Portable Handheld XRF Spectrometers SCIAPSScrapper X-250 SCIAPS

The X-250 measures Mg and Si up to 10 times faster than any other X-ray gun, with better sensitivity.  Precise Mg and Si measurements are critical for highly accurate aluminum alloy testing.  The X-250 measures Mg down to 0.25% and Si to 0.15% in 2 seconds, allowing a huge variety of aluminum alloys to now be precisely sorted by X-ray.  And you still maintain the performance advantage of X-ray on other alloying metals like Cr, Cu, Zr, Zn, Mn — the strength of X-ray.  For example Mn precision is essential to sort within the 3000 series like 3105, 3003 and other similar alloys.  The same holds for small differences Cu, Cr and Zr that often differentiates 6000 and 7000 grades.

All X-ray guns perform well on stainless, high temps and turnings.  But those X-ray guns have been both slow and inaccurate for many aluminum grades because of their imprecise analysis of Mg and Si.  The X-250 “Scrapper” delivers high performance to aluminum alloys, without compromising speed and accuracy on all the other alloys. How? We combine a state-of-the art X-ray tube technology that runs at 3X or more power than the other guns when measuring Mg, Si, Al – 3 key elements for Al alloys. We’ve optimized the analyzer design to for maximum efficiency of Mg measurements.  And we’ve revolutionized the way aluminum alloys are analyzed with X-ray via the patent-pending Aluminum App.

We can sort 90% or more of your aluminum alloys in 2 seconds. This includes the most difficult groups of aluminum alloys for X-ray like 3003/3004/3005, or 356 and 357 or 6022 and 5005. These alloys differ by small amounts of Mg or Si and until now could not be reliably sorted by X-ray gun technology.  A small percentage of aluminum alloys will require a total of 4 seconds instead of 2 seconds.  Why the extra time for those few?  Some less common aluminum alloys require measurement of Pb, Bi, Zr, Ag and/or Sn to identify them from more common grades.  For these grades, the Aluminum App automatically fires up a higher voltate 2nd beam shot for the 2 additional seconds to measure these elements.   So automated, so easy, that even an inexperienced operator can expertly sort a wide class of aluminums.