Xenemetrix Ltd. applications

Oil and fuel analysis - compliance with ASTM standard methods and other regulations. Xenemetrix state-of-the-art ED-XRF analyzers offer solutions for the Petroleum & Petrochemical analysis that comply with ASTM standards and regulations. Our superior solutions cover the full production process, starting from research & development up to process and quality control.

Compliance with the ASTM method at low concentrations sulfur. Sulfur is a major element of importance because it forms sulfuric acid in the atmosphere when burned and has harmful impact on the human health and on the environment. In the mid-2000`s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began a program to greatly reduce the amount of Sulfur in petroleum products. The current allowable sulfur limit in vehicle fuel is 15 ppm (parts per million). To reduce the pollution coming from vessels the international maritime Organization (IMO) established new limits on emission of sulfur oxides. In Emission Controlled Areas the sulfur limit will be 0.1 % starting 2015. The continued strategy by EPA and IMO to reduce the amount of sulfur in petroleum products put a great demand on sulfur monitoring in fuel and oil products.

The IMO (International Maritime Organization) continuously sets new standards in order to minimize and control the harmful polluting exhausts from vessel engines. IMO is the World’s largest maritime organization with over 170 member states and acts as a regulatory agency for the international maritime industry.

Quality control of the various metal industry processes. Metal forms an essential material in modern manufacturing, metal products being used everywhere. Using ED-XRF allows to measure a wide range of elements and concentrations - C(6)-Fm(100) - without the need for sample preparations (heating or destroying the sample). Samples can be measured in the form of loose powders or pressed into pellets and ready for measurement within seconds.

Xenemetrix advanced ED-XRF spectrometers provide on-site quantitative analysis of mining products, thereby reducing the time for receiving results from days to seconds, compared to time consuming laboratory analysis. Materials recovered by mining, minerals or other geological materials that originate from the earth consist of all kinds of base metals - precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash - all of which can be efficiently analyzed by Xenemetrix outstanding ED-XRF analyzers.

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most regulated industries. Contaminants in drug products are examined throughout the manufacturing process, since their presence affects drug stability, behaviour and toxicity. Therefore, regulatory bodies such as the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strictly enforce continuous and ongoing analysis of organic or inorganic impurities from raw materials, excipients and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) through intermediates of drug products and packaging.

During the manufacturing process, cosmetic products need to be chemically analyzed to ensure conforming to product specification and safety regulations, as well as achieving cost-effectiveness in the manufacturing process. Using ED-XRF allows measuring a wide range of elemental concentrations such as C(6)-Fm(100), without a need for sample preparations(heating or destroying the sample). Samples can be measured in the form of loose powders or powders pressed into pellets, and are made ready for measuring within seconds.

The Food & Beverage industry is a wide-scale and versatile industry, which is enforced by strict standards and regulations that makes it an ideal potential for the ED-XRF analytical systems. Using ED-XRF allows measuring a wide range of elements C (6)-Fm (100), at different concentration in almost all matrices - solids, powders and liquids.

Plastics, polymers and rubber are combined with a variety of different additives in order to give them properties that are important for many different markets. These products are commonly analyzed as beads, which in their end form are pressed or molded into plaques.

Quality control of coating and thin film analysis

All industrial operations have processes in place to ensure efficiency and safety standards. Xenemetrix systems are perfectly suitable for complementing these processes.