We are pleased to be able to provide for purchase our top-of-the-line power measuring system for power quality. Either as a complete system or as parts of a system. We can also provide advice or knowledge transfer. Please feel free to contact RISE Measurement Technology for further information.

Who needs a DSWM?

Accurate measurements of power and related quantities is required in many situations:

• Verification of power quality calibrators and analyzers.
• Verification of power and energy reference equipment.
• In standards laboratories to ensure measurement techniques and equipment meet appropriate standards.

Complete DSWM systems are now being used at Fluke as a primary reference for the Fluke 6100A Electrical Power Standard and also at national standards laboratories such as A*STAR in Singapore and the Czech metrology institute, CMI. Our current shunts and voltage dividers are being used in more than fifteen laboratories around the world.

Characteristics

The DSWM is a primary reference for electrical power and related quantities.

• Voltage, current, power, impedance, harmonics 
• Flicker and other modulation measurements  
• 50 ppm accuracy
• 50 mV … 1000 V
• 5 mA … 100 A
• 15 Hz … 5 kHz 
• Flexible & easy to use

To the right are links to more technical information, such as technical specifications, international publications and results from international comparisons.

Background

In 1999 a co-worker of RISE published a doctoral thesis - Power measurement techniques for non-sinusoidal conditions. One result of this work was the development of a Digital Sampling Watt Meter, DSWM.

This has enabled the better treatment of harmonics when measuring electrical power and other AC quantities, as well as the establishment of an improved national reference for electrical power in Sweden.

Over the years, the DSWM has been improved and supplied with state of the art voltage dividers and coaxial current shunts of RISE-design.

Looking forward

In our modern society, electric energy and electricity network systems are of vital importance. Future development will include small scale production such as at windmills and with solar power and there is much discussion about smart grids and the next generation of cars will be hybrid vehicles with batteries which must be“fuelled” by the electricity network. As a result, electricity will increase in importance and with it the importance of traceable measurements of electrical power and energy.

The DSWM developed at RISE has proven to be versatile and is widely adopted for the emerging electricity market.

Phase-locking to the signal to be measured, highly accurate sampling devices

We deliver complete systems or parts like our high-precision, coaxial voltage dividers and current shunts.

The ivf SmartQuench system, also known as the quenchometer, is your professional choice to ensure and optimise the performance of your quenching system. The ivf SmartQuench is developed and owned by RISE.

The ivf SmartQuench is used for inspection of quenchants and minimizes your quality costs, optimises your selection of quenching media and maximizes the life of your quenching products. It helps you ensure the quality by minimizing variation in results, rework and rejects as well as production downtime. We have over 30 years experience of manufacturing test probes to ISO and ASTM standards.

The equipment is available as a standard package with or without additional items. The standard package includes what you need to get started to measure still quenchants in your laboratory or in quench tanks.

Key items

• Software for quenchant evaluation, incl. 1 hardware key
• 1 Standard and 1 Reference test probe, 400 mm
• Furnace
• Hand unit
• Beaker
• Reference oil

Optional items

• SQintegra - a powerful expansion of the basic software, containing two additional modules: HTC, for heat transfer coefficient calculations, and Property Prediction, for calculation of hardening capacity
• Agitation device
• Additional probes, lengths up to 1.5 m is available on request
• Hand-held temperature instrument with thermocouple
• Tachometer

ivf SmartQuench equipment

According to order list.

• ISO9950
• ASTM D 6200-01
• ASTM D 6482-06

RISE offers rational cutting of most existing reinforcing materials in the composite industry.

We offer rational cutting of most of the existing reinforcing materials, such as mats and fabrics of glass, carbon and aramid fibers. Edge cutting of core material is also excellent. The cutting width is 1.7 m and cutting lengths - up to 10 m are no problem. Cutting data is generated through both CAD programs and digitization tables.

Manual cutting of reinforcing material is a time-consuming and stressful task. Instead, we offer composite companies to buy pre-cut reinforcement delivered in finished ¨kit¨, which opens the door to a more rational production and a better working environment. Measurement accuracy becomes very high where the materials are ready to be directly deposited into the tool - often for vacuum injection.

Rational cutting offers:

• Pre-cut reinforcement delivered in ¨kit¨ ready for use
• Optimum material utilization
• Reduced reinforcement waste and thus lower waste management costs
• High dimensional accuracy
• Better working environment where monotonous and heavy work tasks are eliminated
• Potential for cheaper and more rational production

Pre-cut reinforcement material packaged according to the customer's needs.

The customer delivers a CAD file on what is to be cut, or a cutting template.

