Technique well known in medicine, used on manufactured objects. As it passes through a part, beam of X-rays or other radiation attenuated and scattered. Computer records variations in beam as part rotated and constructs cross section for display on video monitor. Computeraided tomography (CAT) measures wall thickness and detecting flaws in hollow turbine blades or other curved parts.
Inspecting Hollow Parts With a CAT Scanner
NASA Tech Briefs ; 9 , 1
1985-06-01
Sonstige
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Making and inspecting bronze aircraft-engine parts
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
|OCT scanner requires no moving parts
British Library Online Contents | 1999