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Hyperspec NIR

Headwall Photonics – Spectral Imaging

The Headwall Photonics Hyperspec NIR imaging spectrometers offer an exceptional imaging performance in the near-infrared (NIR) and cover a spectral range from 900nm to 1700nm. Depending on the desired frame rate and interface type, these spectrometers are available in two different configurations. 

Hyperspec NIR imaging spectrometers are designed with a completely reflective concentric optical system featuring an f/2.0 aperture. The system includes aberration correction and is housed in a lightweight package, which is optimised for use in harsh environments. 

Hyperspec NIR is available in two versions, both providing 320 spatial bands and 166 spectral bands. The R-Series version features Base CameraLink connectivity, while the X-Series version utilises USB connectivity for versatile data transfer options.

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The  Headwall Photonics HyperSpec NIR is a powerful tool that features:

  • The Hyperspec NIR sensors feature a compact and rugged design, ensuring durability and stability while offering a wide field of view and low scatter or stray light.
  • With 320 spatial bands and 166 spectral bands, the sensors deliver an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio for enhanced image quality.
  • Hyperspec NIR is available in two versions: the R-Series with Base CameraLink connectivity and the X-Series with USB connectivity, both providing high-resolution image capture.
  • Constructed using a completely reflective concentric optical design with an f/2.0 aperture, Hyperspec NIR ensures aberration-corrected imaging in a lightweight and durable package that is optimised for harsh environments.
  • Cost-effective deployment is possible with Hyperspec NIR, enabling efficient use of resources.

How To Apply The Headwall Photonics HyperSpec NIR
Mining and Exploration / Machine Vision / Remote Sensing  / Waste Recycling

Speak to PAS for expert guidance on Hyperspectral Imaging options from Headwall Photonics.

microPHAZIR AS

microPHAZIR AS
Asbestos Analyser

Thermo Fisher Scientific – NIR

The microPHAZIR AS enables powerful, in-field rapid screening and identification of six types of regulated asbestos fibres using non-destructive analysis through NIR technology.

MicroPHAZIR AS Asbestos Analyser
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Fast, accurate asbestos detection saves lives.

The microPHAZIR AS enables powerful, in-field rapid screening and identification of six (6) types of regulated asbestos fibres using non-destructive analysis through NIR technology.

Currently, asbestos detection is limited to accredited lab-based analysis such as polarised light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. These lab-based tests can be costly and time consuming.

Portable Analytical Solutions is proud to bring this critical solution for portable asbestos analysis to the competitive construction, environment and waste management industries.

  • Weighs 1.25kg
  • Point and shoot operation
  • Results in under 10 seconds, stored on-board until later download
  • Reliable analysis of 6 types of asbestos fibres

Key Applications for microPHAZIR AS

Environmental / Waste Management / Construction / Government Regulation

Speak to PAS for expert guidance about the Thermo Fisher microPHAZIR AS.

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MicroPHAZIR AS Benefits:
  • Achieve real time, reliable decisions, on site
  • Avoid costly unnecessary shutdowns and business interruption
  • Empower non-experts to perform safe testing for immediate feedback
  • Exercise duty of care for workers, the public and environment
  • Short term ROI Recovery by avoiding costly errors

Growscreen Rhizo

Lemnatec™ Growscreen Rhizo

Portable Analytical Solutions

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A combined root and shoot phenotyping solution for glasshouses, growth rooms, climate chambers, cultivation halls, or indoor farms 

Challenges in root phenotyping

While most phenotyping solutions focus on above-ground traits of the plants, roots are usually hidden in soil and thus not accessible to measurements. To make them visible, specific cultivation measures are available. The Growscreen Rhizo uses soil-filled rhizoboxes placed at 45° angle that have a transparent plate where roots are visible for image recording. In collaboration with and under licence of the Forschungszentrum Jülich, LemnaTec offers the Growscreen Rhizo as combined root-and shoot- phenotyping system. Core component is an image acquisition cabinet with high-resolution cameras focused on the roots and the shoots of the plants. Thereby, classical shoot imaging is done simultaneously with precision root imaging. The cabinet is also equipped with dedicated illumination to enable optimal image recording.

Advantages of Growscreen Rhizo

We offer an automated root and shoot phenotyping system for soil-based systems that is superior to other methods that use artificial media for plant growth.

