Thick metal can hide defects from conventional X-rays. MuRay, a Hamburg startup developing industrial imaging equipment, has secured €7.1 million in combined private investment and public funding to look deeper. Its approach uses muons, tiny particles that can pass through dense material, with detectors and software that turn their signals into images of a part's interior.
The company wants manufacturers to inspect components such as rocket engines while they are still on the production line, with scans taking minutes rather than hours. That remains a development goal. MuRay plans its first industrial imaging service and a real rocket-engine test in 2027; its full-scale system is due in 2029. The funding supports both a commercial service and the work still needed to prove the physics.
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