We help inventors and multinational industries with prototyping in flexible electronics.

Flexible electronics encompasses all materials which are flexible, stretchable, thin -  such as PET, leather, paper, TPU and more. Conventional electronics is typically mounted on rigid PCBs, which hold certain design limitations. To create smaller, smarter, lighter and more ecofriendly systems we use printing as a manufacturing methodology to create electronic and iontronic systems. By combining integrated circuits with flexible substrates we get the best of two worlds: hybrid electronics.

We support both inventors and industrial clients:

• FTO (Freedom to Operate)
• Market studies
• Design and electronic design
• Soft- and hardware design and selection
• Printing
• Integration
• Material selection
• Integration
• System design
• Prototyping
• Small series production to verify scalability
• Lighter
• Smaller
• Low power circuits and systems
• Eco-friendly
• New form factors
• Possibility to trial in small scale
• Using leading scientists
• Advanced Open Labs - we operate a state-of-the-art facility (Printed Electronics Arena, PEA) which is the hub in the Swedish Innovation Cluster in Printed electronics

All we do is aimed at industrial scaling. We use multiple production methods such as screenprinting, inkjetting and offset printing and in our labs we have several ways to cure, dry and analyse results. Furthermore we can mount integrated circuits and chips onto flexible substrates.

We print antennas, diodes, transistors, sensors and displays and when additional computational power is needed we combine silicone based chips with printed components.

Anything from single prototypes to small series (<50.000 units). 

Components which we typically manufacture:

• Passive humidity sensors
• Piezo sensitive materials and sensors
• Electrochromic displays (RISE ECD)
• Electrochemical Transistors, organic (OECT (Organic Electronic Chemical Transistors)
• Test series for novel inks, electrolytes and dielectrica
• Biosensors (UV, glucose and several more in confidential projects)

Depends on complexity level.

Not applicable.

AC susceptometry (ACS) gives information on how fast magnetization is building up in a material. An excitation magnetic field is applied over the sample and the in-phase and out-of-phase susceptibility is measured in a frequency range. Different types of magnetization processes can be measured with ACS.

The DynoMag System

The DynoMag system is a portable easy to use AC susceptometer for measuring the dynamic magnetic properties of liquids, powders and solids at room temperature. The excitation frequency range is from 1 Hz up to 500 kHz with a resolution in volume susceptibility 1·10^-5 (SI units) at 1 kHz and a excitation field amplitude of 0.5 mT.

Typical application areas:

• AC susceptibility measurements of solids, powders and liquids
• Dynamic magnetic analysis in the field of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
• Determine the size distribution of magnetic nanoparticles using an algorithm included in the software of the DynoMag (including both Brownian and Néel relaxation)
• Study stability and possible particle clustering during for instance bio-functionalizing of MNPs
• Follow the binding reactions of biomolecules to MNPs
• Measurement of magnetic properties in geophysics

The DynoMag HF system

The DynoMag HF system is an AC susceptometer for measuring the dynamic magnetic properties of liquids, powders and solids at room temperature. The excitation frequency range is from 25 kHz up to 10 MHz with a resolution in volume susceptibility 4.10^-5 (SI units) at 100 kHz and a excitation field amplitude of 30 µT.

Typical application areas:

• AC susceptibility measurements of solids, powders and liquids at frequencies up to 10 MHz
• Determine the size distribution of magnetic nanoparticles using an algorithm included in the software of the DynoMag (including both Brownian and Néel relaxation)
• Dynamic magnetic analysis in the field of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)
• Detect the Néel relaxation of single-core particle systems
• Measurement of magnetic properties in geophysics

The Low Temperature High Frequency AC Susceptometer

In collaboration with Prof. Sean Giblin’s research team at Cardiff University we have developed a low temperature high frequency (LTHF) ACS system integrated in a Quantum Design PPMs system. This makes it possible to carry out high frequency ACS sensing also at low temperatures and at high static magnetic fields (paper in Review of Scientific Instruments).

Construction is carried out in our labs at RISE in Göteborg.

Delivery of the the DynoMag system or the DynoMag HF system including manual, calibration sample and sample vials.

The DynoMag system: within 6 months after order. The DynoMag HF system: within 9 months after order.

At RISE Fiberlab, we provide custom fiber development and specialty optical fiber production services, from first idea to qualified prototype and pilot series, tailored to your needs and timeline.

• Proven experience with demanding customers in defense, aerospace, energy, medical, and industrial sensing.
• Flexible, cost-efficient collaboration, from one-off samples to hundreds of kilometers.
• State-of-the-art fiber drawing facilities and ISO-9001 certification.
• Realistic delivery times.
• Support from a team of experts on custom optical fibers and fiber sensing, both scientific and industrial. 

