Next-generation improvements deliver ultra-reliable performance.
Spectro Analytical Instruments has announced the newest version of its Spectromaxx arc/spark OES analyser with next-generation improvements for the ultra-reliable advanced analysis of incoming and outgoing materials at metal producing and fabricating plants. Perhaps the industry’s best-selling OES analysers, Spectromaxx instruments are a critical element of supply chains worldwide.
Spectro Analytical Instruments has announced the newest version of its Spectromaxx arc/spark OES analyser with next-generation improvements
The introduction of Spectro’s new, ninth generation Spectromaxx LMX09 analyser represents a dramatic leap forward in speed and value. Users get ultrafast information to react rapidly to changing process conditions. The new Spectromaxx also provides a drastically reduced cost of ownership with lower consumables, plus advanced diagnostics and easy maintenance that increases availability and prevents expensive downtime.
Features of the new Spectromaxx LMX09 arc/spark OES analyser include:
• Fast, simple standardisation with Spectro’s proprietary iCAL 2.0 calibration logic – needing only five minutes and a single sample per day, rather than the 30 minutes, multiple samples and reruns required by conventional analysers. Plus, iCAL 2.0 automatically compensates for most changes in environmental temperature or pressure
• Significant reductions in argon (Ar) gas consumption – 6% to 12% during operation and 18% to 64% during standby – without impacting performance
• An expanded wavelength range with the option of a new UV optic to handle a spectral range from 120 nanometers (nm) to 235nm, extending analyses to elements such as nitrogen (N), carbon (C), sulfur (S), and phosphorus (P) as well as hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) in titanium (Ti) base materials
• Improved ease of use with routine, trouble-free analysis of 10 matrices, 68 methods, and 56 elements, plus easier access and new software features
• Effortless operation with Spectro’s Spark Analyser Pro software, featuring application profiles, automatic programme selection, and argon saver. New functions include the ability to recall stored spectra for later re-evaluation/recalculation, extended data export functions, quick check programmes for the rapid analysis of iron and aluminium and onsite upgrades/additions of analytical methods without any hardware changes
• Hardware improvements, including a new spark stand configuration with easier access for automation options, a new optic isolation concept for greater temperature stability, UV optic (on Spectromaxx Advanced), an ultra-robust, high-power plasma generator with spark frequencies up to
1 000Hz, start/stop averaging button/spark indicator and on/off safety switch to control line/mains power
• Adapter kits offering a variety of flexible, easy-to-use solutions to meet the wide range of analysis requirements of material control, from adjusting for differing sample shapes and sizes to optimising positioning on the spark stand
The new Spectromaxx LMX09 arc/spark OES analyser is available in two models, differing only in their optical systems. The basic Spectromaxx features Spectro’s proven single air optic with high-resolution CCD sensors. Its solid design resists fluctuations due to ambient temperature changes. It handles elemental wavelengths from 233nm to 670nm.
The new Spectromaxx LMX09 arc/spark OES analyser includes fast, simple standardisation with Spectro’s proprietary iCAL 2.0 calibration logic – needing only five minutes and a single sample per day, rather than the 30 minutes, multiple samples and reruns required by conventional analysers
The new Spectromaxx Advanced adds a new UV optic with four high-resolution CMOS detectors. Its extended wavelength range covers elements from 120nm to 235nm
Hardware improvements include a new spark stand configuration with easier access for automation options, a new optic isolation concept for greater temperature stability, UV optic (on Spectromaxx Advanced), an ultra-robust, high-power plasma generator with spark frequencies up to 1 000Hz, start/stop averaging button/spark indicator and on/off safety switch to control line/mains power
The new Spectromaxx Advanced adds a new UV optic with four high-resolution CMOS detectors. Its extended wavelength range covers elements from 120nm to 235nm. A closed system circulates gas through Spectro’s UV Plus cleaning cartridge, eliminating extra argon consumption and contamination risks. Both versions feature a temperature-stabilised system that heats both optics. Both are available as floor-mounted units with optional PC stands or benchtop models for a minimum footprint.
All Spectromaxx analysers are supported through Amecare services to help ensure uninterrupted performance and a maximum ROI life. Amecare services include machine-to-machine support, which provides proactive alerts and an on-request PC connection with a remote Spectro service expert.
The new Spectromaxx LMX09 arc/spark OES analyser is available immediately from Spectro Analytical Instruments. For more information visit https://www.spectro.com/maxx.
For further details contact Spectro Analytical South Africa on TEL: 011 979 4241 or visit www.spectro.com
