Dürr NDT CR scanners first choice for Scandiflash flash X-ray systems
30/10/2023
Scandiflash is a global leader in low- and medium-voltage flash X-ray systems with hundreds of systems installed in more than 30 countries, which are used in a variety of research and development environments. Years of development and production experience and feedback from hundreds of customers worldwide have improved and expanded Scandiflash’s comprehensive product line.
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| Dürr NDT’s CR 35 scanner is the choice of Scandiflash for its flash X-ray systems | |||
Scandiflash systems can generate images that can see the nearly impossible. The flash X-ray systems are optimised to capture dynamic events of up to kilometre per second (km/s) speeds and they enable shadow imaging as well as processes inside materials and environments that are not accessible with optical methods. Users can see through smoke and fire all the way up to several centimetres of steel. Flash X-rays are used in a variety of applications ranging from granular mechanics, via car crash studies to hypervelocity impact studies, such as the study of how space debris crash into a satellite at 15 km/s. Using flash X-ray technology, the protective covering vaporise can be observed. Based on the knowledge acquired from such images, new satellite protection can be developed.
Pär Gustafsson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Scandiflash, explained why the CR 35 NDT from Dürr NDT is their first choice among computed radiography (CR) scanners: “At Scandiflash, we listened and learned from our customers. The result is a line of products with the robust precision a research team can depend on. The scanner therefore suits our demands and the demands of the flash X-ray community very well: it is robust, portable, can operate with flexible imaging plates and has straightforward and easy-to-use software.
As many people use flash X-ray systems in temporary set-ups, where systems are moved within one site or between different sites, portability is a key feature. Dynamic events can induce shock waves and the flexibility of the imaging plates that the Dürr NDT system can operate, which makes the set-up less sensitive for these harsh experimental conditions compared to equipment based on stiff imaging plate cassettes.”
Asked about the reason for the cooperation with Dürr NDT, Pär commented: “A core value for Scandiflash is reliability. Scandiflash has a long-standing relationship with Dürr NDT as a partner. For Scandiflash, it is important to deliver a system that includes high-quality components and the obvious choice for us is Dürr NDT, which offers products and services that meet our demands and can support our customers in pursuing their scientific and development goals. In the end, it is the results and success of our customers that counts for us.”
On what Scandiflash likes most about the Dürr NDT system, Pär continued: “The overall ease of use of the CR 35 NDT scanner is something Scandiflash values for all parts of our system as we aim to supply a user-friendly dynamic X-ray imaging system to our customers. Additionally, Scandiflash users favour some features that are well supported within the Dürr NDT CR scanning products, such as when dynamic events demand long imaging plates, for example to capture different stages of high-velocity moving objects, where the Dürr NDT design allows for scanning of >1 m-long imaging plates.”
Dürr NDT is proud to partner with Scandiflash and appreciates having an experienced distributor for CR scanners in the flash X-ray area.