We help you develop the fiber you need — not just what’s available off the shelf.

• Our specialty optical fiber-page lists some examples if our fibers.  

All resources in Fiber Optics at RISE are made available when needed. These resources include:

• Three 17m high draw towers
  • Processes for silica-based glasses and preforms
  • Fiber diameters range from 25µm to several mm
• Processes for a range of coatings, including
  • High temperature polyimide
  • Acrylate (standard telecom acrylate, low index, hard clad silica, mid/high temperature acrylate)
  • Silicone
  • Ormocer
  • Hermetic carbon
  • Specialty coating materials
• Processes for extruded buffers, including
  • Nylon
  • PFA
  • PTFE
  • PEEK
  • Hytrel
  • Specialty buffer materials
• Preform design and specification
• Optical characterization of preforms and optical fibers
• Material analysis resources, including scanning electron microscope (SEM)
• Tensile strength tests and proof test of fiber
• Access to labs for reliability tests
• Glass workshops and mechanical workshops

• Design and material selection
  Collaborative development of glass types, cladding structures, coatings, and buffers, we'll guide you to what’s technically feasible and robust.
• Preform processing and fiber drawing
  Three ISO 9001-certified, 17m tall, draw towers allow for precision prototyping, fast iterations, and full documentation.
• Coating and post-processing
  We apply high-performance coatings in-house and support additional extruded buffer coatings where needed.
• Testing and documentation
  Full traceability, test reports, and fiber characterization data, ready for your internal approval or customer documentation.
• Pilot and small-series production
  Once proven, we scale your fiber up to volume deliveries ideal, for sensor and OEM applications.

Delivery time varies depending on the complexity of the fiber to be developed. It can range from one week to several months, typically a small project runs for 8 weeks. 

Perhaps you already know what you need. Otherwise we'll discuss the challenges in your particular application, and set a target specification in dialogue with you. 

Fiberlab is certified according to ISO 9001:2015.

Print-through is an unwanted effect when you see some of the ink from the opposite side of a paper in a magazine. It is a combination of the show-through (=effect from opacity) and the strike-through (=effect from ink penetration), both properties are closely related to the paper structure

Print-through is an often-encountered print quality problem mainly caused by ink penetration and insufficient opacity of the paper.
Non uniformity in substrate structure relates closely to print-through. Therefore, spatial variations of print-through provide a probe to the substrate’s structure.The Print through software can be used to:

• Check if the print through is acceptable and stable over time
• Benchmark to competitors
• Monitor how new settings in the productions affect the print through
• Check if new products are better or not

This tool provides an assessment of the print quality and it's relationship with paper’s structure in an effective, reliable, fast and intuitive way, using an affordable standard flatbed scanner with these parts:

• Quantitative characteristics of print-through over a big area, both in average and in detail
• Quantitative evaluations of print-through and its components: show-through, strike-through, the relationships between the print-through phenomenon and the underlying physical properties and quantities
• Histograms of reflectance, light absorption, light scattering, and depth of ink penetration can be obtained.
• The calculated numbers are saved as ASCII-files for import to Excel or another spread sheet software.

License of the software package Print Through and a reflectance calibration set, a black NCS-sheet.
Manuals describing installation, scanning and evaluation (in English).

Delivery of the software within 6 weeks after order

The needed equipment is: A a standard PC equipped with Win 7 or Win 10, a professional flatbed scanner, the Print-through software, a black NCS sheet and a calibration set.

The customer needs to buy the PC and the scanner and Microsoft Excel is recommended to use to open the result files but also other spread sheet software with ability to open Tab separated ASCII-files works.
RISE will upon request recommend a scanner model.

Print sharpness is a factor of immediate importance in inkjet printing due to the inherent risk of lateral spread of the low viscosity inks used.
High print sharpness is a basic characteristic of high print quality.
You can now make the measurements in your own lab using this software!

The software can be used for:

• Measure if the print sharpness (a combination of raggedness and blurriness) is acceptable and stable over time
• Monitor how new settings in the productions affect the print sharpness
• Check if new products are better or not
• Benchmark to competitors

Quantify the print sharpness using high resolution images from a scanner or microscope.
The measurements are not restricted to a certain print form, instead any printed line or edge can be used for the analysis, for example part of a letter.

