The tool is x- ray tube-based, engineered around a PDA and may be optimized for a wide variety of materials applications including plastics, alloys, soil, paints, glass, etc.
It is expected to test electronics components and develop non-toxic high- performance replacements for materials such as lead solder, whose health hazards coupled with the extensive disposal of outdated electronic equipment has caused world governments to reduce or eliminate its use in electronics.
Lead replacements such as pure tin and other pure and lead-free solder alloy substitutes are potential causes of failure for electronic equipment. Innov-X intends to combat this problem with its new technology, as Don Sackett, Innov-X Systems President, explains: New lead-free solder alloys and coatings must be developed, tested and monitored. The Innov-X Analyzer is ideal for these applications.
The Innov-X Portable Point-and-Shoot Tube-based XRF Analyzer provides a fast, confident non-destructive screening tool of electronic parts, components and assembled products, he continued. It is used for monitoring toxic metal levels, for compliance verification, for on-site QC, and for documented traceability.
