Light Rotating X-ray Targets
Light Rotating X-ray Targets
ACERDE offers graphite or carbon-carbon composite targets coated by CVD with a Tungsten-Rhenium layer. The use of a lightweight target enables increased rotation speed, decreasing the bulk track temperature. Low mass targets could also permit off-axis rotation for greater X-ray generation efficiency.
Below, a comparative table between ACERDE light rotating targets vs. typical massive rotating targets currently on the market.
Light Rotating Target Manufacturing Process
Light rotating targets are made from a graphite or carbon-carbon composite substrate coated with a Tungsten-Rhenium layer. The manufacturing process is as follows:
Dimensional control and cleaning steps are carried out between some of these steps.
The scheme below shows an anode at different stages of the process:
1. Bare graphite or composite substrate (before deposition);
2. Substrate coated with a Tungsten-Rhenium layer, as-deposited;
3. Substrate coated with a Tungsten-Rhenium layer after grinding.
