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News Release from: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Elemental Analysis) | Subject: Niton XLt 797X
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2006
Analyser for monitoring ROHS compliance
Thermo Electron Corporation, world leader in analytical instrumentation, announces the release of its new Niton XLt 797X portable analyser, designed for X-ray fluorescence RoHS compliance testing
Thermo Electron Corporation, world leader in analytical instrumentation, announces the release of its new Niton XLt 797X portable analyser Achieving revolutionary small sample analysis capability, this XLt 797X portable analyser has been designed to meet the increasingly challenging needs of customers in the electronics industry
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Featuring a significantly smaller sample analysis capability than any previous portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyser, the Thermo Niton XLt 797X portable analyser incorporates proprietary new miniature x-ray tube technology plus an internal colour video camera.
The Thermo Niton XLt 797X analyser with small-spot focus technology can rapidly identify and analyse individual electronic components for RoHS compliance that until now could only be analysed with stationary benchtop equipment.
The Niton XLt 797X will assist original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract manufacturers (CMs) and other industry partners, to comply with the recently implemented RoHS restrictions on the use of toxic materials in electronic and electrical equipment.
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July 1 2006 marked the effective date of EU Directive 2002/95/EC, "Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)".
The RoHS directive specifically "prohibits importation into the European Union of any new electrical and/or electronic equipment put on market after July 1 2006 made of homogeneous materials containing more than 100 parts per million (ppm) of cadmium (Cd), or more than 1000 parts per million (ppm) each of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)".
Thermo is the world's leading manufacturer of portable XRF analysers.
The Thermo Niton XLt 797X portable analysers are used worldwide for rapid, on-site testing of polymers, solders and electronic components for RoHS, ELV and WEEE compliance screening.
On-site testing results in more extensive and more representative sample analysis.
This increased testing greatly reduces companies' regulatory compliance risks.
The Thermo small sample measurement technology enables users to isolate and analyse solder joints and small components, on populated printed circuit boards (PCBs) as well as other heterogeneous materials, with the same element detection limits and rapid measurement times.
This has made Niton Analysers the industry leader, with over a thousand units in use for RoHS compliance testing.
The Thermo Niton XLt 797X portable analyser incorporates the first ever camera available in a portable XRF analyser.
This allows users to pinpoint where they want to measure and record images together with the chemical analysis of the individual components they measure.
Like the other Thermo handheld Niton XRF RoHS compliance analysers, the XLt 797X portable analyser provides rapid screening of metals, polymers and components at the loading dock, in the warehouse, during product assembly and at vendor sites.
Combined with its standard accessory, test stand, industry leading NDT remote control and video tracking software the XLt 797X portable analyser offers the same performance and functionality as much larger and more expensive benchtop XRF units.
Thermo automated calibration and state-of-the-art software also makes the Niton XLt 797X portable analyser straightforward and easy to use.
The result is the most versatile, most advanced portable XRF instrument ever designed for RoHS compliance.
The Thermo Niton 797X analyser is available for on-site demonstration at the beginning of September 2006 and is available for mid-October 2006 delivery.
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