Custom Industrial X-Ray Cabinets & NDT Enclosures
Heavy-Duty Radiation Shielding Built Around Your Inspection Process
Industrial X-ray inspection equipment demands more than an off-the-shelf shielding enclosure.
Lead Glass Pro designs and manufactures custom industrial X-ray cabinets, NDT enclosures and radiation-shielded inspection systems for applications ranging from individual component inspection to high-throughput production lines.
Whether you already have completed engineering drawings or need an enclosure designed around your equipment and inspection process, we can provide a complete solution—from the structural cabinet and radiation shielding to doors, conveyors, equipment openings, controls integration and final installation.
Available with lead shielding from 1/16" through 2" thick.
Every enclosure is built around the actual requirements of the application rather than forcing your equipment into a predetermined cabinet size.
Have Drawings? Send Us Your Specifications
Need a Design? Let Us Engineer Your Enclosure
Built for Industrial X-Ray and NDT Applications
Industrial radiography is used to inspect the internal structure of components without cutting, disassembling or destroying them. Applications range from identifying defects in castings and welds to inspecting aerospace components, manufactured assemblies and critical structural parts.
Cabinet X-ray systems allow this inspection to take place within a radiation-shielded enclosure. FDA describes cabinet X-ray systems as systems that allow the interior of objects to be examined for manufacturing defects, contaminants and other internal characteristics without damaging the item being inspected.
Unlike diagnostic medical X-ray rooms, industrial systems can involve significantly higher X-ray energies, larger components, longer exposure cycles and specialized material-handling equipment.
That makes the enclosure part of the inspection system—not simply a box surrounding it.
Lead Glass Pro builds each cabinet around your:
- X-ray source and maximum operating energy
- Required shielding thickness
- Part dimensions and weight
- Source-to-object and source-to-detector geometry
- Inspection method
- Production throughput
- Material-handling requirements
- Door and access requirements
- Equipment mounting
- Electrical and control requirements
- Facility layout
Two Ways to Build Your Industrial X-Ray Cabinet
Every project does not start at the same point.
Some customers arrive with a complete set of approved fabrication drawings. Others have an X-ray generator, detector, part dimensions and production requirements but need the shielding enclosure developed around them.
Lead Glass Pro supports both.
Build to Your Drawings
Already have an engineered design?
Send us your:
- CAD drawings
- Fabrication drawings
- Shielding specifications
- Lead thickness
- X-ray equipment specifications
- Door requirements
- Conveyor specifications
- Structural requirements
- Electrical and controls information
We can review the package and manufacture the enclosure to your approved specifications.
This is ideal for OEMs, engineering firms, NDT integrators and manufacturers that have already completed the system design.
Custom Design & Fabrication
Don't have enclosure drawings?
Provide us with the requirements of the inspection system and we can develop the cabinet around the application.
Depending on project scope, design inputs can include:
- X-ray generator manufacturer and model
- Maximum kVp
- Maximum tube current
- Beam orientation
- Part dimensions
- Maximum part weight
- Inspection geometry
- Detector or film arrangement
- Required throughput
- Material handling method
- Available floor space
- Required access
- Shielding requirements
- Facility utilities
The result is a purpose-built enclosure designed around how your inspection process actually operates.
Lead Shielding From 1/16" to 2" Thick
Industrial X-ray applications can require dramatically different levels of radiation shielding.
Lead Glass Pro manufactures custom industrial enclosures with lead shielding ranging from:
1/16" • 1/8" • 1/4" • 3/8" • 1/2" • 3/4" • 1" • 1-1/2" • up to 2" thick lead
Intermediate and application-specific configurations can also be manufactured.
The appropriate shielding is determined by the project's radiation shielding calculations and system requirements.
Factors affecting required shielding can include X-ray energy, tube current, workload, beam orientation, distance, enclosure geometry and occupancy surrounding the equipment.
