X-MET8000
SCRAP
Sort scrap metal fast and maximise profits with
Oxford Instruments’ latest handheld XRF analyser
Maximise productivity and profits with:
•Fastest start-up: ready to analyse in seconds
•Rapid alloy identification and accurate chemistry
•Largest grade libraries, with over 1,600 alloys
•Quantification of tramp and penalty elements
•IP54 rating, allowing you to use the X-MET
in the toughest environments
METALS
R
X-MET8000
Maximise sorting throughput and improve profitability
Metals recycling is a multi-billion dollar industry which involves the processing of ferrous and non
ferrous metal scrap into secondary raw material for the smelting of new metals. Over 400 million
tonnes of scrap are processed each year. Sorting scrap metal through testing adds value at all stages
of the metal recycling process, from sorting mixed scrap into low value and high value materials, to
determining the composition of the scrap that goes into the melts and the quality of the output.
Handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers are
commonly used in the scrap yards, as they offer
rapid, on-site alloy identification and chemistry.
Capitalising on the success of its X-MET7000 Series,
Oxford Instruments has raised the bar with its latest
handheld XRF analyser, the X-MET8000. The optimised
combination of a high performance X-ray tube and Oxford
Instruments’ large area silicon-drift detector (SDD) delivers
•Automatic sample size compensation for accurate testing
Lα 12.032
88
112
89
113
227
284
104
114
267
298
Lα
Lα 8.15
10.39
Mα
Mα1.71
2.42
105
115
268
288
Kα
Kα 17.45
27.47
Lα
Lα 2.29
3.77
74
84
183.85
210
Po
W
Lα
Lα 8.40
11.13
Mα 1.77
106
116
271
298
126.90
99
I
Tc
Kα
Kα 18.33
28.61
Lα
Lα 2.42
3.94
75
85
Lα
Lα 8.65
11.43
Mα 1.84
107
117
272
294
Helium
Neon
101.07
131.30
Ru
Xe
Kα
Kα 19.24
29.78
Lα
Lα 2.56
4.11
76
86
186.2
210
Re
At
Lα
Lα 8.91
11.73
Mα 1.91
108
118
Co
Kα 6.93
Lα 0.78
45
Rh
270
294
Lα 9.18
Mα 1.98
109
276
Db Uuh
Sg Uus
Ra
Ac Uuq
Rf Uup
Bh Uuo
Hs Mt
Cn Uut
Lα 12.34
Lα 12.65
Kα 7.47
Lα 0.85
1
Pd
Kα 21.1
Lα 2.84
78
192.2
Ir
5
N
46
102.91
Kα 20.22
Lα 2.70
77
190.2
222
Os
Rn
10
28
58.93
Cobalt
Kα
Kα 6.40
12.63
Lα
Lα 0.70
1.59
44
54
Iron
Krypton
Kα
Kα 5.90
11.91
Lα
Lα 0.64
1.48
43
53
9
27
55.85
83.80
Rhodium
127.60
95.94
Manganese
Bromine
Chromium
Selenium
Kα
Kα 5.41
11.21
Lα
Lα 0.57
1.38
42
52
Argon
8
26
36
Ruthenium
Xenon
Fluorine
Chlorine
54.94
79.90
Ar
Kα 2.96
Iridium
180.95
208.98
Ta
Bi
25
35
39.95
Cr
Se Mn
Br Fe
Kr
Nb
Sb Mo
Te
Kα
Kα 16.58
26.36
Lα
Lα 2.17
3.60
Oxygen
Sulfur
51.99
78.96
7
Technetium
Iodine
121.75
92.91
24
34
Cl
Kα 2.62
Kα 0.85
18
35.45
Rhenium
Astatine
41
51
6
Molybdenum
Tellurium
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Kα
Kα 4.95
10.53
Lα
Lα 0.51
