Inner Observation of Aluminum Die Casting Parts

Introduction

X-ray fluoroscopy systems have been widely used to detect blowholes, porosities, cracks, and other internal defects in aluminum die cast products. In recent years however, with increased miniaturization and density of machine components, detailed information on such defects including positioning, shape, and size is increasingly demanded, and detailed 3 dimensional observations have become essential. As a means of responding to such demands, this paper introduces examples of the observation of internal defects in aluminum die cast parts using an X-ray CT system. The inspeXio SMX-225CT microfocus X-ray CT system was used to obtain the images.

June 17, 2009 GMT