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The company behind these scans is https://www.lumafield.com/ https://www.lumafield.com/ - a really cool way to do marketing for your product. Love it!

saxonww 4y ago
I was thinking this is "will it blend?" applied to some company's product. Looks like they sell industrial CT equipment and software.
richk449 4y ago
Anyone know what energy the x-ray source is in their system? Seems really well designed, but if it doesn't have energy energy to penetrate the devices we need to scan, none of that will matter.
- habi 4y ago
  They don't mention anything on their website, but I guess - from looking at their machine - that they use an x-ray source which goes to the range of 150kV, since they also show larger items with more metal volume being scanned. *source: I work with two of the machines here: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/microscopes/3d-x-ray-microscopes.html https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/microscopes... (and one more from Bruker which is so old that they don't show it on their website anymore).
  - richk449 4y ago
    I need a 225 kV (or higher) system with good 3D tomography. Any idea what the most cost effective option is?
    - habi 4y ago
      What is 'good' tomography? High resolution, fast scanning or only imaging a certain kind of samples? I presume you're not scanning biological material with such a high acceleration voltage, so I'd look into NDT systems from https://www.nikonmetrology.com/en-us/x-ray-ct https://www.nikonmetrology.com/en-us/x-ray-ct or https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/x-ray-microscopy.html https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/x-ray-microscop...
      - richk449 4y ago
        Good tomography meant that we get useful solid models in a form that is easy to interact with and pull numeric dimensional data from. Is the software separate from the hardware, or coupled? Good resolution is also important. Say I want to analyze something the size of a can of soup and get to tens of microns resolution. Zeiss and Nikon are not cheap options. Is anyone out there bringing the cost down?
        habi 4y ago
        > Is the software separate from the hardware, or coupled? Usually bundled for the user, but can be completely separated. > Good resolution is also important. Say I want to analyze something the size of a can of soup and get to tens of microns resolution. The Bruker machine I use can do ~15 cm diameter samples at ~40 um voxel size, so that’s something that should be possible with any machines. > Bringing cost down MicroCT machines are not cheap, but - as I’ve seen from our buying process - all in the same ballpark. You might not need your own machine, but use a ‘supplier’ for CT Scans in a case-to-case basis.
    - habi 4y ago
      What do you want to scan?
vinkelhake 4y ago
Adam Savage went to that company and had some doohickey scanned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n564Cw0lHLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n564Cw0lHLk

saxonww 4y ago

I was thinking this is "will it blend?" applied to some company's product. Looks like they sell industrial CT equipment and software.

richk449 4y ago

Anyone know what energy the x-ray source is in their system? Seems really well designed, but if it doesn't have energy energy to penetrate the devices we need to scan, none of that will matter.

habi 4y ago
They don't mention anything on their website, but I guess - from looking at their machine - that they use an x-ray source which goes to the range of 150kV, since they also show larger items with more metal volume being scanned. *source: I work with two of the machines here: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/microscopes/3d-x-ray-microscopes.html https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/microscopes... (and one more from Bruker which is so old that they don't show it on their website anymore).
- richk449 4y ago
  I need a 225 kV (or higher) system with good 3D tomography. Any idea what the most cost effective option is?
  - habi 4y ago
    What is 'good' tomography? High resolution, fast scanning or only imaging a certain kind of samples? I presume you're not scanning biological material with such a high acceleration voltage, so I'd look into NDT systems from https://www.nikonmetrology.com/en-us/x-ray-ct https://www.nikonmetrology.com/en-us/x-ray-ct or https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/x-ray-microscopy.html https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/x-ray-microscop...
    - richk449 4y ago
      Good tomography meant that we get useful solid models in a form that is easy to interact with and pull numeric dimensional data from. Is the software separate from the hardware, or coupled? Good resolution is also important. Say I want to analyze something the size of a can of soup and get to tens of microns resolution. Zeiss and Nikon are not cheap options. Is anyone out there bringing the cost down?
      - habi 4y ago
        > Is the software separate from the hardware, or coupled? Usually bundled for the user, but can be completely separated. > Good resolution is also important. Say I want to analyze something the size of a can of soup and get to tens of microns resolution. The Bruker machine I use can do ~15 cm diameter samples at ~40 um voxel size, so that’s something that should be possible with any machines. > Bringing cost down MicroCT machines are not cheap, but - as I’ve seen from our buying process - all in the same ballpark. You might not need your own machine, but use a ‘supplier’ for CT Scans in a case-to-case basis.
  - habi 4y ago
    What do you want to scan?

vinkelhake 4y ago

Adam Savage went to that company and had some doohickey scanned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n564Cw0lHLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n564Cw0lHLk