Metal Scanning License: Our X-ray Fluorescence Gun Operator Has Passed His Exam
You can now see the X-ray fluorescence gun “in action” during our warehouse tours.
Our sales specialist Rolf U. now has a “license to shine” in two senses. For one, he’s beaming from ear to ear because he has just successfully passed the exam of the German Society for Non-Destructive Testing (DGZfP).
Secondly, this license is meant quite literally: our colleague is now another radiation protection officer who is qualified to operate the X-ray fluorescence gun. The quality and purity of our technology metals and rare earths are already checked by our warehouse team upon receipt of goods. Rolf and his team, on the other hand, show visitors during the warehouse tour how the purity of the metals is determined and how quality assurance is carried out using the X-ray gun.
Determining the Purity of Metals with X-ray Radiation
Anyone who, like us, wishes to test strategic metals for their purity using an X-ray fluorescence gun requires a license in Germany. The path to obtaining this involves weeks of memorization, strongly reminiscent of earlier school lessons. “Never again physics class!” Rolf rejoiced back then, but now came the rude awakening: Suddenly, they were back – the equations for radiation values, the sine curves, and the telling tables for all possible parameters of wave movements. He had to examine X-ray radiation on various surfaces, over different periods, and with varying intensities. One equation followed another, some with multiple unknown variables. Yet, amidst all these challenges, there was one unwavering constant: Our man Rolf, who persevered until the very end.
Warehouse tours are regularly offered, and safety is now an integral part of the “show.” Keep an eye out and sign up for the next tour to get to know the X-ray fluorescence gun and all our metals.
P.S.: Rolf treats minor skin conditions directly on-site with the gun – Private patients only! (Just kidding! ?)