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    Quote Originally Posted by GTifosi View Post
    Or even post-production, but I'm still of a mind the resolution wouldn't be adiquate.
    There are quite a few industries where parts that can mean life/death are inspected by x-ray for integrity...parts that can cost many thousands of dollars.

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    So they can get ultra fine resolution then?
    *ticks off 'learned something today' box*

    Is it economically feasable on a large scale, or more or less limited to low volume inspection processes?
    Like, say, a handful of jet turbine blades a day vs several hundreds of something else more mass produced.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GTifosi View Post
    Is it economically feasable on a large scale, or more or less limited to low volume inspection processes?
    Like, say, a handful of jet turbine blades a day vs several hundreds of something else more mass produced.
    That, I do not know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GTifosi View Post
    Ideally one would just eliminate the HP part and then MPI or x-ray as then it would be inspecting but not super stressing.
    Agree and the point I tried to make. Remove the HP round completely and just X-Ray it.

    production standpoint I doubt the blanks are individually cut down them machined into bolts.
    Its just not efficient.
    More likely the rod stock goes into a multi-tooled multi-chuck machine fed from the back end by X number of 'cylinders' in a revolving feeder and as things cycle the rod feeds in and after one full rotation of the machine, a mostly finished bolt drops out.
    For example this machine can hold 6 rods, auto feed them and do 9 or 10 different machine turning operations in one full cycle and produce upwards of a couple thousand parts in a single 8 hour shift depending on what's actually being produced. Completely mechanical with no CNC or computer stuff. Just a guy to stand there and make sure the feed system stays full.
    Could be, I know some companies use CNC machines though and cut the rods down.



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