Many samples in a short time
Multiple samples and many measuring points can be characterised automatically within a compact time window instead of taking each variant through a full testing chain individually.
Application
Multi-sample screening for high-throughput materials testing and fast variant comparison
R&D
QA
Automotive
Additive Manufacturing
Medical Technology
Multi-Sample Screening
Why multi-sample screening with i3D® shortens development cycles
Multi-sample screening with i3D® for high-throughput materials testing: many measuring points, fast variant comparison, local properties and heatmaps for R&D, alloy development, additive manufacturing and QA.
Local heatmaps instead of isolated values
Yield strength Rᶦₚ₀,₂ and tensile strength Rᶦₘ become visible as local distributions across many samples and enable a robust ranking of conditions and batches.
Strong for additive manufacturing and parameter studies
LPBF, heat-treatment and alloy variants can be compared much earlier before only the best candidates move into deeper validation.
Less effort per development iteration
Multi-sample screening reduces preparation and testing effort per variant and accelerates decisions in materials development, R&D and QA.
Multi-sample screening with i3D®
Multi-sample screening brings many samples into one automated measurement campaign and makes mechanical differences visible quickly.
What matters is not the individual value, but the clean comparison of many conditions within one single screening run.
- automated measurement campaigns across many samples
- local properties and maps instead of isolated single values
- strong for ranking, downselection and early development decisions
Practical example from additive manufacturing
On 12 LPBF samples made of Scalmalloy®, 62 plastic stress-strain curves were characterised automatically within about one hour.
This is particularly relevant in additive manufacturing because process windows, microstructure, porosity, lack-of-fusion defects and heat treatment are closely coupled with later mechanical properties.
- suitable for LPBF, additive-manufacturing and alloy-development projects
- comparable across many parameter states of the same build or heat-treatment logic
- local material data instead of only a few reference tensile specimens
Why high throughput is technically useful here
Complex process chains such as additive manufacturing need fast and reproducible testing methods to narrow down many conditions technically at an early stage.
Multi-sample screening does not replace every deep validation, but it shifts classification much earlier: first rank and understand, then deepen only the relevant candidates classically.
- early preselection before cost-intensive full validation
- stronger focus on differences between variants and batches
- economically relevant for high variant counts and short decision times
What the setup is designed for
For materials testing and development, this application is particularly useful when local values, heatmaps and reproducible measurement sequences are needed for material ranking, process development or QA.
This turns many conditions into a technically readable variant matrix instead of an unstructured set of individual test reports.
- relevant for R&D, QA, alloy development and additive manufacturing
- suitable for parameter studies, supplier comparison and batch comparison
- clear bridge between screening, technical classification and the next validation stage
Contacts
Discuss variant matrix, sample count and evaluation target directly with the right contact
For many samples, conditions or parameter windows, a clean screening setup with clear point density, cycle logic and comparison structure is worthwhile.
