#XSORT XRF GUN PRICE SOFTWARE#

The on-board library and software determine if a particular material might require an additional beam to also measure Zr, Pb, Bi, Sn and/or Ag. We then added some “smarts” to the Aluminum App. This setting optimizes performance for the “top 10 elements” Mg, Si, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn that allow practically every aluminum alloy to analyzed in 1-2 seconds. Instead, we start the test with an optimized X-ray tube setting of low voltage, high current. The SciAps Aluminum App – patent pending – takes a fresh approach. Instead, a “one size fits all” approach for non-ferrous is employed, which required long test times (20 sec or more) to sort common aluminum alloys. The problem with this approach is that the X-ray gun isn’t optimized to quickly measure the 10 most important elements for aluminums first. After a few seconds in the first beam, the old school approach switched to a low voltage, higher current “beam 2” to measure Mg, Al and Si. The “conventional” approach to aluminum alloys with X-ray is a “2-beam” test. A small number of aluminum alloys also require Zr, Pb, Bi, Sn or Ag. These elements include Mg, Si, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu and Zn. Instead, we asked, what’s the best way to measure aluminum alloys? If you examine the vast array of aluminum alloys, you realize that if you measure about 10 elements quickly, then you can reliably sort 95% or more of them accurately. So we threw away the uninspired conventional approach of the other X-ray brands. The team at SciAps has more than 50 years of experience collectively sorting alloys and designing analyzers to sort alloys. Some examples currently in field operation include, but are not limited to: low Cr, Ni, Cu, V, Nb, S, P in steels low Sn, Pb in stainless and low Pb and Bi in nickel alloys. The X-550 will measure very low levels of contaminant residual metals in steels, stainless, copper and nickel alloys. ‍ Residuals ‍The X-550 was also optimized for low residual applications, initially based on stricter limits imposed the oil/gas industry for Cr, Ni, Cu, Nb, V, Sn and other elements in steels. As a result, SciAps X-550 now measures Mg and Si up to 10 times faster than any other X-ray gun, with better precision. We’ve also optimized the tube/detector geometry especially for these alloys. The X-550 measures the Mg in 6063 in 1 second, eliminating this common mix-up forever! How? ‍Our X-ray tube technology runs at 3x the intensity of the tubes in other X-ray units when measuring aluminum or magnesium alloys. This is one of the most common mix-ups we see day to day.

No user wants to take the 30 seconds or more that’s required by other X-ray guns to see if the Mg is present, thus making the material a 6063 not an 1100. Thus most X-ray guns measure the Cu and call the aluminum alloy 1100 in a few seconds. However, with so many aluminum alloys being made from recycled scrap rather than virgin ore, the copper content in 6063 has slowly crept up to the 0.1% level. They are programmed to identify the alloy as 1100 if any copper is detected. Other X-ray guns take an ill-advised shortcut. Measuring the Mg in 6063 requires 30 – 60 sec. ‍ Got 11 mix-ups? One of the most common mix-ups we see from recyclers using older X-ray technology are 11. The X-550 delivers high performance on both Mg and Si, as well as transition and heavy metals, so you can permanently end downgrades and mixups. The same holds for small differences Cu, Cr and Zr that often differentiates 60 grades. For example Mn precision is essential to sort within the 3000 series like 3105, 3005 and other similar alloys. 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. These alloys differ by small amounts of Mg or Si and until now could not be reliably sorted by X-ray gun technology. This includes the most difficult groups of aluminum alloys noted above such as 3003/3004/3005, 2014/2024, 356 and 357 or 60. The result: A huge variety of aluminum alloys can now be precisely sorted by X-ray, because the X-550 measures Mg as low as 0.25% and Si to 0.10% in 2 seconds. No recycler we’ve ever met wants to wait 20 seconds or more for a result. Measurements must also be FAST, as in 1-2 seconds. Mg and Si measurements must be accurate to sort these grades. There are many Al alloys that only differ by small amounts of Mg or Si. Precise measurements of Mg and Si are critical for highly accurate aluminum alloy testing.

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