nondestructive testing

Rigaku Showcases Instrumentation at M&M; 2017

X-ray microscopy is suited to a range of materials, from low-density substances such as biological samples to high-density materials such as ceramics and steels.

August 16, 2017

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Rigaku Corp. recently participated in the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2017 Meeting (M&M 2017), which was held August 6-10 at America’s Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Instrumentation Innovation

Examining Computer Chips with 3-D X-Ray Imaging

A non-destructive method has been used to visualize the paths of a chip's internal wiring and transistors.

June 1, 2017

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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have made detailed 3-D images of a commercially available computer chip. This reportedly marks the first time a non-destructive method has visualized—clearly, without distortions or deformations—the paths of a chip’s internal wiring (just 45 nm wide) and its 34-nm-high transistors.

MOISTTECH CORP.: Moisture Measurement and Control

The IR3000 has the ability to monitor product even with small gaps in product flow.

May 3, 2017

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MoistTech’s new IR3000 moisture sensor reportedly allows for instant, non-contact, continuous moisture measurement.

R&D; Buyers' Resource

Our annual R&D Directory is a buyers’ resource that provides supplier* details for equipment, instruments, and services targeted for research and development applications.

Susan Sutton

February 1, 2017

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Our annual R&D; Directory is a buyers’ resource that provides supplier* details for equipment, instruments, and services targeted for research and development applications. Use this guide as a handy way to find suppliers throughout the year

Inside CI

Operation Innovation

We have reworked the format of the R&D Directory to make it more useful and easy to use.

Susan Sutton

February 1, 2017

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Research and development (R&D;) is a key driver for growth in the ceramic, glass, refractories, brick and related industries. Any company that does not innovate is almost sure to stagnate and eventually lose ground to more forward-thinking competitors. This issue includes our annual R&D; Directory to help manufacturers find the best supplier partners for their specific research and development efforts.

Materials Innovation

Avoiding Catastrophic Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor Failure

A new nondestructive testing method may find elusive flaws in multilayer ceramic capacitors used for medical implants and spacecraft.

April 1, 2016

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Medical implants and spacecraft can suddenly go dead, often for the same reason: cracks in ceramic capacitors, which are devices that store electric charge in electronic circuits.

Monitoring the Elastic Properties of Green Ceramics during Firing

IET can be used to measure elastic properties of materials at room temperature, as well as cryogenic and high temperatures.

P.A. Bosomworth

February 1, 2016

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Measuring the elastic properties of a green ceramic as it is being fired can be difficult and often requires sophisticated non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques. One effective method is called the the impulse excitation technique (IET).

Multi-Layer and 3-D Acoustic Imaging of Ceramics

Two refined imaging techniques are able to produce detailed and precisely oriented acoustic images for advanced ceramics and other materials.

Tom Adams

February 1, 2016

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Acoustic micro-imaging tools perform the non-destructive imaging and analysis of internal features (including anomalies and defects) in advanced ceramics and other materials by pulsing ultrasound into the sample and receiving the return echoes.