Titanium powder used in additive manufacturing is reused across multiple build cycles. Each reuse cycle is also an opportunity for contamination to enter the powder bed, and once contamination is embedded inside a printed part, it cannot be removed. It can only be found.
Sand casting CT inspection typically deals with four recurring internal defect categories, shown in the chart above: gas porosity, shrinkage porosity, sand inclusion, and cold shut.
Spot-check inspection has a structural weakness that has nothing to do with the accuracy of the equipment used: it only examines a sample, not every part.
A solid turbine blade scans in a predictable amount of time. An additively manufactured blade with an internal lattice structure, designed for weight reduction and optimized cooling channels, does not.
EV power modules convert battery DC to motor-driving AC through IGBT or SiC dies soldered to a ceramic substrate…
Few automotive components carry as much direct safety responsibility as the brake caliper.
A robotic actuator looks simple from the outside: a compact housing, a motor, and a shaft that rotates or extends.
By the time a gearbox starts making noise or vibrating noticeably, the underlying defect has usually been developing for some time.
nvesting in an industrial CT system capable of inspecting high-density components, whether powered by a Micro-focus or Mini-focus X-ray source, represents a significant capital outlay.
Aerospace components are becoming lighter, stronger, and increasingly complex.