For this reason, Lead Glass Pro does not assume a standard lead thickness for industrial X-ray applications.
We build to the shielding requirement—not the other way around.
A-Fab similarly notes that industrial cabinet shielding is determined by equipment energy, while NELCO describes optimizing enclosure shielding around the particular X-ray application.
Lead-and-Steel Cabinet Construction
Industrial shielding has to do more than attenuate radiation.
It also has to survive an industrial environment.
Our cabinet systems can utilize sheet or plate lead mechanically contained within fabricated steel assemblies, creating a durable radiation barrier without leaving exposed lead surfaces.
Typical construction can incorporate:
- Structural steel frame
- Heavy-gauge steel exterior panels
- Internal lead shielding
- Steel interior surfaces
- Shielded structural seams
- Reinforced equipment openings
- Heavy-duty base structure
- Powder-coated or industrial painted finish
- Forklift or rigging provisions where appropriate
- Serviceable access panels
The structural design can be scaled to accommodate the substantial weight associated with heavy shielding.
For reference, A-Fab describes its industrial X-ray cabinets as lead sandwiched between steel panels over a structural frame.
With Lead Glass Pro systems available up to 2" of lead, structural support becomes an integral part of the enclosure design rather than an afterthought.
Conveyorized X-Ray Inspection Cabinets
For production inspection, the cabinet can become part of the manufacturing line.
Lead Glass Pro can design enclosures around:
- Roller conveyors
- Powered belt conveyors
- Chain conveyors
- Pallet conveyors
- Custom material-handling systems
- Automated loading systems
- Robotic loading and unloading
- Pass-through production lines
Conveyor height, opening size and cabinet dimensions can be designed around your existing production equipment.
NELCO similarly identifies conveyor systems, robotic automation, overhead cranes and other material-handling systems as important design considerations for industrial radiation shielding.
Shielded Conveyor Openings
A conveyor passing through an X-ray cabinet creates one of the most important shielding challenges in the system.
The opening must allow the product to enter and exit while controlling radiation through the penetration.
Depending on the application, the design may incorporate:
- Shielded tunnels
- Extended entrance and exit sections
- Internal shielding baffles
- Lead curtains
- Offset radiation paths
- Collimation
- Restricted aperture geometry
- Interlocked product-access systems
The appropriate solution depends on equipment energy, beam orientation, part dimensions and required throughput.
For cabinet X-ray systems subject to 21 CFR 1020.40, ports and apertures are specifically addressed by the federal performance standard, including protection against access to the primary beam.
Manual, Pneumatic and Powered Door Systems
Not every application requires a conveyor.
For batch inspection, oversized components or manual loading, Lead Glass Pro can manufacture cabinet systems with a variety of shielded access configurations.
Options can include:
Manual Hinged Doors
A straightforward solution for smaller components and lower-cycle applications.
Sliding Shielded Doors
Ideal where swing clearance is limited or where larger openings are required.
Pneumatic Doors
Designed for repetitive production environments where faster loading and unloading are important.
Motorized Doors
Powered door systems can be integrated into automated inspection processes.
Multiple-Door Systems
Cabinets can incorporate separate loading, unloading, service or maintenance doors.
Door shielding is designed to maintain continuity with the surrounding cabinet barrier.
A-Fab similarly offers manually operated, pneumatic and motor-operated doors, including multiple-door configurations for production systems.
Safety Interlocks
A properly designed industrial X-ray enclosure requires more than physical shielding.
Doors and access points can be integrated with safety interlocks so X-ray generation is prevented or terminated when required access conditions are not satisfied.
For systems classified as cabinet X-ray systems under 21 CFR 1020.40, FDA requires each door to incorporate at least two safety interlocks, with specific requirements governing their operation.
Depending on system scope, Lead Glass Pro enclosures can accommodate integration of:
- Dual door interlocks
- Position switches
- Safety-rated switches
- Emergency-stop circuits
- X-ray enable circuits
- Access-panel monitoring
- Conveyor safety controls
- External equipment interlocks
Final safety architecture is coordinated with the X-ray equipment and system-control design.
