SPECTRO xSORT Handheld XRF Analyzer Provides Fast, Nondestructive Analysis at Unparalleled Speed

Dec. 15, 2009 - PRLog -- •   SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF instruments now available from Geotechnical, the XRF applications experts
•   New application packages for RoHS compliance screening, environmental testing, and mining applications
•   Silicon drift detector (standard) with high signal throughput enables extremely fast and accurate analysis of all important elements from magnesium to uranium

Tustin, CA, December 2009 – Geotechnical Services, Inc. is proud to announce the introduction of the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF non-alloy analyzers to the U.S. market . As a premier consulting and sales organization dedicated to providing laboratory and field analytical solutions to the environmental, mining, and lead-free industries, we are are happy to offer a new range of application soultions for the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF. First introduced to the market in September of 2008, SPECTRO xSORT’s original metal analysis capabilities have been expanded to include applications for RoHS compliance and lead screening as well as for the examination of soil in environmental testing and the direct analysis of ores, concentrates and tailings.

The SPECTRO xSORT, weighing just 1.7 kilograms (3.7 lbs), is an analytical instrument for rapid, nondestructive XRF screening analyses. With just a few seconds testing time, it non-destructively analyzes the content of all important elements between magnesium and uranium contained in a sample. The modern silicon drift detector (SDD) used in the xSORT handheld XRF analyzer processes signals up to ten times faster than the detectors conventionally used in handheld XRF instruments. Dirk Wissmann, Product Manager for XRF instruments at SPECTRO, explains: “Depending on the task, users can utilize the high readout rate to measure with the xSORT much faster than with other instruments, or use traditional measurement times and achieve significantly better detection limits and accuracy.”

*High Readout Rate, High-Speed Measurements, Best Value in Handheld XRF*

Rapid RoHS compliance and lead screening are among the most important of the new applications.  Deblyn Palella, Director of XRF Sales and Compliance Expert, explains: “In the United States, the presence of lead has recently been found again and again in toys, jewelry and cosmetics. The CPSIA and its upcoming February 2010 enforcement deadline  make the fulfillment of screening and testing requirements an urgent concern for many manufacturers and importers of consumer products . This subject remains current and encompasses ever more industries worldwide; right through to the classic wholesale and retail trade.” The SPECTRO xSORT can bring all of its strengths into play for this application. The analyzer is non-destructive, offers a high degree of analytical flexibility and has a low purchase price. For screening measurements the high-speed xSORT really shows what it can do: “When a warehouse clerk needs to test several hundred products at a time, it makes a big difference whether he/she has to hold the XRF instrument still for 30 or 90 seconds,” explains Dirk Wissmann. “With the xSORT, the screener is not only finished faster, but doesn’t have any aching muscles either!”

Fast environmental screening and soil analysis is a second important application area for the xSORT. With the instrument, users simply press a button to test the elemental composition of soil or sludge or to discover whether or not an old telephone pole was treated with outdated and now illegal wood preservative. As one would imagine, operation of the instrument is easy: the user places the nose of the handheld XRF instrument against the soil or sample, presses the trigger and, within just a few seconds, views the elemental contents on the integrated PDA display. Small or thin samples can be examined using the optional docking station. The SPECTRO xSORT is available with various configuration options for especially accurate results and additional ease of use. Options include extremely large surface area detectors for exact soil analysis or an integrated GPS module that keeps a protocol of sampling locations when geologists analyze rock or mining samples.

The three new SPECTRO xSORT application packages–RoHS compliance and lead screening, environmental testing, and ore analysis –are available immediately, worldwide.

*About Geotecnical Services, Inc:*

Geotechnical Services, Inc., based in Tustin, CA, is your environmental equipment source for soil, water, air, and geological sample testing and analysis. We are a consulting and sales organization with a wide range of expertise ranging from CPSIA and RoHS compliance to mining analysis.  Serving the environmental, mining, and manufacturing industries for over thirty years, we are your premier resource for analytical instrumentation and solutions. We are proud to bring you SPECTRO Analytical Instruments’ line of XRF analyzers and the xSORT handheld XRF instrument.  

SPECTRO Analytical Instruments  is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of analytical instruments for optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. SPECTRO manufactures advanced instruments, develops the best solutions for strongly varying applications and provides exemplary customer service. SPECTRO’s products are exemplified by unique technical capabilities that deliver measureable benefits to the customer.  From its foundation in 1979 until today, more than 30,000 analytical instruments have been delivered to customers around the world.

Please contact Deblyn Palella for additional information. Tel: (310) 245-5515  E-Mail: deblyn@geotechnical.net

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Geotechnical Services, Inc., based in Tustin, CA, is your environmental equipment source. With a wide range of expertise ranging from CPSIA compliance to soil and mining analysis, we are your premier resource for analytical instrumentation and solutions.