Carbon Fiber for Medical Imaging and X-Ray
Due to its transparency to x-rays, carbon fiber is a common material used in medical imaging, scientific equipment, and military x-ray and gamma ray applications. Carbon fiber x-ray panels substantially reduce system weight, which is important for portable systems.
Kumair has experience designing carbon fiber parts for x-ray equipment used in medical imaging, as well as military applications. Typically, uni-directional carbon fiber is used to limit any image distortion or visualizing of the weave; however, in some cases a small amount of woven carbon fiber is utilized for improved aesthetics and machinability.
Various core materials are often used for carbon fiber x-ray imaging components. Certain foam cores work well for x-ray applications, since they create very little attenuation, yet greatly increase the structural stiffness of the carbon fiber part. Kumair can work with your engineering team to develop an optimized carbon fiber solution for your project. Kumair offers CAD, FEA and CFD analysis, and full carbon fiber fabrication and CNC machining services. Contact us to see how we can help.