X-Ray Warning Lights and Status Indicators
The enclosure can incorporate highly visible machine-status indicators such as:
- X-RAY ON indicators
- Main power indicators
- Red/amber/green stack lights
- Audible warnings
- Door status indicators
- System-ready indicators
- Emergency-stop stations
Cabinet X-ray systems regulated under the federal performance standard have specific requirements for warning lights, warning labels and other safety features.
Integrated Control Stations
Instead of adding controls to the enclosure after fabrication, the cabinet can be designed around the system controls from the beginning.
Options can include mounting provisions for:
- HMI touchscreen
- PLC controls
- X-ray generator controls
- Emergency stop
- Conveyor controls
- Status indicators
- Key switches
- Industrial PC
- Image-review monitor
- Control cabinet
- Network hardware
This creates a cleaner installation and helps protect the shielding barrier from unnecessary field modifications.
X-Ray Generator and Detector Integration
The enclosure can be fabricated around your existing imaging hardware.
Mounting provisions can be incorporated for:
- X-ray tubes
- X-ray generators
- Flat-panel detectors
- Linear detector arrays
- Digital radiography systems
- Film radiography
- Manipulators
- Turntables
- Positioning fixtures
- Motorized axes
Service access can be incorporated where equipment requires routine maintenance or replacement.
Custom Part Positioning and Manipulation
Seeing inside a part is only useful if the part and imaging equipment can be positioned correctly.
Custom cabinets can incorporate or accommodate:
- Powered turntables
- Manual turntables
- Linear stages
- Lift tables
- Rotary fixtures
- Part manipulators
- Detector positioning systems
- Source positioning systems
- Robotic systems
Cabinet dimensions are then established around the required inspection envelope rather than simply around the physical size of the component.
Industrial CT Enclosures
Lead Glass Pro can also manufacture shielding enclosures for industrial computed tomography and CT inspection equipment.
Industrial CT systems may require additional consideration for:
- Rotating parts
- Multiple projection angles
- Detector travel
- Source movement
- High inspection workloads
- Precision positioning equipment
- Equipment vibration
- Service clearances
The shielding enclosure can be developed around the equipment manufacturer's geometry and shielding requirements.
NELCO likewise identifies industrial CT as an application for its custom X-ray cabinets and imaging enclosures.
Oversized Industrial X-Ray Cabinets
Not every cabinet belongs on a tabletop.
Lead Glass Pro can manufacture larger systems for parts that require:
- Forklift loading
- Crane loading
- Pallet loading
- Robotic handling
- Large fixtures
- Oversized inspection envelopes
When an application becomes large enough for personnel or machinery to enter the enclosure, a walk-in industrial X-ray room or NDT vault may be more appropriate than a cabinet.
Lead Glass Pro also supplies shielding systems for those applications.
Applications for Industrial X-Ray Cabinets
Custom X-ray inspection enclosures can be designed for:
Aerospace
Inspection of castings, turbine components, structural components, welds and other critical aerospace parts.
Automotive
Inspection of castings, welds, batteries, assemblies and manufactured components.
Foundries and Casting
Identification of internal porosity, inclusions, voids, cracks and other casting defects.
Weld Inspection
Non-destructive radiographic examination of welded assemblies and fabricated components.
Additive Manufacturing
Inspection of complex 3D-printed metal components for internal defects that cannot be detected visually.
Electronics
Inspection of assemblies, connectors, solder joints, components and internal construction.
Energy
Inspection of valves, piping components, weldments and other critical equipment.
Defense
Radiographic inspection of manufactured components and assemblies subject to project-specific requirements.
Research and Development
Custom shielding enclosures for laboratories, universities, materials research and prototype imaging equipment.
