In yacht and boat building, the most commonly used materials are composites. By combining the positive properties of at least two components, composites often have outstanding features—some of them even specially adapted to their respective areas of application.

It is hardly surprising that they are also used for high-performance applications in the aerospace industry, power engineering (e.g., wind turbines), medical technology, sports equipment manufacturing, and in the automotive industry.

However, wherever there are bindings, these can “break”—be it through external influences or material fatigue. Regular tests are therefore indispensable. The iX-600 portable inspection system from UNX Technologies in Taiwan provides contactless inspection of multilayer composites, even for large surfaces. It uses image processing to detect weak points that are invisible to the human eye. In addition to a thermal imaging camera, a uEye board-level camera with autofocus from IDS Imaging Development Systems is used.

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