1.28
Vanadium
Arsenic
Carbon
Lα
Lα 7.90
10.5517
Mα
Mα1.64
2.3426
As
V
73
83
178.49
207.19
Pb
Hf
50.94
74.92
S
Kα 2.31
Tungsten
Polonium
Kα
Lα 4.65
10.27
Lα
Mα0.83
2.27
72
82
23
33
Niobium
Antimony
Yttrium
Indium
Lanthanum
Thallium
Strontium
Cadmium
226
285
Zr
Sn
Kα
Kα 15.75
25.27
Lα
Lα 2.04
3.44
5
Kα 0.68
17
32.06
20.18
Ne
Meitnerium
Ds 7 Rg
Fr
Lα
Lα 4.47
9.99
Mα 2.20
138.91
204.37
118.69
91.22
P
Kα 2.01
Kα 0.52
16
4.00
He
10
18.99
F
Bohrium
Ununseptium
87
111
223
280
Barium
Mercury
Palladium
Rubidium
Silver
Caesium
Gold
Lα
Lα 4.29
9.71
Mα 2.12
Kα
Kα 14.93
24.21
Lα
Lα 1.92
3.29
Kα
Kα 4.51
9.88
Lα
Lα 0.45
1.19
30.97
O
Seaborgium
Ununhexium
110
281
47.90
72.59
40
50
114.82
88.91
Kα 0.39
17
9
15.99
Results screen
Tantalum
Bismuth
Kα
Kα 4.09
9.24
Lα
Lα 0.40
1.10
39
49
Actinium
Ununtrium
Mt
Lα 9.44
Mα 2.05
22
32
Ga
Sc Ge
Ti
57
81
137.34
200.59
Radium
Copernicium
Hs
276
Kα
Kα 14.14
23.17
Lα
Lα 1.81
3.13
56
80
132.91
196.97
Francium
Roentgenium
Lα 9.18
Mα 1.98
Meitnerium
Bh
270
Hassium
Sg
272
Bohrium
271
Kα
Kα 13.38
22.16
Lα
Lα 1.69
2.98
55
79
195.09
Platinum
Rhodium
78
192.2
105
106
107
108
109
Fast
start-up:
be up
and running
in seconds
268
Kα 21.18
Lα 2.84
Darmstadtium
77
190.2
Lα 8.91
Mα 1.91
Kα 20.22
Lα 2.70
Iridium
Ruthenium
Technetium
76
186.2
Lα 8.65
Mα 1.84
Kα 19.24
Lα 2.56
Osmium
75
183.85
Lα 8.40
Mα 1.77
Kα 18.33
Lα 2.42
Rhenium
Niobium
Lα 8.15
Mα 1.71
Rf• Db
19
Pt
Lα 9.44
Mα 2.05
110
Ds
96
97
247
Lα 14.62
Lα 14.95
Lα 15.31
98
251
Cf
Lα 15.65
99
254
Es
90
100
232.04
257
60
70
144.24
173.04
61
71
145
174.97
62
150.35
63
151.96
91
101
231
256
238.03
255
Kα
Lα 38.73
7.66
Lα
Mα5.43
1.58
93
103
237
257
Samarium
Lα
Lα 5.23
7.42
Mα
Mα0.98
1.52
92
102
Promethium
Lutetium
Tm
Pr Nd
Yb Pm
Lu Sm Eu
Lα
Lα 5.03
7.18
Mα
Mα0.93
1.46
Lα 5.64
Mα 1.08
94
244
Lα 5.85
Mα 1.13
95
243
Fm
Th Md
Pa No
UX-MET8000
Np
Lr Pu Am
Lα 12.97
Mα 2.99
Lα 13.29
Mα 3.08
Lα 13.61
Mα 3.17
Lα 13.94
Lα 14.28
Lα 14.62
Europium
140.91
168.93
Neodymium
Ytterbium
Lα
Lα 4.84
6.95
Mα
Mα0.88
1.41
59
69
Praseodymium
Thulium
Holmium
Lα 6.72
Mα 1.35
Cerium
Erbium
140.12
167.26
Dy Ho Ce
Er
Lα 6.50
Mα 1.29
Dysprosium
Samarium
Pu Am Cm Bk
Lα 14.28
Terbium
247
58
68
164.93
Americium
243
67
Plutonium
95
Tb
Lα 6.27
Mα 1.24
162.50
Neptunium
Lawrencium
Lα 13.94
244
66
158.92
Uranium
Nobelium
Lα 13.61
Mα 3.17
Np
94
Gd
Lα 6.06
Mα 1.19
65
Protactinium
Mendelevium
U
237
Lα 5.85
Mα 1.13
157.25
Thorium
Fermium
93
238.03
Lα 5.64
Mα 1.08
64
Einsteinium
92
Kα 38.73
Lα 5.43
Promethium
Nd Pm Sm Eu
Lα 5.23
Mα 0.98
Europium
151.96
Californium
Lα 13.29
Mα 3.08
63
Berkelium
Lα 12.97
Mα 2.99
Pa
150.35
Curium
Th
231
62
Plutonium
91
232.04
145
Neptunium
90
Pr
Lα 5.03
Mα 0.93
Neodymium
Ce
Lα 4.84
Mα 0.88
61
Americium
59 140.91
60 144.24
turnings,
chips,
etc.
