From 1994 to today
Milestones & Events
How the system grew from the first laboratory prototype, what independent tests measured, and what is happening now.
Milestones
From the first laboratory system to the 10th Anniversary scanner, and what tests measured along the way.
Results in studies
What tests measured
Each figure links to its source. Company data is marked as such.
confirmed hits at the Orange County Crime Laboratory: 43 cartridge case cold hits and 13 bullet hits.
Forensic Optical Topography: A Landscape Study, RTI International for NIJ, 2016of cartridge cases found in the top 10. About 400 cases, all against all, 9 mm Luger.
Odyssey test, 2010company dataof correlations correct for cartridge cases from five Norinco QSZ-92 pistols of the same model.
Zhang et al., Forensic Science International, 2017Events
What is happening now: company news, and the reports, articles and videos about Evofinder®.
New installation in Vienna
The latest Evofinder® delivery.
X3P interoperability: our position
In the EMPACT study, 200 cartridge cases from 100 barrels were scanned on Evofinder®, BalScan and IBIS and exchanged in X3P. Our view: X3P is a useful container, but exchange only works with agreed requirements for scan quality.
X Series: the 10th Anniversary scanner generation
The Model 10 scanner: 1.79 µm per pixel and one universal cassette for bullets and cartridge cases.