Designed for NDT Radiography
Industrial radiographic examination is widely used for non-destructive evaluation of metallic and nonmetallic materials.
ASTM E1742 establishes basic parameters for controlling radiographic examination and is intended to be supplemented by application-specific procedures and requirements.
Lead Glass Pro can manufacture the shielding enclosure around the NDT process specified by the customer's engineering, quality and radiation-safety teams.
Cabinet X-Ray System Compliance
When the completed equipment meets the definition of a cabinet X-ray system, federal requirements may apply to the finished system.
FDA's cabinet X-ray performance standard is contained in 21 CFR 1020.40.
Among other requirements, the standard limits radiation emitted from a cabinet X-ray system to 0.5 milliroentgen in one hour measured 5 cm from the external surface under the prescribed test conditions. It also establishes requirements for features including doors, interlocks, indicators, warning labels, ports, apertures and instructions.
Lead Glass Pro can manufacture shielding enclosures around customer and system-integrator specifications.
Responsibility for certification and regulatory compliance of the complete X-ray-generating system should be established as part of the project scope when the enclosure is integrated with X-ray-generating equipment.
That distinction is important for OEM and custom equipment projects.
Designed for Serviceability
Industrial equipment eventually needs maintenance.
A cabinet should not have to be dismantled simply to service an X-ray tube, detector, motor or cable.
Custom designs can incorporate:
- Shielded removable panels
- Interlocked access panels
- Equipment service doors
- Removable interior panels
- Cable access
- Replaceable lead curtains
- Generator access
- Control cabinet access
These features can be incorporated without unnecessarily compromising the shielding envelope.
Clean, Professional Industrial Construction
Heavy-duty does not have to mean unfinished.
Lead Glass Pro industrial X-ray cabinets can be manufactured with a professional finished appearance suitable for modern manufacturing, aerospace, laboratory and quality-control environments.
Available features can include:
- Powder-coated steel
- Custom colors
- Concealed wiring
- Integrated control cabinets
- Flush access panels
- Clean panel transitions
- Finished trim
- Integrated warning lights
- Machine identification and labeling
- Stainless steel components where appropriate
The result is an enclosure that looks like a purpose-built piece of industrial equipment rather than shielding added around one after the fact.
From Concept to Finished Enclosure
1. Define the Application
Send us your existing drawings or provide the requirements for the inspection process.
2. Establish Shielding Requirements
The specified shielding requirement is incorporated into the enclosure design. Lead shielding is available from 1/16" through 2" thick.
3. Develop the Cabinet
Dimensions, structure, doors, conveyors, equipment interfaces, service access and penetrations are coordinated into the enclosure.
4. Review Drawings
Project drawings can be submitted for customer review and approval before fabrication.
5. Fabrication
The structural frame, lead shielding, steel panels, doors and other enclosure components are manufactured as a coordinated system.
6. Integration
Depending on project scope, provisions for conveyors, controls, interlocks, equipment mounting and other components are incorporated.
7. Installation
Lead Glass Pro can provide professional installation for custom radiation shielding systems throughout the United States. Our existing installation capabilities include complete radiation-shielding coordination and nationwide service.
Why Lead Glass Pro?
An industrial X-ray cabinet brings together several disciplines:
Radiation shielding.
Structural fabrication.
Doors.
Equipment openings.
Material handling.
Electrical interfaces.
Safety systems.
Installation.
Lead Glass Pro already specializes in high-performance radiation shielding for industrial NDT applications, including sheet and plate lead, lead-lined doors and frames, radiation-shielded windows, custom shielding components and complete installations.
Instead of treating the enclosure as a collection of unrelated components, we approach it as a complete radiation shielding system.
Heavy Shielding Capability
Custom configurations available from 1/16" through 2" thick lead.
Custom Fabrication
Cabinets are built around your equipment, components and process.
Build to Print
Send us your completed drawings and specifications.
