Sheffield Tomography Centre (STC)
The newly created Sheffield Tomography Centre at the University of Sheffield provides support, advice, and the opportunity to use high resolution and cutting edge tomography equipment within the Faculty of Engineering. The Facility is funded by a Strategic Equipment Grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and is shared between the Dept. Materials Science and Engineering and the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
The Facility encompasses an industry leading Zeiss Xradia 620 Versa X-ray Microscope (XRM) complete with numerous in-situ Deben testing rigs. We support a wide range of sample types and sizes, and can provide spatial resolutions to 500nm.
We are open to internal and external academic/research projects, as well as commercial and industrial collaborations.
Have an idea for a project? We'd love to hear from you! Please get in touch with is at STCXCT@Sheffield.ac.uk, and one of the team will get back to you ASAP!
What is X-ray tomography?
X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) is a non-destructive 3D imaging technique which allows for the subsurface and internal investigation of objects. The technique obtains digital information of 3D geometries and properties based on density differences within the object, which is related to the way in which X-rays are either absorbed or scattered as they pass through. In recent years this technique has become a staple investigation tool in materials science as well as in other fields (e.g. biological, geological, industrial).
Latest News:
July 22: New publication from the lab: T E Paterson, N Hagis, D Boufidis, Q Wang, S R Moore, A C da Silva, R L Mitchell, J J P Alix and I R Minev., 2022. Monitoring of hand function enabled by low complexity sensors printed on textile. Flexible and printed electronics, v. 7, No. 3, 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac7dd1
March 22: Our second call for proposals this year (Q2 2022) is now open until 15th April!
March 2022: We have recently updated our in-situ rigs applications page.
January 2022: Exciting news! Our first publication containing data generated from the lab is now out: Monoranu, M., Mitchell, R. L., Kerrigan, K., Fairclough, P. A., Ghadbeigi, H., 2022. The effect of particle reinforcements on chip formation and machining induced damage of modified epoxy carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs), Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, 154, 106793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106793
August 2021: We have recently updated our applications and case studies page, so you can see examples of some of the things we've been scanning over the past few months.
August 2021: We have taken delivery of our bespoke electrochemical rig from Deben! This is the 3rd rig in our collection for in-situ 4D testing, which will be added to the CT500N and CT5000N TEC that were installed earlier this year.
Lab opening: February 1st 2021. From August - December 2020 we are testing and trialing various samples to optimise the Versa settings. We will open our first call for competitive proposals on December 14th 2020 until Friday 15th January 2021.
