CT Scanning Services :

How does CT work?

To begin an X-ray
source sends radiation
through your part.

The 3D image of your part can then be filtered by

material density to view specific areas and internal
parts of your assembly. This scan can also be used
for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of a manufactured
part as well as comparison to CAD to verify
manufacturing.

An image of your
part is collected by
the detector screen.

Your part is mounted

on a work table
capable of infinite
rotation.

While your part is rotated through a full

360 degrees, thousands of 2D images are
collected. The data is then reconstructed
to combine all of the 2D images, creating a
3D image of your part.

In this example you can see the real

lightbulb and the reconstructed scan
of the lightbulb. The last image is the
lower density case of the lightbulb
removed, leaving only the internal
(higher density) components for
viewing.