Metal 3D Printers - Trial Case StudiesConverging (taper multihole) collimator

 

Trial case study	Converging (taper multihole) collimator
Fields of application (examples)	Diagnostic imaging apparatus (nuclear medicine), Radiological equipment
Devices of application (examples)	Anti-scatter grids Collimators for detectors for biomolecule imaging
Material of the sample in the photo	Pure tungsten
Size of the sample in the photo	50㎜×20㎜×H15㎜
Manufacturing process	Metal 3D printer
Features	Easy to customize for the shape of each sensor.
	Various hole shapes including circle, square, hexagon, and others, are supported.
	Thickness of a septum is 80μm. Minimum pitch between septa is 300μm.
	Supported angle is up to 45°. Various collimators including parallel, converging, diverging, fanbeam, bilateral, slant-hole, and others, are supported.
	Trial pieces are available from 1 piece, with pure tungsten which is good in radiation shielding.

Related cases

• Parallel multihole collimator
• Coded mask (Coded Aperture)
• Pinhole collimator

Metal 3D Printers - Our Services

• We offer one-stop services including the secondary processing such as surface finishing.
• High precision finishing with our precision machining technologies.
• The parts and the products are ready-to-use at arrival.
• We conduct verifications beforehand to reduce the risks of failure, using Simufact Additive, a software solution of MSC for the simulation of the processes.
• Trial pieces are available from 1 piece. Mass production is supported as well.