SPECTRO xSORT Handheld XRF Analyzer for Lead Testing, Mining & Soil Analysis at Unparalleled Speed

Dec. 16, 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 happy to offer a new suite of application solutions for the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF. First introduced to the market in September of 2008, the SPECTRO xSORT’s original alloy analysis capabilities have been expanded to include applications for RoHS compliance and lead screening as well as for the analysis of soil for environmental testing and the direct analysis of ores, concentrates and tailings.

The SPECTRO xSORT, weighing just 3.7 pounds (1.7 kilograms), is a powerful, lab-quality analytical instrument for rapid, nondestructive XRF analysis. SPECTRO—the expert and global leader in elemental analysis instrumentation—has leveraged its expertise to create a truly lab-worthy handheld XRF instrument. With just a few seconds testing time, it nondestructively analyzes the presence and concentration of all elements between magnesium and uranium contained in a sample. The state-of-the-art 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. SPECTRO Analytical boasts a unique expertise in optimizing Silicon Drift Detectors, as they have been using this detector type in their instruments for the last twelve years. 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, Fast Measurements, Best Value in Handheld XRF*

The new, robust RoHS compliance and lead screening application packages are perhaps the most advanced and important new changes to the SPECTRO xSORT platform.  Deblyn Palella, Director of XRF Sales and Compliance Expert, explains: “In the United States, the presence of lead and other regulated substances continues to be 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. The new xSORT compliance packages are a perfect complement to Geotechnical Services’ compliance expertise.” The SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF instrument is nondestructive, offers a high degree of analytical flexibility, and has a very competitive purchase price, offering silicon drift detectors as a standard feature. 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.

Fast, accurate environmental screening and soil analysis are now staple applications of the SPECTRO xSORT handheld XRF analyzer. With the instrument, users simply pull the trigger to obtain the elemental composition of soil or sludge, or to ascertain whether or not an old telephone pole was treated with now illegal CCA wood preservative. The xSORT is very easy to operate, with a user interface designed with the handheld XRF user in mind: the user places the nose of the handheld XRF instrument against the soil or sample, pulls the trigger and, within just a few seconds, views the elemental composition on the 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 lab-quality soil analysis or an integrated GPS module that stores sampling locations with elemental concentration readings when geologists analyze rock or mining samples.

The three new SPECTRO xSORT application packages–RoHS compliance and lead screening, environmental testing, and mining 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.