RTM Application
Fields

Engine Industry

Nearly all wearing components of combustion engines have been activated at our cyclotrons and have been measured by RTM: e. g. Automotive and utility vehicles power train, marine engines as well as aircraft turbines.

Oil Industry

Developments of lubricants and additives in order to improve anti-wear and anti-corrosion porperties. The figure above demonstrates the activation of a cam shaft - precondition for an online wear test of engine oils.

Vehicle Industry

Figure 4: Brake disk of a train in irradiation position facing the cyclotron beam line tube. Also complete railway wheel sets can be processed.

Process Instrumentation and Control

Reliable scheduling of servicing and commissioning tasks: Radioactive labeling in the section with the strongest bend allows for continuous measurement of the inside material removal during service. Figure 5 below: Setup for irradiation of a conduit bend for an ethylene plant.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

A RTM compressor test bench for online wear measurements has been developed. ZAG has the special know how for wear tests of refrigeration compressors with radionuclide technique. Figure 6 below - piston with a ball and socket joint of a special refrigeration compressor.

Biomechanics

ZAG Zyklotron AG offers the radioactive labeling of artificial bone joints (metal, ceramics, UHMWPE), and the appropriate wear measurement system for wear analysis in simulators.

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Lightbox Thin-Layer Applications

Radioactive labeling in the TDC of one cylinder bore (crankcase of a combustion engine)

Installation of the 2nd cyclotron – 2 redundant cyclotrons assure dual reliability of supply

Radioactive labeling device

Brake disc of a train in irradiation position

Chemical industry: pipe elbow in front of the beam tube

Piston of a refrigeration compressor with ball and socket joint

Biomechanics: artificial hip joint

Biomechanics: artificial knee joint

RTM Verschleiß an Kältemittelkompressoren deutsch (de)

RTM-Übersichtsarbeit Biomechanik (de)

RTM Biomechanik (de)

Öltest-Flyer englisch (en)