A microCT scanner is a precision dimensional measurement device, making it possible for example to measure the volume of wine inside a closed bottle of 1963 South African sweet wine (Port). The images illustrate the bottle (semi-transparent), the lead neck cover (green), the wine (dark red) and the air in the neck of the bottle (blue), as well as a plastic seal / label (yellow). Interestingly, the wine is found to have a total volume of 735 cm3, equivalent to 735 ml. The air volume between wine and cork was also measured as 16 cm3, therefore the quoted specification of 750 ml is not accurate, in this case.
The aim of this proof of concept is to show how nondestructive volume measurements can be applied for quality inspections, and the method is not limited to wine bottles, it can work with any container which can be penetrated easily by X-rays (it can be opaque or even light metals). This kind of measurement can be useful for packaging or bottling companies as a quality check, or for buyers of expensive goods sold by volume.
3D animation: WINE BOTTLE
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