Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a High-Speed X-ray Tomography Scanner (IM3AGES Facility)

Description

Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a High-Speed X-ray Tomography Scanner (IM3AGES Facility) to the Civin Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Lot 1: IM3AGES focuses on delivering a combination of capabilities not yet available in the UK, addressing the gap in provision by providing: <1 minute laboratory XCT where imaging can be done with a stationary sample, a co-located high resolution (<0.5 micron) scanner with diffraction contrast imaging capability and the latest deep learning reconstruction algorithms to support analysis of complex and low-contrast materials, and a plug-and-play suite of environmental cells for quantifying processes in 4D. Due to the requirements of the grant, this particular equipment must be able to achieve 1 minute/3D scan, 2-3μm resolution with rotating imaging gantry allowing samples (and environmental cells) to be static during imaging. Coupled to a high flux at low X-ray energy (ideal for the multi-phase, low attenuation/low contrast materials (soils, composites, geo-materials, polmyers, cement/concrete, sustainable construction materials), the vertically orientated sample-static system enables pore- and continuum-scale quantification of multiphase flows in porous media.