Technical features

TomoLab is an X-ray micro-CT laboratory  based on a cone-beam geometry equipped with two custom developed instruments.
The first instrument is hosted in a cabinet and it is based on:

• sealed microfocus X-ray tube, which guarantees a minimum focal spot size of 5 micron, ivoltage range from 40 up to 130 kV and a maximum power of 39 W.
• air cooled sCMOS camera featuring: matrix 4k x4k,  pixel size 13.2 micron (sensitive area ~  54 x 54 mm²), Gadox screen,  up to 10 FPS, 16 bit output.

                        Lead cabinet installed at Elettra in ESP3, ground floor, room 014.                     Interior of the cabinet: the X-ray source, the sample stage
                                                                                                                                                                      and the detector are visible. 
 

The second instrument is hosted in a walk in hutch  and it is based on a:

• sealed microfocus X-ray tube, which guarantees a minimum focal spot size of 5 micron, ivoltage range from 40 up to 150 kV and a maximum power of 75 W
• air cooled sCMOS camera featuring:  matrix 2k x 2k,  pixel size 31.2 micron (sensitive area ~ 63.7 x 63.7 mm²), Gadox screen,  up to 9 FPS, 16 bit output
• flat panel sensor featuring: matrix 2192 x 1776,  pixel size 120 micron (sensitive area 263 x 213 mm²), CsI (direct deposition),  5-9 FPS, 15 bit signal

 The system is fully open and flexible, then other types of available detectors can be employed. The sample stage will allow a flexible acquisition geometry and the possibility to easily allocate large samples and in situ devices.