(Jesse Garant & Associates: Windsor, ON, Canada) -- Using computer tomography (CT) technology similar to what has been used in the medical industry for years, Ontario-based Jesse Garant & Associates has adopted and expanded this technology for automotive, mining applications, and medical products.

Using a state-of-the-art industrial CT scanner, items such as automotive parts, electronic devices, and core samples are scanned. Data is captured and then relayed accurately to clients for part-to-CAD comparison, part-to-part comparison, assembly and defect analysis, void analysis, and wall-thickness analysis. Scans can also be converted into CAD data and specific layout locations exported to verify predetermined geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) points to meet production part approval process (PPAP) requirements.

This scanning process allows customers to reduce their average analysis costs between 25 and 75 percent when compared to existing technology. Depending on the application, accuracy is guaranteed to a tolerance of ±0.0004 in. (10 µm). Internal complex features can be precisely measured without destructive testing and delicate and fragile parts can be scanned in a free state environment.

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