Shaw Inspection Systems supply systems, with a wide range of x-ray sources, including micro-focus sources. The principle advantage of micro-focus sources is that they allow the use of geometric magnification. By moving the object closer to the source, the image of the object projected onto the detector becomes increasingly magnified. With conventional industrial tubes this is only possible for modest magnifications, beyond which the image will become increasingly blurred as the x-rays are being emitted from a relatively large area. Micro-focus sources avoid this blurring, by emitting x-rays from a very much smaller area. Consequently the image of the object can be magnified considerably without blurring.

These images have been included to indicate the possible magnification, and resolution that is easily achievable when using such sources.