Composites

Industrial X-ray and CT for Composite Materials and Parts

Composite materials are increasingly used in manufacturing for their strength and lightweight properties. Testing these components is crucial for safety and performance, identifying hazards and ensuring compliance with quality standards.

Testing composite components is essential for ensuring safety and performance. It identifies hazards, structural defects, and ensures compliance with quality standards, particularly in safety-critical industries like aerospace and transportation. Testing also helps optimize performance, making components lighter, stronger, and more efficient.

Digital X-ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (CT) can identify defects such as delamination, air bubbles/voids, gas bubbles formed during curing, inclusions / foreign bodies, cracking and fiber wrinkling, and fiber misalignment. NSI’s advanced software can analyze fiber orientation and detect defects to provide you with quantifiable results and conformance determination.

NSI’s advanced X-ray detectors, computer processors, and software enable high-resolution data capture, producing detailed 3D images and quantitative analyses:

• Defect Analysis: Detects and measures porosity, voids, and fiber orientation.
• Resin/Fiber Analysis: Identifies material densities, resin/fiber content, and distribution.
• Wall Thickness: Measures thickness across complex parts, highlighting porosity-affected areas.
• Dimensional Check: Compares CT scans to CAD files for precise dimensional analysis.
• Process Simulations: Creates detailed files for molding software simulations.
• Damage and Failure Analysis: Identifies failure modes without destructive testing.