Application Areas of Digital X-ray Radiography

Digital radiography is a modern and versatile NDT method for inspecting and analyzing materials and components without causing damage.

Digital radiography is a modern and versatile NDT method for inspecting and analyzing materials and components without causing damage.
Here are the ways in which digital radiography is successfully used in different sectors:
1. Oil and Gas:
- Pipeline and pipeline inspection: Detect welding defects, perform corrosion mapping and evaluate remaining wall thickness, including pipes with products inside.
- Pressure vessels: Check pressure vessels and tanks for welding defects.
- Oil well pipes: Inspect onshore and offshore oil well pipes immediately before lowering (in the case of laser welding).

2. Construction:
- Concrete structures: Check bridges, supports, buildings and other elements for internal defects such as voids, cracks and reinforcement placement.
- Weld inspection: Evaluate the quality of welds on steel structural components.
- Historic preservation: Evaluate the condition of historic buildings and monuments without causing damage.
3. Manufacturing:
- Product quality: Perform quality control inspections on a wide range of products, from small electronics to large machinery.
- Casting and forging: Inspect cast and forged parts for internal defects such as cracks, inclusions and pores.
- Additive Manufacturing: Check 3D printed parts for internal defects and ensure consistency with design specifications.

4. Power Generation:
- Power Plants: Monitor the integrity of reactor components, pressure vessels, and piping.
- Wind Turbines: Check blades and towers for internal defects, corrosion, and damage.
- Solar Panels: Assess solar panels for internal cracks, voids, and other manufacturing defects.
5. Automotive:
- Quality Control: Check weld joints, castings, and forgings for defects and structural integrity.
- Component Analysis: Check for internal defects in critical components such as engines, transmissions, and braking systems.
- Battery Inspection: Check for internal defects and manufacturing inconsistencies in electric vehicle batteries.
6. Electronics:
- PCB Inspection: Check printed circuit boards (PCBs) for solder joint integrity, component placement, and internal defects.
- Semiconductor Analysis: Quality control of semiconductor wafers and components.

7. Aerospace:
- Structural Integrity: Control aircraft components for microcracks, corrosion, and other possible risk factors.
- Engine Components: Inspect turbine blades, combustion chambers and casings for manufacturing defects, damage and wear.
- Composites: Detect delamination and foreign inclusions in composite structures.
8. Shipbuilding:
- Weld Inspection: Evaluate weld quality for hidden defects.
- Maintenance: Evaluate vessel plating condition, including underwater inspection of the bottom of the ship.
- Component Quality Control: Inspect critical components individually or assemble critical components.
9. Security:
- Public Safety: Check the interior of suspicious items left in public places and do not touch them.
- Police and Emergency Services Support: Instantaneous analysis of the internal structure of any material under difficult field conditions.

10. Food and Beverage:
- Packaging Inspection: Monitor seal integrity and contamination of food and beverage packaging.
- Quality Control: Ensure the quality and safety of food by detecting foreign objects and ensuring proper fill levels.
11. Art and Archeology:
- Museum Restoration: Helps identify worn or damaged parts of painting masterpieces and their hidden layers.
- Statue maintenance: mapping of internal structures for further renovation procedures, controlling the integrity of assembled parts and easily comparing results with the original.
- Archaeological work: evaluating partially hidden important finds to prevent damage during excavation work, analyzing their internal structures.

Whatever the task, digital radiography will help to obtain the best and timely results. New technologies significantly improve the process, the safety of the operator and the comfort of the end user. DR systems are pushing the boundaries of radiographic inspection every day, providing better solutions for more and more industries and even the most difficult application cases.