MatriX Technologies has extended its AXI product portfolio with an inline-CT solution for fully automatic serial inspection with computed tomography. The company says to ensure the optimum confi guration for the given inspection task, the new CT inspection system XCT-2000i can be equipped with different x-ray tubes and state-of-the-art detectors. The system can be adapted to the process control and QS system of the customer. The company claims a fast cycle time of less than a minute including part handling as well as fully automatic good/bad decision and sorting. As a default the new inline system is equipped with the proprietary, industry proven MIPS software platform for programming, classifi cation and verifi cation with interfaces to all MIPS modules. www.m-xt.com
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