Designed for elemental analysis of a variety of additives such as pigments, flame-retardants, UV stabilisers and catalysts as well as heavy metals in all kinds of plastics and polymers
Panalytical introduces Axios-Poly, a dedicated X-ray analysis system that meets the needs of XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectrometry) analysis in the plastics and polymers industry.
Claiming the highest levels of precision and versatility within this competitive environment, the Axios-Poly is said to be ideal for all XRF applications.
It is simple to operate, and the compact design can easily be integrated into laboratories.
It offers analysis for the entire product lifecycle - from R and D through process control to recycling.
Axios-Poly is a fully integrated, wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence system that incorporates all of Panalytical's expertise in XRF analysis.
Axios-Poly is designed for accurate and rapid elemental analysis of a variety of additives such as pigments, flame-retardants, UV stabilisers and catalysts as well as heavy metals in all kinds of plastics and polymers.
It achieves this economically and effectively for concentrations ranging from percentage down to sub-ppm levels.
Key to its capability are two unique and invaluable sets of standards, developed by Panalytical and DSM Resolve.
The Adpol standards are an integral component of Axios-Poly, designed for the calibration of important additive elements like F, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Ca, Ti, and Zn in plastics and polymers.
The Toxel standards are an option, designed for the calibration of toxic heavy elements like Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Br, Cd, Ba, Hg and Pb in polyethylene.
As such, they are ideal for applications set up to monitor or control the concentration of elements strictly regulated by environmental directives like RoHS and WEEE.
Axios-Poly runs on a new version (4.0) of Panalytical's SuperQ software.
Application templates and worked examples for typical plastics and polymers applications are included in the Axios-Poly database.
This allows critical applications to be set up quickly without extensive prior knowledge of the software.
SuperQ has a modular design, with optional sub-programs like IQ+, for standardless analysis of a wide variety of samples; SPC (statistical process control) for monitoring trends in analytical data, and UAI (universal automation interface) that enables the integration of Axios-Poly in automated laboratories.
SuperQ is easy to use with a highly intuitive interface and menu.
It enables all day-to-day operations to be carried out by inexperienced personnel after minimal instruction.
Compact and convenient Axios-Poly can handle up to 168 samples at a time and is based on a compact, ergonomic design that is highly accessible and manoeuvrable, with reduced noise levels.
Thus it is easily integrated into automated laboratories, or easily operated as a standalone system.
Panalytical is a supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), with more than half a century of experience.
The materials characterisation equipment is used for scientific research and development, for industrial process control applications and for semiconductor metrology.
Panalytical, formerly Philips Analytical, employs around 800 people worldwide.
Its headquarters are in Almelo, the Netherlands.
Fully equipped application laboratories are established in China, Japan, the USA, and the Netherlands.
Panalytical's research activities are based in Almelo (NL) and on the campus of the University of Sussex in Brighton (UK).
Supply and competence centres are located in Almelo and Eindhoven (NL).
A sales and service network in more than 60 countries ensures unrivalled levels of customer support, it says.
The company is certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001.
The product portfolio includes a broad range of XRD and XRF systems and software widely used for the analysis and materials characterisation of products such as cement, metals and steel, nanomaterials, plastics, polymers and petrochemicals, industrial minerals, glass, catalysts, semiconductors, thin films and advanced materials, pharmaceutical solids, recycled materials and environmental samples.
