Steel inclusion detection using high resolution X-ray non-destructive testing

使用高分辨率 X 射线无损检测检测钢中夹杂物

• 批准号: 10032339
• 金额: $ 18.5万
• 依托单位: SILVERRAY LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10032339
• 关键词: Steel; inclusion; detection; using; resolution

SilverRay Ltd is a start-up company whose primary goal is to exploit a proprietary technology developed for the production of large area, high sensitivity X-ray detectors for real-world applications. This proprietary technology has demonstrated a 2-3 orders of magnitude higher X-ray detection sensitivity than conventional organic detectors, whilst operating at low voltages and offering excellent shaping to complex surfaces. Further, the technology has detected X-radiation over a broad energy range, from 60 kV to 6 MV, making it applicable for a variety of end applications such as medical radiography, non-destructive testing, and security border controls, amongst others.The current, dominant technology for non-destructive testing (NDT) by radiography is the use of advanced digital X-ray imaging technology based on inflexible flat panel detectors, with outputs displayed directly on to a computer screen. The detectors cannot be flexed, and need to be used in its rigid form with care due to its high expense and fragility. This is in comparison to the traditional and widely used flexible photographic film technology which allows access to complex parts/corners of an object but which does not offer real-time imaging or digital manipulation.At SilverRay Ltd, we have developed a detector active material consisting of a printable 'X-ray sensitive ink' containing two elements: an interpenetrating network of organic material and inorganic nanoparticles. The 'X-ray sensitive ink' can be used to coat X-ray sensitive pixelated films over a wide range of substrates, including the development of flexible detectors.Thus far, small area detectors (<1 cm2) have been successfully developed by SilverRay Ltd. The aim of the current project is to scale up the technology to large area (8x2.5 cm2) conformable, multi-pixel, digital devices suitable for X-ray imaging in NDT applications. Readout electronics will be developed allowing for remote NDT examination in a manufacturing setting. With the project collaborator, Tata Steel, detector performance will be tested in a real world application on safety critical products used in the construction industry.The X-ray imaging system produced as an outcome of this feasibility programme will allow SilverRay to demonstrate their proprietary large area digital film based technology at a scale suitable for many other applications including NDT. This novel breakthrough technology is backed by a US granted patent application, and will be initially adopted to manufacture detectors suitable for NDT applications such as for the safety critical products identified here.

Silverray Ltd是一家初创公司，其主要目标是利用专有技术，用于生产大面积，高灵敏度X射线检测器，用于现实世界中的应用。该专有技术显示，X射线检测灵敏度比传统有机检测器高2-3个数量级，而在低压下运行，并为复杂表面提供了出色的形状。此外，该技术已检测到从60 kV到6 mV的广泛能源范围内检测到的X辐射，使其适用于各种最终应用，例如医学X射线照相，非破坏性测试和安全边界控制，以及其他其他技术，以及当前的非损坏测试（NDT）的当前优势技术。计算机屏幕。探测器不能弯曲，并且由于其高昂的费用和脆弱性，需要以其刚性形式使用。这与传统且广泛使用的灵活的摄影胶片技术相比，该技术允许使用对象的复杂零件/角落，但不提供实时成像或数字操作。在Silverray Ltd中，我们开发了一种探测器的活动材料，该探测器由可打印的“ X射线敏感墨水”组成，其中包含两个元素：包含两个元素：Anpenetrating网络的有机材料的插入网络，具有有机材料。 “ X射线敏感墨水”可用于在各种底物上涂覆X射线敏感的像素化胶片，包括柔性检测器的发展。 NDT应用程序。将开发读取电子设备，允许在制造环境中进行远程NDT检查。借助项目合作者塔塔钢铁（Tata Steel），将在建筑行业使用的安全关键产品的应用程序中测试探测器性能。作为此可行性计划的结果，生产的X射线成像系统将允许Silverray以适合于包括NDT在内的许多其他应用程序的规模来证明其专有的大面积膜技术。这项新颖的突破性技术得到了美国授予的专利申请的支持，最初将采用适合NDT应用的检测器，例如此处确定的安全关键产品。