Real-time x-ray services
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 10/1/2005
Trace Laboratories, an independent test lab, now offers real-time x-ray services as part of its root cause failure analysis program. By using a Feinfocus Cougar-VXP Series real-time x-ray system, Trace is able to look inside any device while it is operating to observe possible defects in materials or any motion-related operational problems. What's more, since the device can be rotated while running, its operation is observed from virtually any angle. The real-time video resulting from the 3-D observation is burned onto a DVD for future review. The service is available for test items as large as 17x21 in. and examination down to 0.3 µm with magnifications up to 9000X.
Trace Laboratories, www.tracelabs.com.
