Lumafield Unveils Saturn Large-Format Industrial X-ray CT Scanner to Inspect Complex Assemblies and Dense Materials

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lumafield, a leading manufacturing intelligence platform, today announced Saturn, its large-format industrial X-ray CT scanner. Designed to accelerate critical engineering and acceptance decisions, Saturn delivers complete 3D visibility and automated analysis to capture internal quality data from large, dense components and complex assemblies.

Unlock Total Quality Assurance and Eliminate Inspection Blind Spots

As product complexity accelerates in automotive, aerospace, electronics and heavy industry, ensuring part integrity across multi-tiered supply chains has never been more critical. According to Lumafield’s Cost of Quality Report, supplier-related quality issues remain a top concern across major manufacturing sectors, and more than 40% of North American manufacturers estimate that quality-related costs consume over 5% of their revenue.

Saturn makes it straightforward to inspect critical components with full internal visibility. Large parts can be scanned in their entirety, so teams can evaluate internal quality elements like porosity, wall thickness, bonds, and welds that are often hidden or only partially revealed by sample-based or sectioned inspections. Key technical highlights and capabilities include:

• Larger Scannable Volume: Saturn delivers the largest scannable volume of any Lumafield scanner, supporting helical scans of parts up to 580 mm in diameter and 1,100 mm high. It can accommodate full transmission cases, engine blocks, and structural assemblies without disassembly. It fits through a standard double door without requiring expensive facility modifications orspecial access.
  
• Easy to Use: Auto-scan feature means users don’t need a CT technician to operate Saturn and obtain high-quality data. Team members can get trained in a single day to use Saturn.
  
• Zero Maintenance Required: Saturn is powered by a closed-tube X-ray source that eliminates routine upkeep. The scanner is backed by annual servicing from Lumafield, so teams can operate without needing any maintenance knowledge or expertise.
  
• Advanced Imaging: Lumafield’s sophisticated reconstruction and processing workflows—including offset, helical, as well as combined offset and helical—comes standard with Saturn.
  
• High-Energy Metal Penetration: Equipped with a 225 kV high-energy X-ray source, Saturn penetrates dense materials, including up to 100 mm of light metals such as aluminum and magnesium and up to 25 mm of heavy metals like steel and iron.
  
• Automated Cloud-Based Analysis: Seamlessly integrates with Lumafield’s cloud-based Voyager software, and supports Autoscan, full-height radiographs, batch scanning, and automated defect detection. High-value metal components with demanding performance needs can also be validated with Voyager’s dimensional analysis tools.
  

"Our customers are under immense pressure to deliver flawless products where failure isn’t an option," said Andreas Bastian, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Lumafield. "With Saturn, we're extending the power of industrial CT to an entirely new scale of manufacturing. Engine blocks, large battery packs, and aerospace castings that used to be unknowable can now be non-destructively inspected in minutes. Saturn gives engineering teams the transparency they need to validate designs, verify supplier quality, and protect their brands."

Accelerate Time-to-Market

Saturn supports demanding applications across automotive, aerospace, electronics, data centers and heavy machinery. By enabling complete internal volumetric inspection, Saturn drastically reduces First Article Inspection (FAI) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) cycles to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in outsourced scanning and scrap cost reduction.

Saturn is available via a low upfront subscription cost. To learn more about Saturn or request a demonstration, visit https://www.lumafield.com/products/saturn.

About Lumafield

Lumafield is a manufacturing intelligence platform that gives engineers the power to see inside their work in unprecedented detail, at every stage of the product development process. Lumafield's industrial X-ray CT scanners and cloud-based analysis software have transformed both product development and high-volume manufacturing in industries as diverse as medical devices, automotive, aerospace and defence, electronics, and consumer packaging.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Cambridge, Mass. and Los Angeles, Lumafield has received funding from investors including Lux Capital, Kleiner Perkins, DCVC, Spark Capital, Matter Venture Partners, IVP, G2 Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Haystack Ventures, Tony Fadell's Build Collective, and Figma founder Dylan Field.

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