  • Roots in soil – no artificial media required
  • Soil-filled rhizoboxes at 45° angle
  • Non-destructive – access to roots without digging or washing
  • Time-course studies
  • Root- and Shoot data for each plant
  • High-resolution root imaging
  • High-resolution shoot imaging
  • Advanced analytical software, machine learning algorithms available
  • Weighing and watering option
  • Automation options

Technological features

Roots and shoots of the growing plants are imaged with industry-grade high-resolution cameras, combined with advanced light technology that allows reflection-free image recording.

A balance and water supply system can be mounted for precise control of soil water content, enabling growth scenarios with different water availability.

Automation technology is available to move in and out the rhizoboxes so that experiments with repeated time-course measurements can be planned. Automation can be done with conveyer-based systems or with magazine automation technology, depending on the local requirements.

Software tools give access to shoot- and root- phenotypic traits such as growth and morphology. Root systems are characterised for root system depth and width and for spatial root distribution, together with root length and width data, rooting angles or total root area. Shoot systems are analysed for height, width, area, and morphological factors, together with colour data.

We recommend to record environmental data in the plant growth area, such as temperature, light, or air humidity. We offer recording systems that store the environmental data together with the phenotypic data of the corresponding plants.



For more details, download the brochure

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Canopy Scanalyzer

Lemnatec™ Canopy Scanalyzer

Portable Analytical Solutions

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Canopy Scanalyzer solutions for glasshouses, growth rooms, climate chambers, cultivation halls, or indoor farms 

Automated high-throughput Canopy Scanalyzers combine rapid automated data recording with advanced analytical software and machine learning.

LemnaTec is the global specialist for automated Scanalyzer Solutions that not only save time and labour, but also provide a much broader base of information compared to visual scoring. The Canopy Scanalyzer technology is dedicated to users who work with ground-standing plants – directly in soil, in containers, or pots – that are not movable, or not intended to move. The sensor-to-plant system records imaging data from above the plants, and usually delivers data on plant canopies rather than on individual plants.

  • Sensor to plant
  • Sensors mounted on gantry structure that moves across plant area
  • Fixed plant positions
  • Broad range of imaging and sensing modules
  • Dedicated optics and illumination
  • Available for a range of dimensions
  • Sensing equipment in a sensor bay mounted on the gantry or sensor exchange system

We recommend to record environmental data in the plant growth area, such as temperature, light, or air humidity. We offer recording systems that store the environmental data together with the phenotypic data of the corresponding plants.



For more details, download the brochure

Field Scanalyzer

Lemnatec™ Field Scanalyzer

Portable Analytical Solutions

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AUTOMATED OUTDOOR PHENOTYPING 

The Field Scanalyzer Gantry System is a 3-axis sensor-to-plant phenotyping system. The design and construction bases on an industrial portal crane system. The x-axis is guided along a rail system underpinned by concrete piles driven into the ground so as to allow natural drainage and no impediments as traditional concrete footings may act as flow barriers. In x-direction, length is only limited by the cabling requirements; one of our customer installations reaches 500 m length. The y axis is orthogonal to the rails and bears the lifting unit for the container with the sensing equipment. In y-direction customised width, e.g. 10 m, 20 m or 30 m is possible to span over a given growth area. The z axis serves to lift up and down the container with the sensor equipment.
This setup will allow a precise movement of all 3 axes throughout the year. The sensor box can reach each point of the measuring area in pre-defined schedules with repeatable high precision in the sub-centimetre range.
The system carries a sensor box for phenotyping sensors and environmental sensors. Any of the camera system will be housed in a separate weather sealed housing and mounted on a flexible and adjustable platform within the imaging box. The total payload of the camera box can reach up to 500 kg allowing full flexibility for future adjustments and expansions of the sensor platform. The weather shielding of the sensor box protects the electronic equipment during harsh weather. This comprises a roller door at the down facing side of the platform to fully protect the sensors while not in use.
Having environmental sensors on board, the Field Scanalyzer records climatic data during all phenotypic measurements so that users find phenotype and environment data linked in the database.

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Conveyor Scanalyzer

Lemnatec™ Conveyor Scanalyzer

Portable Analytical Solutions

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Conveyor-based Scanalyzer Solutions for glasshouses, growth rooms, climate chambers, cultivation halls, or indoor farms. 

Automated high-throughput Conveyor Scanalyzers combine rapid automated data recording with advanced analytical software and machine learning.

LemnaTec is the global specialist for Conveyor Scanalyzer Solutions that not only save time and labour, but also provide a much broader base of information compared to visual scoring. This technology is dedicated to users who work with individually potted plants and demand for side- and top-view images of their plant material.

