Responding to the feedback of customers within the electronics industry, Thermo Electron announces the release of its new Niton XLt 797X with revolutionary small-spot focus capability
Featuring a significantly smaller X-ray analysis area - less than 1/20th the size of any portable XRF (X-ray fluorescence) analyser - Thermo Niton Analyzers has incorporated new proprietary X-ray tube technology along with an internal colour video camera into its popular portable Niton XLt 797 instrument.
The new Niton XLt 797X with small-spot focus technology is ideal for identifying, accurately analysing, and recording the analytical results of small components - something previously only achievable with bench-top XRF analyzers.
The Niton XLt 797X will further assist original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), contract manufacturers (CMs) and other industry partners in dealing with the recently implemented RoHS compliance deadline.
As most in the industry are aware, 1 July 2006 marked the effective date of EU Directive 2002/95/EC, Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
This directive specifically prohibits importation into the European Union of any new electrical and/or electronic equipment put on market after 1 July 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's Niton Analyzers says it is the world's leading manufacturer of portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers designed for on-site, nondestructive RoHS screening.
Niton XLt 797 analysers are used daily for screening of polymers, solders and electronic components for RoHS, ELV and WEEE compliance screening.
Since 2001, the top consumer product manufacturers, OEMs and CMs have been supplied with well over a thousand easy-to-use and reliable portable Niton analysers for on-site RoHS compliance screening.
Niton analysers allow the industry to bring the laboratory to the object to be analysed, resulting in more extensive and representative testing being performed.
The increased level of testing has translated into reduced regulatory risk and much higher confidence in the level of these companies' compliance.
Thermo's small-spot focus technology allows users to better pinpoint the analysis of solder joints and small components, especially on populated printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other heterogeneous materials while maintaining the precision and fast analysis time that have always been a hallmark of Niton analysers.
The Niton XLt 797X provides equivalent or better detection limits for all RoHS elements as those achieved with our standard XLt 797 analyzers.
This small spot capability is coupled with the first ever color CCD camera to be incorporated into a portable XRF analyzer to locate, specify and save the image together with the chemical analysis of an individual component.
The Niton XLt 797X now truly allows the industry to bring the 'laboratory XRF' directly to the object to be analyzed.
As with other niton RoHS analysers, the XLt 797X still provides rapid screening of metals, polymers and components at the loading dock, in the warehouse, during product assembly- even at vendor sites.
When this portable tool is combined with a test stand and Thermo's industry-leading NDT remote control and video tracking software, functionality is provided that was previously only possible using more expensive and far more cumbersome bench-top units.
Keeping with the core characteristics of these portable analyzers, the Niton XLt 797X with small spot focus capability is straightforward and easy-to-use.
The result is the most versatile, most advanced portable XRF instrument ever designed for RoHS compliance.
The Niton 797X analyzer is available for on-site demonstration beginning September 2006 and is available for mid October 2006 delivery.
