X-Ray Computed Tomography Facility
X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is a completely non-destructive imaging technique used to visualise the internal features and properties of objects in three-dimensional (3D) space. X-ray CT is a powerful tool for 3D characterisation of a wide range of materials such as rocks, minerals, meteorites, fossils, metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, archaeological artefacts, and biological materials, to name a few.
The John de Laeter Centre (JdLC) in Curtin University, Western Australia, has recently installed a state-of-the-art HeliSCAN Micro CT Mk2 which enables ultra-high-resolution CT scanning, resolving details down to the sub-micron scale. With this cutting-edge research facility, the X-Ray Computed Tomography Facility provides collaborative research and consulting services to a wide range of users across government, industry, and academia.
About the JdLC HeliSCAN Micro CT
The HeliSCAN Micro CT uses a helical scanning trajectory to produce a continuous, geometrically accurate 3D image of tall samples (i.e., length/height significantly greater than diameter), without stitching. It is the only micro-CT system specifically designed for high-quality, quantitative, geometrically precise imaging of tall samples without stitching.
Key Hardware Specifications:
- X-ray source
- Voltage: 20 kV to 160 kV
- Power: 16 W
- X-ray detector
- Type: flat panel
- Pixel matrix – total: 3072 x 3072 pixels
- Dynamic range:16 bit
- Spatial resolution
- 0.8 µm
- Sample size
- Up to 240 mm in diameter
- Load capacity
- 15 kg
- Sample stage
- Y-range:
- Source – Stage: 400 mm
- Source – Detector: 835 mm
- Z-range: 195 mm
- R-range: 360° continuous
- ROI stage:
- X-range: ±20 mm
- Y-range: ±20 mm
- Y-range: