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May 20

Aluminium fan for reverse engineering

This small aluminium fan / blade was scanned to get a surface extraction for reverse engineering purposes. The images show the scan quality, which transfer into the STL files and which can then be manipulated further in CAD software. Click here for animations: clipping fan movie   clipping fan movie 2  

May 09

Stone age tool

This scan shows the details of a stone age cutting tool from the West coast of South Africa, we provide here images, a rotation movie and a STL file is available which can be used on any CAD 3D viewing software. CLICK HERE FOR MOVIE FILE: rotate the tool

Apr 18

Brochure for the manufacturing industry

Please see our latest brochure aimed at the manufacturing sector: CT technology is very useful for the analysis of metal castings and also works well for plastic components to check for porosity, defects, and check if certain component walls are thick enough or within design tolerances. Besides defect detection, CAD to part comparisons can be done …

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Mar 27

Damascus steel knives

The age old art of Damascus steel knife making is still practiced today, this specialized method is used to create beautiful patterned steel by folding the steel during the forging process. Learn more about this art at these links: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel Modern Damascus steel knife making video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nojb-gFH4 Cheaper imitations are also available and use …

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Mar 27

Micro-CT scanning of electronics

A South African electronics manufacturer scanned a couple of objects as a proof of concept at our facility. Some of the resulting images are shown below, with some animations also. These show, amongst other things – the sphericity of balls in ball grid arrays (in a board with varios BGAs), the contact spaces between contact pads of an …

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Mar 18

Wits reef gold

This is an example of Wits Reef Gold – the CT slice images with different contrast settings show the location of gold particles shown in red within quartz conglomerate. Also see a 3D rotation movie of the sample made semi-transparent, click here:  Wits reef gold 

Mar 11

Limited edition 3D replica of the inside of a bird mummy: place your order now

We are now taking orders for a Limited Edition 3D replica of the inside of a bird mummy. The model is shown below in an image and animation. The actual replica is 3D printed in a polymer plastic material (white). It contains amazing detail down to 100 microns and comes with a booklet explaining the …

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Feb 22

STL file from a sculpture

For animation click here: cheetah

Feb 18

An example for the entomologists

This is a wasp found in Stellenbosch and sprayed with industrial insect spray. It seems there are dense particles all over the surface of the wasp, which could be due to the insect spray. Click here for the semi-transparent rotation movie: wasp rotation  

Feb 05

Newsletter Jan Feb 2013

Click here for PDF version of our email newsletter: CT News Issue 1_final