Design Assistance
Don't have enclosure drawings? We can develop a custom solution around your application.
Complete Systems
Doors, shielding, structural enclosure, penetrations, equipment interfaces and installation can be coordinated through one supplier.
Nationwide Installation
Professional radiation shielding installation is available throughout the United States.
Frequently Asked Questions About Industrial X-Ray Cabinets
What is an industrial X-ray cabinet?
An industrial X-ray cabinet is a radiation-shielded enclosure used to inspect parts, assemblies or materials with X-rays while limiting radiation outside the enclosure. Systems can range from small manually loaded cabinets to large conveyorized inspection systems.
What are industrial X-ray cabinets used for?
They are commonly used for non-destructive testing and quality inspection of castings, welds, aerospace components, automotive parts, electronics, additive-manufactured parts and other components where internal defects or features must be examined without destroying the part.
How thick is the lead in an industrial X-ray cabinet?
There is no universal lead thickness. Shielding depends on X-ray energy, workload, beam orientation, cabinet geometry and other application-specific factors.
Lead Glass Pro can manufacture custom industrial X-ray cabinets with lead shielding from 1/16" through 2" thick.
Can you build an X-ray cabinet from our drawings?
Yes. Lead Glass Pro can fabricate custom industrial X-ray shielding enclosures from customer-supplied drawings and specifications.
Send us your drawings, required lead thickness, equipment specifications and project requirements for review.
Can Lead Glass Pro design the cabinet for us?
Yes. If you do not already have enclosure drawings, we can work from your equipment specifications, inspection requirements, part dimensions, shielding requirements and facility constraints to develop a custom enclosure.
Can you build conveyorized X-ray cabinets?
Yes. Cabinets can be designed around roller, belt, pallet and other conveyor systems, including custom entrance and exit shielding configurations.
Can you build an enclosure around our existing X-ray equipment?
Yes. Custom cabinets can be designed around customer-supplied X-ray generators, tubes, detectors and positioning equipment.
Do you manufacture cabinets for industrial CT?
Custom shielding enclosures can be manufactured for industrial CT and digital radiography equipment when provided with the appropriate equipment geometry and shielding requirements.
Can you build an X-ray cabinet with 1" or 2" lead?
Yes. Lead Glass Pro offers industrial shielding configurations from 1/16" up to 2" thick lead, subject to structural and project-specific design requirements.
Can the cabinet have automatic doors?
Yes. Depending on the application, cabinets can incorporate manual, pneumatic or motorized access systems.
Can you incorporate safety interlocks?
Cabinets can be designed with provisions for safety interlocks and integration with the X-ray equipment control system. Applicable requirements depend on the completed system and its regulatory classification.
Do you install industrial X-ray cabinets?
Yes. Lead Glass Pro provides nationwide radiation shielding installation services. Installation scope can be coordinated with the size, weight and complexity of the enclosure.
Do industrial X-ray cabinets have to comply with FDA requirements?
Cabinet X-ray systems subject to 21 CFR 1020.40 must meet the applicable federal radiation safety performance requirements. The regulatory responsibilities for a custom project depend on the scope of the complete X-ray system and which party manufactures or assembles the radiation-emitting product.
Request a Custom Industrial X-Ray Cabinet Quote
Whether you already have a complete drawing package or are starting with an X-ray source and a part that needs to be inspected, Lead Glass Pro can help develop the shielding enclosure around your application.
Already Have Drawings?
Send us your: Drawings • Lead Thickness • Equipment Specifications • Cabinet Dimensions • Door Requirements • Conveyor Requirements
We'll review the project for custom fabrication.
Need Us to Design It?
Send us: X-Ray Equipment • Lead Thickness • Maximum kVp • Part Size & Weight • Inspection Method • Shielding Requirements • Desired Throughput • Available Space
We'll use those requirements to begin developing the enclosure.
Custom Industrial X-Ray Shielding — From 1/16" to 2" Lead
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