Phoenix Speed|scan CT 64

• Maximum sample size ~600 mm diameter x 900 mm length (23.6” x 35.4”)
• Maximum scan diameter ~500 mm (19.6”)
• Maximum detail detectability is ≥ 300 μm.
• Maximum sample weight is 50 kg / 110 lbs.
• Powerful x-ray source, with highly sensitive multi-line x-ray detector and single collimated photodiodes
• Patented quick-slide manipulator for rapid sample throughput rate
• Scan speeds of 15 seconds for a cylinder head; up to several hundred times faster 3D inspection over conventional industrial fan-beam
• Proven technology (several thousand installations) that meets stringent industry standards

With our industrial Phoenix Speed|scan CT64 system, proven medical gantry based CT technology is available for revolutionary high-speed at-line or inline process control in the industry. The sample is being transported through the tomograph and even cylinder heads can be scanned in as little as 15 seconds.

This is about 4x faster than the first Speed|scan generation and several hundred times faster than conventional industrial fan-beam CT systems.

While the next part is being loaded, the reconstructed CT data is automatically evaluated. By fast scanning of dozens of parts, quantitative production-quality data is now available, allowing immediate adjustment of the production process parameters, which have in the past been out of reach of conventional industrial fan-beam CT systems.

Since CT of large castings with conventional industrial fan beam CT typically takes hours, this approach is not suitable for inspections that take place parallel to the production cycle time.

With helix multi-line technology, the workpieces are continuously scanned and automatically inspected with our own 3D Speed|ADR evaluation algorithms.

To ensure the desired image quality with short measuring times and low scattering artifacts, the speed|scan CT 64 is equipped with a high-performance X-ray tube and a highly sensitive multiline detector acquiring up to 64 detector rows of scanning data during every gantry rotation.

Three-dimensional analysis and process monitoring using volumetric data offer several advantages compared with a conventional radioscopic 2D inspection. Depending on the sample size and X-ray penetration length, an immediate response to processing parameters may directly lead to increased productivity:

• Reducing the reject rate by analyzing the 3D position, form, and size of the defects taking into account the subsequent processes the products must undergo
• Depending on their size and absorption behavior, foreign materials like inclusions or sand core remains in castings or composite delaminations may be detected, located, and classified according to its density and position
• Checking the scanned workpiece geometry for anomalies by using the nominal CAD data ensuring that form and size deviations can be identified at an early stage of the production process.

Especially for quality assurance of functional and safety-relevant automotive and aviation composite parts or aluminum castings, speed|scan makes it possible to perform a 100% 3D inspection for the first time. The 3 key game changers in industrial quality assurance with the advanced Phoenix Speed|scan CT system are:

• Exact 3D defect location & classification
• Dimensional control: e.g. analysis of internal wall thickness
• Actual to CAD data comparison

By combining the leading Volume Graphics industrial batch CT software with the powerful Speed|ADR algorithms, you can achieve highly precise quantitative 3D information for industrial mass production process control and optimization.

• Production-oriented workflow approach optimized for throughput and part diversity
• Proprietary speed-optimized 3D volume analysis and defect detection
• Customizable user interface and visualization including 3D defect result table

- Designer for creating and modifying 3D inspection programs on- or offline
- Inspector for semi- or fully automated CT data analysis based on inspection programs
- VG Approver for visualization and review of automated inspection results

Automated DICOM image transfer to analysis station. CT visualization and evaluation:
- 3D detection and classification of pores and inclusions (Speed|ADR) combined with
Volume Graphics InLine CT software is exclusively available for VG customers using Waygate Technologies CT systems
- Dimensional control tasks like wall thickness determination and
- Actual/nominal CAD comparison (VG StudioMAX)

The Speed|scan CT64 employs a radiation safety cabinet for full protective installation without type approval according to German StrSchV/StrSchG and in compliance with French NFC 74 100 and US Performance Standard 21 CFR Subchapter J. For operation, other official licenses may be necessary.

The Speed|scan CT64 from Waygate technologies uses a high dynamic multi-line detector (64-layer parallel acquisition). The detector embodies the patented HiLight^TM material, a ceramic scintillator specially developed for CT applications providing detail detectability of ≥ 300 µm.

Scans are possible up to a sample dimension of Ø 600 mm x 900 mm (max. scan diameter ~500 mm) and up to 50 kilograms, depending on the application.