Die-cast, injection molded, or forged. Plastic, metal, ceramic, and composites. Critical defects reside in the places a surface inspection cannot reach. CT scanning lets you see inside your parts without cutting them open.

Metal and polymer, prototype through production. Additive manufacturing enables complex internal geometries, such as conformal channels, lattices, internal ribs, but can induce internal flaws. Lack of fusion, trapped powder, pores and delamination show up where no probe can reach. A CT scan compares what came off the plate to what you sent to the printer.