Digital Surf
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Computer software, Research and Development |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Besançon, France |
Key people |
Christophe Mignot, (CEO) François Blateyron (COO) |
| Products | MountainsMap |
| Revenue | €3.8 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 34 |
| Subsidiaries | Image Metrology A/S |
| Website | www.digitalsurf.com |
Digital Surf is a French software company formed in 1989 mainly known for its MountainsMap software, that is offered as embedded or optional OEM surface analysis software by the majority of profilometer and microscope manufacturers.[1][2][3]
Early history
Digital Surf was established in 1989 in Besançon, France, initially as manufacturer of 3D non-contact laser profilometers. In 1992, Digital Surf had a first deal to sell the surface analysis software of its profilometers through another profilometer manufacturer, the company Taylor-Hobson. This deal initiated Digital Surf acting as an OEM software supplier, at this time operating only on MS-DOS and Macintosh II platforms.
MountainsMap era
In 1997, Digital Surf launched a new software platform, for Windows 95 under the name Mountains technology. Other profilometer manufacturers started to promote it, such as Hommel-Etamic (Jenoptik Group) or KLA-Tencor.
In 2009, Digital Surf stopped manufacturing profilometers to focus fully on analysis software.
in 2010, MountainsMap is supplied as the standard or optional OEM surface analysis software by about 30 manufacturers, such as Ametek-Taylor-Hobson, Jenoptik, KLA-Tencor, Keysight, Leica, Mitaka Kohki,[4] Nikon, or Zeiss.
Digital Surf has contributed to the ISO 25178 standard that defines new 3D surface texture parameters.
References
- ↑ Digital Surf technology on Olympus Microscopes in Imaging and Microscopy
- ↑ Surface analysis data to be sold with instruments in Engineering talk
- ↑ (French) Digital Surf analyse les surfaces en quatre dimensions (23 Septembre 2008) on Les Echos
- ↑ Mitaka Kohki and Digital Surf Announce New Software for Mitaka Kohki's NH-Series of Laser Probe 3D Measuring Equipment on azonano.com
External links
- F. Blateyron, Calculating 3D parameters according to ASME B46.1 and ISO 25178, International Conference on Surface Metrology 2009.
- F. Blateyron, New 3D Parameters and Filtration Techniques for Surface Metrology, in QualityMag.com.
- F. Blateyron 3D Parameters and New Filtration Techniques Symposium proceeding of Japan Society of Precision Machining (JSPE) spring general meeting, (2006 March) pp. 21–27.
- Mountains Map 6 Software for Texture and Roughness Analysis from Digital Surf, interview at MRS congress, Boston by azonano