SKYSCAN 1272 CMOS Edition

The SKYSCAN 1272 CMOS offers automatic selection of parameters with Genius-Mode. Magnification, energy, filter, exposure time and background corrections can all be optimized automatically with a single click.

Furthermore, both the sample and large-format CMOS camera can be positioned as close as possible to the source, which substantially increases the measured intensity. That is why SKYSCAN 1272 CMOS scans up to 5 times faster compared to conventional systems with fixed camera position.
 

The Bruker material testing stages are designed to perform compression experiments up to 4400 N and tensile experiments up to 440 N. All stages automatically communicate through the system’s rotation stage, without the need of any cable connections. Using the supplied software, scheduled scanning experiments can be set up.

Bruker's heating and cooling stages can reach temperatures of up to +80ºC, or 30ºC below ambient temperature. Just like the other stages, no extra connections are needed, and there is an automatic recognition of the stage. Using the heating & cooling stages, samples can be examined under non-ambient conditions, to evaluate the effect of temperature on the sample’s microstructure.

By combining materials into a composite the resulting component can have increased strength while significantly decreasing weight. Further optimization comes from ensuring the orientation of the subcomponents are optimized. One of the classic components used are fibers ranging from steel rebar in concrete, glass fibers in electronic components, to carbon nanotubes in aviation materials. XRM allows inspection of fibers and composites without the need for cross sectioning, ensuring the condition of the sample is not affected by sample preparation.

• Orientation of embedded objects
• Quantification of layer thickness, fiber sizes and separation
• In-situ temperature and physical properties testing with accessory stages

Foams are widely used for industrial applications. Whether they are used as thermal or acoustic insulators, shock absorbers in protective parts, filters … depends on the material and the structural properties of the foam.
XRM enables to visualize a foam’s 3D internal structure in a non-destructive way.

• Determine the structural thickness of local struts
• Determine the structure separation to visualize the pore network
• Apply in-situ mechanical tests with compression and tensile stages
• Quantify the level of open and closed porosity
   

Bruker XRM solutions include all software needed to collect and analyze data. An intuitive graphical user interface with user guided parameter optimization support both expert and novice users. By using the latest GPU powered algorithms, reconstruction time is substantially reduced. CTVOX, CTAN and CTVOL combine to form a powerful suite of software for both qualitative and quantitative analysis of models.

Measurement Software:
SKYSCAN 1272 – Instrument control, measurement planning and collection

Reconstruction Software:
NRECON – Transforms the 2D projection images into 3D volumes

Analysis Software:
DATAVIEWER – Slice-by-slice inspection of 3D volumes and 2D/3D image registration
CTVOX – Realistic visualization by volume rendering
CTAN – 2D/3D image analysis & processing
CTVOL – Visualization of surface models to export for CAD or 3D printing