSION (LIQUID FLOWCELL 
OPTION ALSO AVAILABLE)
SAMPLE TRANSPORT METHOD
Email Address
First Name
Zip or Postal Code
Company
Telephone
Last Name
Street Address Line 1
Street Address Line 2
QUOTE REQUEST
​ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES OF ABRASIVES, AND EXAMINING LENGTH AND WIDTH OF FIBERS, OR STRINGY PRODUCTS LIKE TOBACCO, AND SHREDDED CHEESE
PRIOR TO DIGITAL IMAGING THERE WAS NO GOOD WAY TO PERFORM QUALITY CONTROL TESTS ON LONG, STRINGY PARTICLES. SIEVE ANALYSIS IS ESSENTIALLY USELESS IN DETERMINING THE SIZE OF THESE CURVEY RUBBER SHREDS. OCCHIO IS ABLE TO EVEN MEASURE LENGTH OF CURVED PARTICLES.
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BUY PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
ONLINE DEMO
TAKE THE CONTROLS USING 
YOUR COMPUTER, AND YOUR SAMPLE
COMMENTS
PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
DIGITAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT FOR PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION IN LIQUIDS, POWDERS, AND SOLIDS 
                                 INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE   
HOMECONTACT USPRODUCTS

OCCHIO DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYZERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETECT AND QUANTIFY BOTH PARTICLE SIZE AND PARTICLE SHAPE, PAVING THE WAY FOR THE ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES IN BOTH LIQUID AND SOLID FORMS.

CORRELATIONS TO OTHER PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS METHODS, LIKE SIEVE ANALYSIS AND LASER DIFFRACTION, ARE SEAMLESSLY EMPLOYED. EVEN SHAPE PARAMETERS LIKE LENGTH, FLATNESS, AND ANGULARITY IN AGGREGATES, OR THE LENGTH OF STRINGY PARTICLES LIKE SHREDDED CHEESE, OR TOBACCO, ARE POSSIBLE.

ONCE A BASIC CORRELATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, THE RESULTS ARE FINE TUNED WITH THE OCCHIO CORRELATION PROGRAM, ALLOWING FOR TURNKEY SOLUTIONS TO PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION.
500 NANO SERIES500 NANO500 NANO PHARMA500 NANO XYCOFFEEE-TRAKFLOWCELL SERIES
FC200 IPACFC200MFC200SCMPSLURRYFC200SHRMORPHO 3-DPHARMA SCANNER
SIEVECALZEPHYR SERIESZEPHYR ESRZEPHYR LDAZEPHYR LDA COFFEE-TRAK

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYZERS
DOWNLOADS
DIGITAL  PARTICLE
CHARACTERIZATION THEORY
EFFECTS OF DIGITIZATION
ON PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION
AVAILABLE SIZE AND 
SHAPE PARAMETERS
SAMPLE 
CHARACTERISTICS

DISPERSION METHODS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN PARTICLE INTEGRITY
GRANULAR MATERIALS, 
POWDERS, LIQUIDS

MORPHO 3D

DRY GRANULAR MATERIALS 
SIZE RANGE 500 µm – 10,000 µm
EXAMPLES TABLETS, SEEDS, BEADS
3 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS 
DISPERSION METHOD
FEEDING HOPPER & CONVEYOR BELT
ZEPHYR LDA

DRY POWDERS & GRANULARS
THAT TRAVEL WELL IN FLIGHT
7 µm – 5,000 µm 
EXAMPLES SUGAR / COFFEE / SAND
DISPERSION METHOD 
VIBRATING HOPPER WITH
HORIZONTAL VACUUM DISPERSION
 (FASTER ANALYSIS TIME)

LIQUID ANALYSIS FLOWCELL ACCESSORY
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID 
1 µm – 3,000 µm
ZEPHYR ESR2

DRY GRANULARS HEAVIER PARTICLES 
30 µm – 30,000 µm
GRAVEL, WOOD CHIPS, SAND
COFFEE BEANS & GRINDS
DISPERSION METHOD
VIBRATING HOPPER WITH
VERTICAL DISPERSION 
(VACUUM ASSIST FOR)

LIQUID ANALYSIS FLOWCELL 
ACCESSORY
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
30 µm – 1,000 µm 
500 NANO

FINE POWDERS
DRY 0.2 µm – 2,000 µm 
PHARMACEUTICALS, CHEMICALS
STATIC ANALYSIS
DISPERSION METHOD
PATENTED VACUUM IMPLOSION

LIQUID ANALYSIS FLOWCELL 
ACCESSORY
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
.8 µm – 300 µm
DEDICATED LIQUID ANALYSIS
PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID

FC200M

​PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
0.8 µm-800 µm
DISPERSION METHOD
MEMBRANE PUMP (FOR PARTICLES 
SUBJECT TO BREAKAGE) 
PERILSTATIC PUMP (>500 µm)
FC200S EMULSIONS

PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
0.2 µm / 0.4 µm -1,000 µm
PROTEIN AGGREGATES
DISPERSION METHOD
SYRINGE PUMP
FC200S CMP SLURRY

PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUID
SLURRIES
0.2 µm- 500 µm
DISPERSION METHOD
SYRINGE PUMP
SPECIAL DEDICATED 
APPLICATIONS
SIEVECAL

LABORATORY TEST SIEVE CALIBRATOR
CALIBRATE TEST SIEVES IN HOUSE.
2 MINUTES PER SIEVE.FULL INSPECTION / COMPLIANCE REPORT
OCCHIOSCAN

PARTICLES IN LIQUIDS IN SITU
ANALYZE FIBERS, TEXTURES, AND PARTICLES INSIDE CONTAINERS