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The XSeeker™ 8000 benchtop computer tomograph from Shimadzu Corporation, a Japan-based specialist in analytical instrumentation and testing equipment, is now available in Europe.

Marking the company’s first foray into the European industrial CT systems sector, building on a rich history of experience in Japan, the XSeeker™ 8000 has been designed for simplicity. It is the smallest, lightest benchtop CT system in its X-ray output class and is equipped with a high output X-ray generator and a high-resolution flat panel detector.

Despite its compact size, the XSeeker™ 8000 is a powerful system with a high X-ray output of 160kV, making it ideal for the analysis of small sized components such as plastic mouldings, aluminium die casts and other metals directly next to the production line, including thick, hard to penetrate parts. 

A high image quality and functionality is also ensured with an input resolution equivalent to 5.6 million pixels. With clear image quality, and high throughput, the XSeeker™ 8000 supports applications in a wide range of situations, from detailed observations in product development and quality evaluation to inspections at machining sites.

The system provides high accuracy scanning across a wide 100mm diameter field of view size, as well as being optimised for inspections, offering a three step scanning process and operation at the push of a button – with scanning taking as little as 12 seconds and high-speed reconstruction calculations possible.