XRF-line
Materials analysis and analytical evaluation.
Our x-ray fluorescence sensor system XRF-line is built for material identification of metals and metal alloys on moving conveyor belts. The results can be used to sort different metals or to control upstream or downstream processes.
XRF-line systems are suitable for sorting pieces of metal larger than about 1 cm in diameter but also for analysing material flows by determining the average composition or concentration of metals.
Key Characteristics
- State-of-the-art x-ray detector technology with Silicon Drift Detector (SDD)
- Fast real-time results (online process up to 100 Hz measurement speed)
- No sample preparation needed
- Non-contact, non-destructive detection
- Industrial PC including Windows®10 IoT OS
- Easy-to-use analysis routines for standard metal sorting applications included
Software
- LLA provides a software package for setting up detectors and acquisition control.
- In Expert mode, the software configures detector settings such as measurement time, storage location, system calibration, and Gigabit Ethernet interface setup. It also enables monitoring of detector and system temperatures as well as humidity.
- In Operator mode you can change between pre-installed applications, check statistics on the sorting process or see a live picture of the belt.
Applications
XRF-line systems are configured for the identification and sorting of metals and metal alloys and can be used to:
- sort out impurities from material streams (meatballs, lead glass, etc.),
- sort by main components (iron, copper, gold, etc.),
- sort by alloy (copper, bronze, brass, etc.).
XRF-line systems are configured to determine the average composition or concentration of metals in a wide variety of material streams and can be used to:
- monitor input or output streams for process control,
- analyse input streams (scrap steel, etc.),
- analyse output streams (ore concentration, etc.).
Specification
Energy Range
3 – 30 keV (400 – 40 pm)
Detectable elements
Argon (Z = 18) to Uranium (Z = 92)
Number of measuring tracks
1 – 32 (depending on the application), typical 16
Typical track width
50 mm (minimal 25 mm)
Typical measuring distance
100 – 200 mm
Frame Rate
≤ 100 Hz (depending on the application)
X-ray tube
75 kV – 1000 W (water cooled)
Protection class
IP64
Downloads
For more information on the XRF-line, please download the brochure resource.
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12489 Berlin
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