Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ X900 XRF Spectrometer

Thermo Fisher Scientific's ARLX900 XRF Spectrometer is a powerful WDXRF analyzer with XRD capability that yields fast, accurate elemental composition results due toits rapid analysis and dual sample loading. Its trustworthy design maximizes productivity, keeping up with cement and mining production, modern metals, and process control requirements, inspiring confidence in its outcomes.

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Elemental analysis is essential in the cement, metals, minerals, and mining industries. Its capability to accurately and rapidly analyze elements in raw materials is crucial to thoseindustries'capacity to guarantee product quality. The ARL X900 Spectrometer is the best tool for XRF elemental analysis and process control.

Regardless of process control requirements, the ARL X900 sequential/simultaneous wavelength-dispersive XRF Spectrometer provides fast, accurate, and dependable elemental analysis results. Through meticulous and sturdy design principles, it provides the highest level of dependability and durability, built to withstand demanding industrial environments.

With its intrinsically safe “tube above” geometry, the ARL X900 Spectrometer’s analytical core is shielded by a vacuum chamber that also guarantees extremely stable analytical conditions. Good analytical results depend on excellent short- and long-term stability and fewer unforeseen issues.

ARL X900 Simultaneous/Sequential XRF Spectrometer.Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific – Production Process & Analytics

Specifications

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Application Domains:

Metals: Zinc alloys, tin alloys, magnesium alloys, nickel alloys, super-alloys, titanium alloys, cobalt alloys, ferro-alloys, alu-bath, direct reduced iron, cast irons, steels, brasses, bronzes, copper alloys, aluminum alloys

Other: Ceramics, glasses, polymers, contract laboratories

Cement: Free lime, raw meal, clinker, slags, limestone and dolomite, etc.

Mining and minerals: Soils, sediments, rocks, etc.

Features

Combined simultaneous and sequential WDXRF capabilities, providing unparalleled analytical flexibility and speed

Capable of performing elemental analysis at concentrations ranging from parts per million to 100%

Flexibility with sequential analysis from B to Am using goniometer

Ultra-fast simultaneous analysis using fixed channel monochromators

For extra crystalline phase analysis capabilities, compact XRD combines two methods into a single device

Maximum reliability is provided by a robust and long-lasting instrument design with a single analysis chamber and tube above geometry

Outstanding analytical performance and exceptional long-term stability are guaranteed by the “LoVap technology” X-ray tube

A fast dual-sample loader minimizes deadtime between measurements to maximize throughput

Factory calibrations allow for instant use in many applications

Analysis results for unknown samples are provided by Thermo Scientific™ UniQuant™standardless analysis in minutes

All the features required for data management, instrument control, calibration, instrument setup, and diagnostics are included in OXSAS Analytical Software, allowing for nearly limitless analytical flexibility and capacity

Optional automation features enable unattended, automated operation around the clock

Efficiency and Flexibility

The dual-sample loader maximizes throughput by decreasing deadtime between samples, resulting in faster analysis and higher throughput: The subsequent set of samples is loaded during sample analysis. Additional time saving is achieved through a combination of simultaneous and sequential analysis working together in one tool. The system can be configured with a compact XRD analyzer, up to two goniometers, and up to 32 fixed channels.

Automation and Software

Without raising overhead costs, automation can boost sample throughput, enhance repeatability, and enable operations to satisfy more stringent product specifications and time constraints. Every automation solution is tailored to specific requirements. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s OXSAS analytical software is used with the ARL X900 Spectrometer.

Regardless of the requirements, this simple and adaptable software is easy to use. OXSAS Software enables the easy definition and speedy completion of simple and complex tasks. Automated control makes unsupervised analysis feasible, while programming can guarantee support of priority samples.

The ARL X900 Spectrometer has many features that improve process control in various ways:

A simple EasyOXSAS interface for efficient routine analysis

Various customizable online processing functions, with manual or automatic application

Real on-line integrated statistical process control

An overview of the analytical capabilities of the instrument and each method at any given timeprovided by the SCT Manager, which provides the status and history of setting up samples, control samples, and type standards

Analysis Users Can Depend on

The ARL X900 XRF Spectrometer offers unmatched robustness and dependability. With reliable support and service from Thermo Fisher Scientific, it is set to bethe industry standard for elemental analysis. Its calibrations and configuration can be adjusted to suitindustrial processes, allowing users to concentrate on the quality of their results rather than the instrument itself.