Detec­tion Tech­nol­o­gy Launch­es X‑Cargo: Pio­neer­ing detec­tor mod­ules for high-speed, high-ener­gy inspec­tion

Detec­tion Tech­nol­o­gy has launched X‑Cargo, an advanced mul­ti-row detec­tor fam­i­ly designed to set a new stan­dard in high-speed, high-ener­gy X‑ray imag­ing. Built with a nov­el detec­tor tech­nol­o­gy, X‑Cargo is ide­al for car­go scan­ning and oth­er demand­ing MeV-lev­el appli­ca­tions, com­bin­ing speed, res­o­lu­tion, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty in a mod­u­lar plat­form.

X‑Cargo is built to meet the needs of mod­ern car­go inspec­tion in secu­ri­ty-crit­i­cal envi­ron­ments like ports, bor­der cross­ings, and cus­toms check­points. It enables fast, non-intru­sive scan­ning with­out man­u­al inspec­tions, mak­ing it ide­al for truck and train car­go scan­ning, as well as indus­tri­al appli­ca­tions like met­al waste sort­ing and non-destruc­tive test­ing (NDT) of auto­mo­tive parts and bat­ter­ies.

 With sup­port for scan­ning speeds up to 70 km/h in sin­gle ener­gy Linac sys­tems and 36 km/h in dual ener­gy setups, X‑Cargo offers unmatched per­for­mance in its class. This is made pos­si­ble by its upgrad­ed archi­tec­ture fea­tur­ing up to eight rows of pho­to­di­odes, a leap from the pre­vi­ous stan­dard of one, sig­nif­i­cant­ly enhanc­ing res­o­lu­tion and post-pro­cess­ing poten­tial. This posi­tions X‑Cargo well above con­ven­tion­al solu­tions, which are lim­it­ed to sin­gle- or dou­ble-row pho­to­di­ode con­fig­u­ra­tions and a max­i­mum scan­ning speed of 8 km/h.

The new­ly designed high-speed, opti­cal 10Gbps con­trol board is anoth­er key inno­va­tion, capa­ble of man­ag­ing up to 80 detec­tors with a sin­gle board. This opens the door to build­ing larg­er sys­tem designs and mul­ti-view con­fig­u­ra­tions, cru­cial for high-through­put envi­ron­ments and more com­pre­hen­sive inspec­tions. This scal­able, plat­form-based approach sep­a­rates the sen­sor and data acqui­si­tion board, offer­ing soft­ware-con­fig­urable flex­i­bil­i­ty and faster servicing—only nec­es­sary com­po­nents need replac­ing, which reduces down­time and con­tributes to envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

Tra­di­tion­al­ly, haz­ardous mate­ri­als such as cad­mi­um have been used in high-ener­gy detec­tors under cer­tain exemp­tions. These are now being replaced with more sus­tain­able alter­na­tives. True to Detec­tion Technology’s val­ues, X‑Cargo sup­ports a respon­si­ble prod­uct life­cy­cle, reflect­ing the com­pa­ny’s com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing high-per­for­mance, safe, and future-proof tech­nolo­gies.

Detec­tion Tech­nol­o­gy has been active in the car­go inspec­tion mar­ket since 2005 and con­tin­ues to strength­en its posi­tion with the launch of X‑Cargo. The com­pa­ny recent­ly con­tributed to the EU’s Mul­ti­Scan 3D project, which focused on devel­op­ing a sta­t­ic CT car­go sys­tem using laser-dri­ven X‑ray sources. One key chal­lenge iden­ti­fied through the project was the need to increase scan­ning speeds in con­ven­tion­al X‑ray sys­tems.

X‑Cargo address­es this by intro­duc­ing a new matrix detec­tor con­cept and an advanced con­trol board, enabling larg­er sys­tem con­fig­u­ra­tions and sup­port­ing mul­ti-view setups. The release rein­forces Detec­tion Technology’s track record in X‑ray inno­va­tion and offers OEMs in both the secu­ri­ty and indus­tri­al sec­tors a com­pet­i­tive advan­tage through faster inspec­tions, more flex­i­ble sys­tem design, and high image qual­i­ty, all while align­ing with envi­ron­men­tal and reg­u­la­to­ry stan­dards.

Source: Detec­tion Tech­nol­o­gy