Realization of Industry 4.0 with high speed CT in high volume production

Industry 4.0 is taking process information to the next level with improved exchange of data, analytics and relevant feedback regarding the process, equipment health and dynamics. Quality Control needs to adapt to new requirements of 100% inspection and additive manufacturing (AM) to enable high-speed inspection of internal and external features, rapidly accommodate part design changes, tie results to unique part numbers, perform automated metrology and make a final decision on the condition of a measured part. All of this must happen at a rapid pace, permitting inspection of internal and external features simultaneously. Computed tomography (CT) offers needed flexibility and, with recent technological advancement, part throughput of a few seconds is possible, even while performing complex metrology and inspection tasks simultaneously. With defect analysis and feedback, virtually defect-free production is achievable. In this paper, authors will discuss implementation of complete solutions enabling greater process control, digital part tracking as well as flexibility and throughput of parallel metrology with industrial CT.