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Computerized Tomography for Industrial Applications and Image Processing in Radiology March 15 - 17, 1999, Berlin, Germany DGZfP Proceedings BB 67-CD Paper 10 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE FIELD. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ENGINE HEAD CASE STUDY Fiorello Losano, Gabriella Marinsek, Alberto Maria Merlo, Miriam Ricci* Centro Ricerche Fiat Strada Torino 50 Orbassano (Torino), Italia *graduate student sponsored by ATA (Associazione Tecnica dell’Automobile), Italia ABSTRACT Industrial computed tomography has the potential to become one of the most versatile and powerful nondestructive evaluation techniques. The high number of advantages and benefits which characterize it may promote its use not only for inspecting the interior of components, but also as an excellent means for research of new materials and processes and development of new products. This work is aimed at identifying inspection applications in the automotive industry for which CT can provide an effective evaluation means to improve the product quality and to reduce its time to market. As major case study the CT analysis of aluminum engine heads is discussed. Due to the large shape complexity of the part and the following resulting process difficulties, CT technique is a unique tool to locate defects, check internal geometry and thus provide a better understanding of actions to be undertaken to obtain the required quality of the part. In this way the time consuming trials and error process, currently in use, is avoided. The economic potential and added value of CT over other traditional inspection techniques is finally addressed. INTRODUCTION Computed tomography, whose mathematical principle was developed early in this century by Radon, had its first commercial applicati