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The SciAps X-550 sets a new performance standard for PMI. Weighing 2.8 lbs., including battery, the X-550 is the world’s lightest, fastest, most articulate X-ray gun ever made. It is still lightning fast, but with the perfectly balanced ergonomic design, it can be used all day long without fatigue. And the narrow footprint permits total access to virtually any test location and weld.
Most tests are completed in 1 second. Do you have more complicated applications such as sulfidic corrosion (API 939), residuals (API 751) or API 5L that require longer test times or multi-beam tests? Our pre-configured on-board apps assure quality application testing by every operator. Both the X and the Z both run on Android OS, with the ease of a smartphone.
LIBS is an OES method that uses a pulsed laser rather than a spark source, and the key to precise alloy chemistry with OES is argon purge. SciAps delivers portability* with our highly efficient Optipurge™ design.
Argon purge yields 10x or more signal strength and improved detection limits compared to air-burn methods. For carbon, because the 193.1 nm emission is so deep in the UV, the boost with argon is closer to 100x. Plus, oxygen quenches argon light; without argon, it simply wouldn’t be possible to achieve needed detection limits or measurement precision on C, Si, Cr and other transition or heavy metals, which are critical for reliable NDT, PMI testing.
The miniature, user-replaceable argon canister in the handle of the SciAps Z delivers typically 600 burns. (For carbon testing, as with most spark OES units, 2-3 burns are averaged for a final test result, which means each argon canister provides about 200 carbon tests.) When not in use, the canister is sealed to the regulator, so no gas is consumed. Costs are 1-3 cents per test, depending on how many tests you average. Compare this to OES, where the argon costs are 25 cents per test, and users must manage a cumbersome argon tank.
*For users who don’t need portability, our regulator attachment also mates to a larger belt-mounted argon canister or a standard stationary tank typical of spark OES analyzers.
The X-550 was designed ground up for NDT, wherever you test – on the ground, in racks or on ropes. At a mere 2.8 lbs. (including battery), it is the lightest weight XRF ever made. It’s perfectly balanced, allowing thousands of tests per day without fatigue. The long narrow snout provides access hard-to-reach locations and welds more efficiently.
We didn’t sacrifice analytical performance nor ruggedness, though. The X-550’s powerful but miniaturized X-ray tube excels at measuring low atomic number elements Si, P, S, Mg and Al. It was designed with superior heat sinking and dissipation to withstand even the demands of in-service PMI. The tube combined with highly optimal internal geometry yields blazing speed on previously challenging applications like measuring silicon for sulfidic corrosion, and aluminum alloys. For most PMI applications, The SciAps X-550 completes the initial test result in less than 1 seconds.
Do you perform more complicated applications such as sulfidic corrosion, residuals or API 5L that require longer test times or multi-beam tests? Our pre-configured on-board apps assure quality testing by every operator, with ease of use similar to a smartphone.
Includes the Z-902 Carbon for all your carbon testing needs – steels, carbon equivalents, L grades, cast irons, residuals, etc. Also includes the X-550, for excellent performance on stainless and high temperature alloys, brasses/bronzes and specialty alloys. The X-550 also delivers excellent performance for low atomic number elements Mg, Al, Si, P and S. Either the Z or the X-200 may be used for sulfidic corrosion applications..