Lumafield has launched two new high-performance industrial X-ray CT scanning solutions to provide fast, accurate 3D inspection for manufacturers from R&D to factory floor.
Neptune Performance and Triton Performance are said to combine 'metrology-grade precision with unprecedented scanning speeds' to allow engineers to inspect complex assemblies, verify internal dimensions, and monitor high-volume production lines without compromising on accuracy or throughput. Lumafield believes its latest offering turns X-ray CT into a 'continuous thread of quality intelligence' from prototype to high-volume production.
“With Neptune Performance and Triton Performance, we’re transforming X-ray CT from an isolated diagnostic tool into a continuous stream of manufacturing intelligence,” said Andreas Bastian, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Lumafield. “By closing the loop between lab-grade metrology and high-speed factory-floor inspection, we're giving teams the common data foundation they need to catch process drift earlier, scale production with absolute confidence, and bring better products to market much faster.”
Building on the original Neptune, which was introduced in 2022 as a more accessible inspection tool, the upgraded Neptune Performance 3D X-ray CT platform claims to offer 12x faster scans and 4x the data quality. The platform can measure critical internal features at micron-level accuracy - particularly useful for complex parts made with additive manufacturing - and supports even jobs with challenging materials like transparent and flexible plastics or aluminium. Lumafield says quality and inspection teams can inspect critical-to-quality features against Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) callouts and nominal CAD with saveable, reusable measurement plans, and can reduce fixturing and programming efforts compared with traditional CMM and optical metrology workflows.
The second product, the Triton Performance, can be used for automated, non-destructive CT inspection of components on the factory floor. Complete volumetric CT reconstructions can be generated in as little as 10 seconds per part. The system can spot internal defects and build a traceable inspection record without specialised staff, create automated inspection recipes that target specific, known failure modes, and flag parts that deviate from expected norms and automatically group for review.
Lumafield says measurement templates built on the Neptune Performance in R&D stages can then be used as an automated inspection template for Triton Performance on the factory floor. Both platforms connect via Lumafield’s cloud-based Voyager software, which provides a single quality thread that records critical tolerances, GD&T studies, and potential failure modes, and allows all relevant inspection information to travel with a part across an organisation.
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