Jan 11
One of our clients from 2012/2013 contacted us with a private testing request: he fell with his mountain bike hitting his head very hard on a rock, causing serious whiplash. He wanted us to inspect possible damage to his helmet in the impact location. We performed two scans for this, one full-helmet scan and one …
Jun 17
This video shows the 3D morphology of a crack in steel. This is used for failure analysis in various industries and for all kinds of products and materials. Such information (as crack morphology in 3D) is useful for safety investigations, lifetime prediction, failure root cause analysis for future prevention, and also for legal disputes. Video …
Jan 24
This example shows a microCT scan of a drone blade – with the creation of a volume mesh – useful for reverse engineering or simulation. Drone blade smaller Volume mesh file, if interested: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4129237
Apr 10
This is one of the best-known applications of X-ray inspection and CT scanning – to check cast metal parts for porosity and extent of porosity. Here one example with nice video showing the data and results available for such parts. CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO OF CT RESULTS: casting1_small
Mar 18
Introduction This case study was performed to demonstrate how routine X-ray CT inspection adds value to medical implant production, ensuring quality and reliability. This particular case is for 3D printed (additively manufactured) titanium hip and knee implants but the methodology is applicable to all manufacturing techniques, not only additively manufactured implants. X-ray CT inspection is …
Feb 07
This case study is a quick but powerful demo of what X-ray CT inspection can do. The Samsung S7 used in the test is my own phone, 2 years old and not in use. This phone was released about the same time as the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – which had battery explosions often. The …
Jan 17
Aug 03
Metal castings typically contain porosity which can affect the strength and lifetime of the part. Excessive porosity can be reduced by optimizing the casting parameters, and the best way to do this is to visualize and quantify defect sizes by X-ray microCT. It is also possible to routinely check castings to ensure nothing changes in …
Aug 02
X-ray microCT is nondestructive and therefore is used for testing produced parts for porosity or inclusions (defects) and sometimes for wall thickness or deviation from CAD design. All these types of analysis can be used to assess a part before implanting it into a patient. We provided this service for a recent implant patient who …
Aug 02
This example shows a typical microCT analysis of 3D printed parts. 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies differ widely and quality control of these parts are very important. In this example, Markforged parts were scanned of the following types: 1. Nylon 2. Short fibres in onyx plastic 3. Long fibres in nylon Here is a …
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