(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- NVision Inc.’s Engineering Service Division is now offering industrial computed tomography (CT) scanning for reverse engineering and full inspection of components.

Industrial CT scanning is a process that uses X-ray equipment to produce 3-D representations of both internal and external components.

“CT scanning is typically utilized when a customer’s requirements exceed the capabilities of laser scanning,” says Steve Kersen, NVision’s vice president of sales and marketing. “For example, it’s extremely useful for accurately modeling or inspecting the internal geometry of transparent materials, which would be obscured for laser scanners, or for detecting hidden flaws in plastic moldings and castings.”

The best results from CT scanning can be achieved on nonmetallic components fitting within an envelope of 150 mm diameter. Metallic and larger items can be CT scanned, but the resolution and accuracy decreases.

The output received from the CT scanner is a stereolithography (STL) format file, which is opened in specialized software for inspection against a CAD file, or used to create a CAD file in the customer's required native format.

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