CT inspection for defence and security

BliXray builds and operates industrial CT systems for safety-critical structural parts. A CT scan shows the inside of a part in three dimensions – voids, cracks, delamination, wall thickness and the position of every component – without cutting a single sample.

Applications

Four inspection tasks, one method.

CT image: cross-section of a cylindrical filled component with housing and fill

Filled components and fuzes

BliXray CT systems inspect filled components and fuze assemblies without opening them. The scan shows the fill, the housing and every small part inside in one 3D volume.

CT image showing porosity in a graphite ring and in stacked graphite parts

Rocket-motor nozzles and C/C parts

BliXray CT systems inspect nozzles, throat inserts and carbon-carbon parts in 3D. Porosity in graphite, delamination in C/C and the bond between insert and shell are measured in one scan.

$CT image of a composite laminate with delamination and fracture marked$

Armour and composite structures

BliXray CT systems inspect layered armour panels and composite structures layer by layer. Delamination, disbonds and cracks in ceramic tiles become visible without damaging the panel.

CT slice of a turbine blade showing internal cooling channels and walls

Castings and turbine blades

BliXray CT systems inspect structural castings and turbine blades from the first article to the production lot. Porosity, shrinkage, residual core and wall thickness are measured in one scan.

From qualification to lot acceptance

The same scan data serves development, first-article inspection and the release of a production lot. Results are archived as 3D volumes, not as single images.

Penetration for dense parts

Microfocus sources up to 300 kV, high-power sources up to 600 kV and linear accelerators up to 9 MeV cover everything from a fuze component to a thick steel structure.