ABSTRACT
In engineering and manufacturing environments, X-ray computed tomography (CT) as an imaging technology is increasingly used as a tool for fast product development, manufacturing process optimization, and quality assurance in the entire product lifecycle—from material characterization, component testing, and maintenance to recycling of products (see Section III, Chapters 45 and 46). In the last 10 years, dimensional metrology with CT has established a fixed place in the manufacturing industry (De Chiffre et al. 2014). The advantages of CT compared to conventional measurement systems, for example, tactile or optical coordinate measuring systems (CMS), used in metrology laboratories, lie in the complete and three-dimensional capturing of workpieces, including inner and outer geometries with high information (sampling) density in steadily decreasing scanning times down to a few seconds. In lots of plastic and metal working industries, for example, medical technology and the automotive and aviation industries, CT has already replaced conventional measuring systems in first sample inspection and series-accompanying quality assurance.
