Over the past few years, industrial computed tomography has consistently been developed further in terms of speed, degree of automation and accuracy. Due to its ability to nondestructively capture, display and analyze the internal structures of objects in high resolution and three-dimensionally, it is gaining importance as a precise 3D measuring technology for production in addition to the classic application fields of research and development and failure analysis.
Significantly shorter scanning and evaluation times, automated positioning and calibration, significantly higher and reproducible measurement accuracy. Industrial computed tomography has made considerable progress in recent years. As a result, the technology, which has long been established in research and quality laboratories, has now also reached the production floors. The volume data generated is no longer used only for standard nondestructive testing - i.e. the search for defects such as cracks or pores - but increasingly also for the measurement and imaging of complex components and tools. This is because CT-scanner systems can be used to quickly and easily capture internal geometries, cavities and undercuts, where optical or tactile coordinate measuring machines often require destruction or expensive individual fixtures and a lot of time to produce a result.