X-Ray Inspection
X-ray inspection encompasses all automated methods used to inspect a test item’s internal features. There are a multitude of inspection and non-destructive testing applications and their requirements differ widely. Some examples include:
- Finding foreign bodies or flaws in food
- Finding defects in electronic circuitry
- Identifying the location of bones in meat and fish products to facilitate automatic processing
- Sorting mineral ore according to valuable content, e.g. diamonds
- Finding foreign bodies in pharmaceutical products
- Locating defects in automotive or aerospace parts
A common thread runs through all these applications: items must be X-rayed and real-time decisions must be made based on the results. Inspection machines typically operate around the clock. Downtime is unacceptable. As a result, X-ray detectors must fulfill the following requirements:
- Cost-effectiveness: not just the detector’s price, but the overall cost of operation during its life cycle should be considered.
- High-quality images to reliably detect flaws, while not rejecting good products
- Detectors need speeds that match high-throughput production lines
- Detector response should be stable to enable long-term operation
Hybrid photon counting (HPC) detectors, with their new spectral photon counting technology, address all these challenges. These detectors incorporate the following:
- Multiple energy thresholds for material discrimination methods to increase contrast between weakly absorbing materials
- Noise-free readout for high-quality images at low X-ray dose
- Extremely stable detector response
- Radiation-hardened design for long detector life time
EIGER2 R 1M
- Best performance for low energy inspection
- Stable detector response
- Single pixel point spread function for near ideal MTF
- Noise-free readout for best performance at low X-ray dose
PILATUS3 R CdTe 300K
- Noise free acquisition for long exposure times
- Single pixel point spread function for near ideal MTF
- High quantum efficiency up to 80 keV
PILATUS3 R CdTe 300K-W
- Noise free acquisition for long exposure times
- Single pixel point spread function for near ideal MTF
- High quantum efficiency up to 80 keV
