Third generation handheld XRF analyzers launched
These new handheld NITON XL3 800 Series Alloy Analyzers are engineered to provide extremely fast alloy grade identification and laboratory-quality composition analysis of metal alloys. Typical time for routine positive grade identification is less than two seconds – as much as five times faster than the company’s previous generation of instruments. “The NITON XL3 features a 50 kilovolt, two-watt x-ray tube – the highest powered x-ray tube ever offered in a portable XRF analyzer – as well as advanced electronics which enable a host of new features directly benefiting the customer,” says Jon Shein, Thermo Fisher’s director of global marketing for Thermo Scientific NITON Analyzers. “Increased base metal prices, combined with globalized trade in scrap metal, alloy stock and finished products have increased the costs of alloy mix-ups to suppliers, distributors and industrial consumers.” The NITON XL3 Series is available in a range of configurations and with an assortment of optional features and accessories to suit a wide variety of analytical needs in scrap recycling, PMI (positive material identification) and metal fabrication and manufacturing.
The XL3’s increased testing speed, along with the fully-integrated and environmentally-sealed VIP tilting colour touch-screen display for easy viewing of sample results in any position and under all lighting conditions, enable users in scrap recycling to increase sorting volumes as much as tenfold. Faster testing speed means more measurements per day, increasing the metal sorter’s productivity. Plus, with a waterproof, dustproof construction and rugged Lexan EXL housing, the NITON XL3 Series was built for harsh conditions such as those found in scrap yards.
Other key features include 80 MHz real-time digital signal processing and dual state-of-the-art embedded processors for computation, data storage, communication and other functions, as well as a very powerful, 50kV, two-watt miniaturized x-ray tube with multiple multi-layer primary filters to provide optimized excitation for elements.
The XL3’s increased testing speed, along with the fully-integrated and environmentally-sealed VIP tilting colour touch-screen display for easy viewing of sample results in any position and under all lighting conditions, enable users in scrap recycling to increase sorting volumes as much as tenfold. Faster testing speed means more measurements per day, increasing the metal sorter’s productivity. Plus, with a waterproof, dustproof construction and rugged Lexan EXL housing, the NITON XL3 Series was built for harsh conditions such as those found in scrap yards.
Other key features include 80 MHz real-time digital signal processing and dual state-of-the-art embedded processors for computation, data storage, communication and other functions, as well as a very powerful, 50kV, two-watt miniaturized x-ray tube with multiple multi-layer primary filters to provide optimized excitation for elements.