The software will calculate two different values:

• The raggedness which is the length of the contour of an edge compared to the perfect straight contour (left image)
• The blurriness meaning the width of the transition zone between ink and unprinted area (right image)

A high-quality flatbed scanner is used to collect the images in 4800 dpi resolution. This corresponds to pixel size 5.3x5.3 µm, needed to reveal the fine scale print defects.
Note: A scanner specified for 4800 dpi optical resolution is not always giving acceptable results.
Image analysis is used to calculate the raggedness and the blurriness on the measured lines and shapes.

User license of the software package Print Sharpness.

Manuals describing installation, scanning and evaluation (in English).

Delivery of the software within 6 weeks after order

The customer needs to buy a standard PC equipped with Win 7 or Win 10 and a suitable flatbed scanner, RISE will upon request recommend a scanner model.

Microsoft Excel is recommended to use to open the result files but also other spread sheet software with ability to open tab separated ASCII-files works.

The easy to use and well-known STFI-Mottling Expert software is today used all over the world in the paper and paperboard industry to quantify the mottle on printed products as well as white-top mottle on unprinted paperboard.
You can buy it and use it in your own lab.

Advanced image analysis technique is used to filter the scanned images to simulate the human vision system (eyes and brain). This makes the results very reliable and correlate well to panel tests where a group of people rank the samples.

To increase the reliability, the image from the scanner is calibrated to reflectance using the included reflectance calibration set.

Fields of application - Measure reflectance variations (mottle) on:

• Unprinted board (white top mottling)
• Mono-colored solid and screened prints
• Uncovered area (UCA) - totally white spots in solid prints (extra toolbox)
• Missing dots in gravure print (extra toolbox)
• Coating thickness variations after using a burnout technique on the samples (making the wood fibres black and keeping the coating white)
• Optical formation can be calculated if the samples are thin enough for the scanner transparency unit
• Also, other types of reflectance variations can be characterized, such as formation of non-woven products and orientation of mottle on corrugated board

• One single-user license of the software package STFI-Mottling Expert
• Manuals describing scanning and evaluation (in english)
• A reflectance calibration set used when scanning the samples

Delivery of the software and the reflectance calibration set within 3 weeks after order

The customer needs to buy a standard PC equipped with Win 7, 10 or 11 and a suitable flatbed scanner, RISE will upon request recommend a scanner model.
Microsoft Excel is recommended to use to open the result files but also other spread sheet software with ability to open Tab separated ASCII-files works.

The unique OptiTopo technique used for print prediction quickly reveals the correlation between paper surface and print defects such as uncovered area or missing dots. You can use it in your own lab!

The popular and easy to use OptiTopo Expert unit measure a very detailed 32x32 mm area of the paper surface and calculate the height variations in seconds using a patented shape from shading technique. The high-resolution height maps (4 million height values) gives a great advantage to traditional air-leak instruments like PPS and Bendtsen that has traditionally been used for print prediction on paper and paperboard. The possibility to filter the height map makes it possible to filter out non-interesting large-scale variations and only count the “dangerous” craters.

The OptiTopo Expert software can be used to answer:

• How do the surface defects look like?
• Why did we get a customer complaint from this sample?
• In which way does my new product differ from my old?
• Detailed fingerprint features of the surface roughness can be obtained.
• How should the surface of my product look like to ensure the desired print quality level?
• Can I fine-tune the filtering settings to find craters or hills that are potentially dangerous to reach my desired print quality level?

“A picture is worth a thousand words”.

It is difficult to describe everything with numbers but combined with images you get a better understanding of the relationship between the paper/board surface and the print quality.

The OptiTopo Expert software offers the following images and figures:

• The surface as a gradient image, height map color scaled in microns, a crater maps where the craters are outlined at a decided depth.
• The fingerprint of the detailed surface roughness in the fine, medium and large scales.
• A very detailed surface variation (spectra) revealing periodic variation like wire marks.

A tool making it possible to plot the height profile along a line selected by the user.

The plots and maps are saved to a Word report, JPG-files and Matlab maps in the user interface and the calculated values are saved in an Excel file divided in different sheets. Both average values from several measured subareas and from each subarea.

If there is a need for new functionality, we can discuss the possibility to add this functionality to the OptiTopo Expert software as a new toolbox.

This measurement technique can be used also on other material, but it needs to be non-transparent, non-glossy surfaces.

Single-user license of the software package OptiTopo Expert.

Manuals describing installation and evaluation (in English).

The OptiTopo Expert version can either be ordered at the same time as the purchase of L&W OptiTopo from ABB or added afterwards.

Delivery of the software within 6 weeks after order.

The customer needs to buy a standard PC equipped with Win 7 or Win 10 and Microsoft Office used for result generation.