Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (ICT) 2012

Industrial X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a method whose relevance has increased more and more because of its great advantages. CT is a non-destructive method for measuring components 3- dimensionally in order to find hidden errors (e.g. shrink-hole, cracks, inclusions, pores, etc.) in the depth of the material and to determine physical variables like porosity and density. CT allows the inspection and measurement of hidden and inaccessible specimen characteristics, which is not possible with other techniques. Due to the increasing dispersion of industrial CT, the method development and application areas are being spurred on at a fast pace. Currently there are more than 30 CT-device manufactures all over the world. Most of them can be found in the scientific program or at the industrial fair of this conference. CT-devices with prices ranging from EUR 60,000 to more than a million EUR can be delivered for a broad variety of applications. An overview of CT-instrumentation companies can be found on www.3dct.at.