Introduction
- Earlier detection of material degradation
- Lifetime health monitoring
- Failure prediction
- Component life extension
- Used for metals and composites
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tunable to any depth and any material, without tear down |
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PCA produces a pulsed, tunable monochromatic X-Ray beam. The normal X-Ray you are used to is polychromatic. There is a huge difference.
PCA can be tuned for any material, and to almost any depth so can “see into” machines, such as an aircraft and look at just the nickel-alloy parts for example, even without removing the skin. |
all before a fracture occurs
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The polychromatic X-Ray averages out much of the signal on the K-edge, but PCA sees the real response and can deliver much greater intelligence on what is happening.
To the right is a picture of an advanced aviation composite material that has some fasteners in it. The left picture was taken using current X-Ray technology and the rightmost picture ws taken using PCA.
The PCA picture can see much greater depth, much greater clarity - with visible defects down to 4 nanometers!
Finally, we have a composite test that is better than a person tapping the surface with their hand.
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Basic Theory
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