Non-Destructive 3D Imaging and Analysis
The Alberta Industrial CT Lab uses a Nikon XTH-225 ST large cabinet Computed Tomography (CT) system. It is suitable for a wide range of materials and sample sizes. The CT lab is equipped with two interchangeable sources, a standard 225 kV reflection target, able to capture resolutions between 3-121 um, and a 225 kV rotating target source achieving 10-121 um resolutions. The latter allows the beam to fall on a moving metal surface instead of a fixed surface, yielding more effective cooling, higher beam stability, and greater resolution at higher energies than the reflection target source. This is most suitable for geological materials, larger samples, or higher-density materials.
The Alberta Industrial CT can operate with either a circular or helical stage and can hold samples up to ~ 30 cm wide by 35 cm high in a single scan. Resolution of scans depends on the size of the object and the distribution of that object onto the 2000 x 2000 pixel 16-bit detector. Typical voxel size for a 10 cm wide object is about 60 microns given a small buffer around the object, while a 3 um scan requires objects to be less than 5 mm in diameter. To discover what possible resolution you could expect for your project, it is best to contact us.
We can scan items down to such sizes and achieve resolutions of 3um.