Cognitive Sensor Technologies / Development Center X-ray Technology / 4.12.2018
Phenotyping involves recording plants’ typing reactions to environmental influences. But what does nondestructive testing have to do with it? How do the cognitive sensor systems we are developing improve phenotyping processes? Dr. Stefan Garth, of the Development Center X-ray Technology EZRT at Fraunhofer IIS, has the answers.
Cognitive Sensor Technologies / Development Center X-ray Technology / 15.11.2018
Although computed tomography has greatly improved processes in industrial product development and production, conventional methods of managing various CT data remain highly inconvenient. But that’s changing now, because the researchers working alongside Thomas Miller tackled precisely this problem and developed the web-based CloudCT software solution. In the interview, Thomas Miller explains how the software makes operating the CT system and handling the data for companies easier.
Development Center X-ray Technology / Cognitive Sensor Technologies / 11.7.2018
Robot-based CT systems are able to inspect large components quickly and accurately.
Of the systems capable of monitoring large components such as whole car bodies, none have so far been suitable for an application for series production. Now, with RoboCT, we can inspect these components quickly and accurately. At the same time, this robot-based computed tomography (CT) system also represents the first step towards cognitive sensor systems in this field. In addition to applications in the automotive and aerospace industries, the system is to be used, for example, to inspect the condition and completeness of returned goods ordered online – without having to open them.
Cognitvie Sensor Technologies / Development Center X-ray Technology / 23.6.2017
Dr. Theobald Fuchs and his colleagues at the Development Center for X-ray Technology EZRT are working with the Germanisches Nationalmuseum to develop standards for the computed tomography of musical instruments. Fuchs explains why this work is much more important than one might initially think.
This kind of computed tomography imagery of old musical instruments is of interest to historians and conservators – and not least to musicians themselves.
Cognitvie Sensor Technologies / Development Center X-ray Technology / 23.6.2017
Place the object inside, push the button and collect the CT scan. Taking an X-ray is that simple with ValuCT. Good collaboration among three partners played a crucial role in developing this technology.
Automated X-rays with ValuCT.
Development Center X-ray Technology / 8.3.2017
Researchers at the Development Center X-ray Technology use a 3D CT system to analyze series of plants.
The consequences of climate change are extremely complex and they affect developing countries more than most. For instance, rising temperatures can make regions uninhabitable and cut people off from vital access to drinking water. Even richer countries cannot escape the impacts of climate change and are being forced to change their way of thinking – particularly when it comes to agriculture. Modern plant cultivars cannot adapt quickly enough to the effects of climate change, so farmers need to grow plants that have adapted especially well to the prevailing conditions. This is why we are focusing on non destructive monitoring and plant analysis at the Development Center X-ray Technology EZRT.
Cognitive Sensor Technologies / Development Center X-ray Technology / 8.3.2016
EZRT X-ray technologies test the insides of components in record time, ensuring their safety and quality.
Xray technologies are excellently suited to the task of revealing even tiny defects or processes inside materials. To provide industry with suitable tools, the Development Center for Xray Technology (EZRT), a division of Fraunhofer IIS, defines and expands the state of the art in the field of non destructive testing all along the product life cycle. Over the past year, re- searchers at the center have published many innovative new concepts. The researchers are especially proud of two new technologies: “HeiDetect Inline CT Compact R” and “MULIX”.
Development Center X-ray Technology / 17.8.2014
It’s an attribute normally associated with comic-book heroes, but believe it or not real people can do it too, with the right technology. At a single glance, we can see through the walls of shipping containers and other large objects such as aircraft components and entire cars. Our X-ray eyes penetrate to the farthest corners of these structures and reveal the finest details – without having to open them up or take them apart.
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
