X-ray image: Shrinkage cavity in an aluminium casting (1)

Information:
The inspection of castings is a classic application example for non-destructive testing (NDT). There are many different methods for material testing. But the digital x-ray inspection is, due to its digital ability of automation and its economic efficiency, a future-oriented method of non-destructive testing. 

Possibilities of inspection:
shrinkage cavity / lack of material / porousness / cracks / form divergences / inclusions

X-ray image: Blowholes in an aluminium casting (2)

Information:
This digital x-ray image also clearly shows blowholes in an aluminium casting. The digital x-ray inspection offers the possibility to discover and to analyze several sources of trouble in only one single examination process.

Possibilities of inspection:
blowholes / porousness /  inclusions / cracks / form divergences