Every X-ray tube is a compromise between three things inspectors want at the same time: resolution, throughput and lifetime. Push one and you usually pay on another — the physics of the focal spot and the target simply won't give you all three for free.

This webinar takes that trade-off as its red thread and shows how deliberate tube design can push it outward on every axis. Using the MXR-225HP/15 as a worked example — and the widely used HP/11 as a reference — it maps three tube characteristics onto the three sides of the trade-off: a small, well-defined focal spot (resolution), wide beam coverage (throughput) and built-in dual-focal-spot redundancy (uptime and lifetime). Real inspection examples on aerospace parts show how focal-spot size and shape (per EN 12543-2 and ASTM E1165) drive defect detectability, and how beam geometry lets you inspect more of the part in less time. Attendees leave with practical criteria for weighing this trade-off when choosing a minifocus tube for their own workflow.