A KEY TO SUCCESS WITH LIBS: SAMPLE PREPARATION
The metal found in industrial environments is usually dirty and oxidized. Good surface preparation is key for obtaining the most accurate and repeatable test results on hand-held analyzers. This is especially true with LIBS and the Rigaku KT-100S LIBS analyzer, as LIBS is a surface technique. If your surface is not representative of the metal alloy itself, the condition […]
Rigaku KT-100S Handheld LIBS
The Rigaku KT-100S Handheld LIBS is… FAST – 1-3 second measurement time SAFE – No Radiation, No Dosimetry, Less Regulation Lower Cost to Own – No Expensive, Fragile X-Ray Tubes or Detectors Comprehensive Grade Library with Accurate Identification of All Alloys: Aluminum (3105, 6061, 6063) Cobalt (Jetalloy, Elgiloy, F-75) Copper (C230, C443, C710) Nickel (Monel, […]
ENSURING HIGH QUALITY IN THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Additive manufacturing, as well as powder injection molding, offer great potential if the raw materials employed are of optimum quality. But the process needs to be continuously monitored, and the finished parts need to be examined meticulously to ascertain the relevant parameters for a high-quality, cost-efficient production process. Download PDF
NEW CARBON/SULFUR ANALYZER WITH DUAL FURNACE TECHNOLOGY
ELTRA’s new ELEMENTRAC CS-d analyzer is suitable for measuring C/S concentrations in both organic and inorganic sample materials When using conventional elemental analyzers for carbon and sulfur determination in solids, the user must decide whether to use a resistance furnace to analyze organic compounds or an induction furnace for inorganic compounds. Not with ELTRA’s unique analyzer, […]
VERDER SCIENTIFIC COMPANIES PRESENT SOLUTIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
In the brochure “Solutions for Additive Manufacturing & Powder Injection Molding”, the 6 companies present their offering The rapidly advancing technology of additive manufacturing opens new possibilities for producing highly sophisticated, often miniaturized, light parts which could not be manufactured by conventional methods. Quality control of the raw materials, as well as of the manufactured […]
Carbon & Sulfur Determination in Steel Plants and Foundries
Different methods are applied to measure C/S concentrations in steel, iron-based products, or in typical foundry products, such as ferro chromium. Among them are multi-element techniques like spectrometry or specialized carbon/sulfur analysis. Download
Effective Quality Control of Steel and Iron Products with Combustion Analysis
The element concentration of carbon (C), sulfur (S), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O) in iron products, such as steel, have a significant influence on material properties like ductility, brittleness, or hardness. Hence, reliable determination of the C, H, N, S, O contents is a routine quality control task in steel and iron production. […]
Elemental Analysis of Metal Powders and Metal Parts Produced by Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing is becoming an increasingly established production technology. However, as it is still new, the required process steps have not been uniformly defined yet. There are, for example, no industry-wide standards describing the quality control process. Among the metal powders used for additive manufacturing are different types of steel and titanium. To check the […]
Fast and reliable C and S determination with elemental analyzers – a useful addition to XRF
Part of the production process of high quality cement is quality control of the raw materials as well as the intermediate and finished products. At each production stage samples are taken, processed and analyzed to determine the chemical composition of the material. For the fast, accurate and reliable determination of carbon and sulfur elemental analyzers […]
Quality Control of Coal with Elemental Analyzers
Coal is one of the most important fossil fuels. In 2012, the global stone coal output was about 6.6 billion metric tons [1]. A huge amount of the worldwide traded stone coal is mined in China, USA, Russia and India. Compared to the large amount of mined coal the required sample volume for the characterization […]
