Axios Fast

Axios Fast

Axios Fast

Product catalog summary
Introduction
Axios FAST is a cutting-edge X-ray spectrometer system designed for rapid, process-critical XRF analysis. It excels in speed and throughput, providing real-time process control and setting new standards for routine analysis tasks.
Key Features
  • High-Speed Analysis: Measures up to 28 elements simultaneously with a minimum measurement time of two seconds per sample.
  • Advanced Technology: Features a 4 kW SST-mAX tube and ZETA technology for zero-drift operation, ensuring high accuracy and linearity at elevated count rates.
  • Sample Handling: Equipped with a continuous loading sample turret and a large sample changer for unattended batch analysis.
  • Maintenance and Stability: Includes preventive maintenance schedules and remote testing to minimize downtime, with long-term stability provided by the SST-mAX tube and ZETA technology.
  • Automation: Adaptable to automated analysis with pre-programmed measurements and compatibility with robotic sample handling systems.
Performance and Reliability
  • Robust Construction: Designed for harsh environments with features like an airlock and sealed spectrometer cabinet for protection.
  • Temperature and Pressure Control: Ensures precise control for reproducibility, particularly for light element analysis.
  • Advanced Counting Electronics: Equipped with Dual Multi Channel Analyzer (DMCA) for rapid data acquisition and extended calibration ranges.
Technical Specifications
  • Sample Types: Suitable for solids, pressed and loose powders, fused beads, and liquids.
  • X-ray Tube: Features a Super-Sharp end-window tube with selectable anode materials (Rhodium, Chromium, Molybdenum).
  • Goniometers: Available in compact and focusing types for diverse elemental analysis.
  • Detectors: Includes scintillation, flow, and sealed detectors with various gas consumption options.
Safety and Standards
Complies with CE and CSA safety standards, including X-ray safety certification and ISO9001 quality certification.
Conclusion
Axios FAST is a versatile and reliable spectrometer system designed for high-speed, accurate analysis in demanding environments. Its advanced features and robust construction make it suitable for a wide range of applications, ensuring maximum uptime and performance.
Company Overview
PANalytical provides insights into materials and processes across industries such as building materials, pharmaceuticals, metals, mining, and nanomaterials. It combines software and instrumentation technologies like X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, and pulsed fast thermal neutron activation (PFTNA) for reliable elemental and structural information.
Global Presence
PANalytical employs over 1,000 people worldwide, with headquarters in Almelo, the Netherlands. It has application laboratories in Japan, China, the US, Brazil, and the Netherlands, and supply centers in the Netherlands, UK, Canada, and the US. A research facility is located at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK. The company operates in nearly every country, supported by a comprehensive sales and service network.
Certifications
PANalytical is certified under ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, ensuring quality and environmental management.
Expertise and Support
The company offers extensive support through the largest service network, including on-site training, XRF training courses, performance optimization, customizable expertise programs, and assistance with multi-laboratory standardization.
Affiliation
PANalytical is part of Spectris plc, a company focused on productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls.
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Catalog excerpts

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Axios FAST Revolutionary technology for unrivalled speed Axios FAST sets a new benchmark for high-speed process-critical XRF. It makes demanding routine analysis tasks and real-time process control possible, by delivering the essential elements of high throughput and rapid turnaround times.

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Achieving the highest analysis speed To achieve unrivalled analysis speed and throughput, Axios FAST is designed to maximize the speed and performance of analyses: • Simultaneous measurement of up to 28 user-defined elements allows a minimum measurement time of just two seconds per sample • Market-leading 4 kW SST-mAX tube delivers excellent counting statistics within the shortest measurement times • Innovative ZETA technology for zero-drift operation Advanced counting electronics give excellent linearity at very high count rates and enable measurement of large dynamic concentration ranges Continuous...

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High stability The advanced thermal control system provides outstanding stability, controlling instrument temperature to within 0.05˚ C. This is a major advantage as small temperature fluctuations can cause major deviations in the dispersive properties of some crystals. Ultra-precise temperature and pressure control ensures a constant gas density when measuring liquids and Automation Total adaptability to the automation of analysis was a key consideration in the design of Axios FAST. A range of features facilitates automation, including pre-programmed single sample measurements and loose powders...

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Light element performance Hi-Per channels to increase Axios FAST can be fitted with sensitivity for light elements, Advanced counting electronics Axios FAST is equipped with the highest quality counting electronics. The Dual Multi Channel Analyzer (DMCA) allows incredibly fast data acquisition and near perfect dead generally require the longest counting time correction times. Hi-Per channels contain curved, multi-layer crystals that focus incoming X-rays. By shortening the optical path, very high count Hi-Per channels have significantly higher sensitivities compared to conventional DMCA enables...

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Gas purge unit An optional gas purge system for the analysis of liquids and loose powders allows automatic switching between measurement chamber media. The instrument detects the incoming sample type and immediately switches from vacuum to helium or nitrogen as required, preventing instrument damage through accidental operation. Tube anode material Axios FAST is equipped with a rhodium anode SST-mAX tube. Alternatively, a chromium or molybdenum anode SST-mAX can be installed for specific applications. Dust collection device The optional dust collection device removes loose dust before samples...

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Long-term stable tube output SST R-mAX is a high power end-window tube with ZETA technology, offering unprecedented constant output over its lifetime. ZETA technology eliminates the effect of tube aging, by far the major contributor to instrument drift in conventional XRF spectrometers. Tube aging is caused by deposits of evaporated cathode material on the anode and the beryllium window, which most strongly affect the 'soft' (lower energy) part of the primary tube spectrum. This is because soft X-rays are absorbed more strongly than 'hard' (higher energy) X-rays. Since soft X-rays excite light...

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PANalyticalget insight Access to expertise With the largest service network we are able to offer the most comprehensive support package possible. Expertise: • On-site training available • XRF training courses • Performance optimization • Customizable expertise programs • Assistance with multi-laboratory standardization Care Agreements Our customer support solutions have been developed with your business in mind. They are formulated as a family of four Care Agreements which can be tailored to your specific needs and provide fast, secure and reliable support. • ECONOMY: indispensable coverage for...

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