BeamMaster Pro: Advanced NDT Hardware for Precision X-Ray Beam Control
BeamMaster Pro is an innovative and high-precision non-destructive testing (NDT) hardware solution engineered for industrial X-ray inspection systems. Purpose-built for X-ray beam collimation, filtering, and automated shutter control, this device enhances imaging performance and operational efficiency in demanding production environments.
Key benefits include:
- Superior image quality through reduced X-ray scattering and minimized beam-hardening artifacts, ensuring clearer and more accurate digital radiography (DR) results.
- Increased inspection throughput with a streamlined, user-friendly 1-Click operation, ideal for high-volume manufacturing workflows.
- Minimized human error via a fully automated workflow, supporting consistent and repeatable inspection processes.
- Extended digital detector array (DDA) lifespan, with intelligent protection during the X-ray tube warm-up phase, reducing wear and maintenance costs.
BeamMaster Pro is fully compatible with Waygate Technologies X-ray tubes, the Titan Neo generator, and integrates seamlessly with Rhythm Insight RT software, making it a future-ready solution for Industry 4.0 environments.
BeamMaster Pro: Industrial X-Ray Inspection System with Waygate Technologies
This solution is designed for high-performance industrial X-ray inspection systems in demanding production environments. It consists of two main components: a primary unit integrated with Waygate Technologies' advanced X-ray tubes, and an external E-box for installation outside the protective cabinet. The system is engineered for seamless compatibility with the Titan Neo high-voltage generator and stationary digital flat-panel detectors. It is fully controlled via the Rhythm Insight RT software platform, enabling precise image acquisition, real-time diagnostics, and automated defect recognition (ADR). This configuration ensures optimal image quality, system reliability, and workflow efficiency in non-destructive testing (NDT) applications across automotive, aerospace, and electronics manufacturing.
E-Box Integration and OPC-UA Connectivity for BeamMaster Pro
The BeamMaster Pro system features a modular architecture, with the base unit connected to an external E-Box that houses critical control electronics and power components. The E-Box is installed outside the radiation-shielded cabinet and interfaces with the Rhythm Insight RT software platform via a high-speed Ethernet connection. Communication between system components is based on the OPC-UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) protocol—an industry-standard, platform-independent communication framework widely adopted in industrial automation and NDT environments. This ensures robust data exchange, future-proof integration, and seamless interoperability with external X-ray equipment, factory automation systems, and Industry 4.0 infrastructures.
Features
Collimation
- Finetuning X-Ray beam to only expose (part of) the active area of the detector
- Reducing scattered radiation outside of the detector: increase image quality by reducing noise
Filtering
- X-Ray beam hardening (absorption of low energy radiation): image created with ideal energies, resulting in a crisp image
- 3 motor-operated filters and 1 fixed (frontside)
Shutter
- Protecting detector from unwanted radiation during warming-up X-Ray unit
- Increasing detector lifetime
Hardware is controlled through Insights RT user-interface.
Once operator selects the technique, and pushes ''Start'', the whole workflow will run automatically: warm-up X-Ray, loading correct DDA calibrator file, position correct filter(s), open shutter, position collimator & start image acquisition, ramp-down X-Ray, image send to Review.
All hardware components used are standard available components: future proof.
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