  • Plant-to-Sensor
  • Potted plants moving on conveyors
  • Handling conveyor loops for imaging, weighing, watering
  • Storage conveyor lines as growth area
  • Imaging cabinets with advanced illumination and optics
  • Broad range of cameras
  • Conveyor configurations according to application cases
  • Weighing and Watering options
  • Plant carrier re-positioning and randomising

We recommend to record environmental data in the plant growth area, such as temperature, light, or air humidity. We offer recording systems that store the environmental data together with the phenotypic data of the corresponding plants.

 

For more details, download the brochure

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PhenoTron

Lemnatec™ PhenoTron

Combined Phenotyping and Growth Cabinet

Portable Analytical Solutions

Lemnatex phenotron

The LemnaTec PhenoTron is a versatile instrument for a broad range of phenotyping applications in laboratories. 

It combines the imaging and image processing capabilities of a LabScanalyzer with the advantages of a climate-controlled growth cabinet. Thus, prime sample types are such that require environmental control during the phenotyping process, such as seeds or seedlings that are observed in continuous time series. Imaging of samples that do not stay continuously in the cabinet is equally possible. Thus, the PhenoTron allows imaging of many different types of biological samples including plants as well as samples in plates:

  • Seedlings and small plants in pots or small trays
  • samples in microtiter plates or petri-dishes, e.g. seeds, leaf disks, insects
  • samples in beakers, e.g. duckweed for ecotoxicology testing
  • detached plant parts, e.g. leaves, fruits, roots, tubers

The core compartment of the LemnaTec PhenoTron consists of a climate controlled growth chamber (15°C to 40°C ± 3°C) with tunable LED light sources. It has up to 16 groups of LEDs in different spectral bands between 350 and 850 nm, which can be controlled independently. Top stereo RGB cameras deliver data for many phenotyping applications. The system is operated via a touch-screen interface with intuitive controls.

PhenoTron configuration
PhenoTron cabinetH: 870 mm
W: 880 mm
D: 680 mm
Temperature controlControl of air temperature: 15°C to 40°C ± 3°C
RGB cameraVisible light imaging for count, size, morphology and colour of the objects

HyperAIxpert

Lemnatec HyperAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

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The most flexible multi-sensor laboratory phenotyping system for Arabidopsis, seedlings, petri dishes, MTPs, and many more sample types.

  • Rapid digital analysis of phenotypic traits
  • Large set of sensor options
  • Advanced analytical software and machine learning
  • Standardized and repeatable data acquisition
  • High throughput
  • Pots, trays, dishes, MTPs, beakers
  • Adaptors for many sample types
  • Up to 40 cm sample height with manual loading
  • Up to 20 cm with automated sample loader

Features:

  • Experiment-driven design
  • High-resolution phenotyping
  • Comprehensive machine-learning based analytical software
  • All major phenotyping cameras and sensors available
  • Configurable multi-sensor imaging
  • Automatic sample loading available
  • Integrable into climate chambers

SeedAIxpert

Lemnatec SeedAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

seed aixpert
seed aixpert

The fastest digital seed testing system measuring seed, germination, and seedling emergence quality.

  • For paper-based germination assays and seedling emergence tests
  • Save time and labor in seed testing
  • Overcome inconsistent assessments by digitizing the inspection
  • Reproducible and standardizable through unified imaging and analysis
  • The digital seed testing system for breeders, testing labs, and researchers

Features:

  • Reliable technology that makes seed testing easy
  • Image acquisition, storage, analysis, and retrieval
  • Image annotation, metadata recording
  • Metadata and annotation directly linked to image
  • Advanced image processing algorithms including machine learning
  • Structured image file administration system
  • Easy export of images, data, and analyses
  • Intuitive graphical user interface
  • High-resolution industrial camera
  • Artificial intelligence enables seed and seedling quality assessments

For more details, download the brochure

PhenoAIxpert

Lemnatec PhenoAIxpert

Portable Analytical Solutions

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lemnatec phenoaixpert

The versatile phenotyping system for laboratories – your entry to the phenotyping world.

  • For many sample types in plant research, breeding and beyond
  • Save time and labor in phenotyping
  • Application-oriented analytical workflows
  • Reproducible and standardizable through unified image and information storage, and analyses
  • The laboratory phenotyping system is available in three models – PhenoAIxpert, PhenoAIxpert Pro, PhenoAIxpert Root

Features:

  • Reliable technology, advanced image processing
  • Image acquisition, storage, and analysis
  • Image processing algorithms, optional machine learning
  • Metadata, annotation, and analysis directly linked to image
  • Structured image file administration system

For more details, download the brochure