"The CT scanner is an essential tool to help us study why parts aren't performing at their optimum level," said Beltran. "It can be used for any number of things -- troubleshooting for supplier parts, ...

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You have a part that you need to recreate, but you don’t have a 3D model — meaning you can’t move straight to machining or printing a new part. So long as you have the part, however, and some ...

Fig. 1. Strain field of an in-situ test using a novel SMC material. The arising cracks are clearly visible and can be associated with the microstructure characterization, which can be carried out ...