140.12
Gadolinium
of cables, wires down to 1mm diameter, fasteners,
58
Uranium
104
267
74
Tungsten
Lα 7.90
Mα 1.64
180.95
Kα 17.45
Lα 2.29
Silicon
Magnesium
112.40
87.62
4
Titanium
Germanium
Kα
Kα 3.69
8.63
Lα
Lα 0.34
1.01
38
48
Si
Kα 1.74
N
15
28.09
16
8
0.39
Dubnium
Ununpentium
107.87
85.47
44.96
69.72
Kα 0.28
14
Zirconium
Tin
37
47
21
31
40.08
65.37
Ca
Zn
3
Kα 1.49
C
Rutherfordium
Ununquadium
Molybdenum
Kα
Kα 3.31
8.04
Lα
Lα 0.26
0.93
20
30
26.98
15
7
12.01
Hafnium
Lead
Kα 0.18
13
Scandium
Gallium
Kα 7.47
Lα 0.85
12
Kα 1.25
Calcium
Zinc
Sodium
Kα 6.93
Lα 0.78
Potassium
Copper
Kα 6.40
Lα 0.70
Nickel
Cobalt
Iron
Manganese
Chromium
Titanium
Zirconium
73
178.49
Tantalum
72
Kα 16.58
Lα 2.17
Seaborgium
Lα 12.65
Kα 5.90
Lα 0.64
24.31
Nband accurate
Mo analysis
Rh Pd 5 Ag
Rb Cd
Sr In
Y
Tc forRu
high speed sorting
• Fast
Optimum efficiency: lightweight (1.5kg), small, and
Hf• ergonomic
Ta W
Re Os Ir Pt Au
Cs Hg
Ba La
Tl
design, with up to 10-12 hours battery 6life
Zr
Kα 15.75
Lα 2.04
Praseodymium
Ac
Kα 5.41
Lα 0.57
Protactinium
89
227
Kα 4.95
Lα 0.51
determination
of impurities
and
penalty
elements
92.91
95.94
99
101.07
106.4
41
42
43
44
45 102.91
46
Dubnium
Kα 4.65
Lα 0.83
•
91.22
Cerium
138.91
La
Kα 4.51
Lα 0.45
V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni 4 Cu
K
Low limits of detection, for accurate grading and
Thorium
57
Lanthanum
Yttrium
Y
Kα 14.93
Lα 1.92
Ti
40
88.91
47.90
Hafnium
Kα 4.09
Lα 0.40
39
22
Rutherfordium
Sc
Scandium
44.96
12
22.99
Kα 1.04
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
aluminium,
etc.39.10
50.94
51.99
54.94
55.85 temperature
58.93
58.71
63.55
23
24 titanium,
25 bronze,
26 high
27
28 alloys,
19
29
Vanadium
4
Actinium
21
Kα 0.11
B
•Superior light elements (Mg to S) analysis for fast and
Mg Al
3 Na
accurate analysis of most commercial alloys, including
11
3
Main menu
Boron
Kα 0.05
Be
14
6
10.81
Aluminum
Li
5
9.01
Beryllium
2
13
2
4
6.94
Lithium
3
Hydrogen
H
1
Ultimate performance for reliable
2
1.01
Osmium
Radon
1
alloy identification and chemistry
18
1
demanding metals applications.
Hassium
Ununoctium
the speed and performance required in even the most
RECYCLING
Largest
grade
library
Extensive, customisable grade library for accurate
alloy identification
The X-MET8000 includes the most comprehensive grade library: the pre-installed, userselectable AISI (>650 grades), DIN, JIS, and GB libraries include a total of over 1600 alloys.
Users can modify the existing libraries, add new grades (specialty or exotic alloys) or create
their own library.
The pre-loaded grade libraries include:
•Nickel alloys
•Stainless steels
•Copper alloys
•Aluminium alloys
•Cobalt alloys
•Low alloy steels
•Tool steels
•Titanium alloys
•Zirconium alloys
And more...
X-MET8000
Grade and Trade
Optimised calibrations for results you can trust
The X-MET8000 offers the best of both worlds with a robust fundamental
parameters (FP) method, and empirical calibrations (traceable to certified
reference materials) for superior precision and accuracy. Simply select the
application that meets your requirements, and analyse alloys in seconds.
Superior
precision &
accuracy
Powerful data management
•Store up to 100,000 results including spectra and sample
image (if camera is fitted)
•Download results and reports directly to a USB memory stick,
to a PC or a network share using Wifi or Bluetooth, using a
CSV format or tamper-proof PDF for ultimate data integrity
•Create customised, professional looking reports using the
X-MET report generator (no software installation needed):
include company logo, sample image, results, spectra,
additional sample information (e.g. description, location,
batch number) etc.
•Use real-time averaging for effortless batch evaluation
WiFi
X-MET8000
RECYCLING
Easy to use
• Proven “point and shoot” simplicity
•Intuitive, icon-driven user interface: minimal operator
training required
•Large 4.3” colour touchscreen for excellent results
visibility, even in direct sunlight; easy operation with
gloves on
•Quick-swap analysis window: no tool required to
change the analysis window when broken or dirty
Point
and shoot
simplicity
•Customisable results screen for fast decision making:
display information that is important to you, e.g. alloy
grade, elemental composition, pass/fail messages,
elements listed in your chosen order
•Compact and balanced design
•Optional integrated camera for accurate
measurement positioning
Quick-swap
window with
shield
Rugged for low cost of ownership
•IP54 compliant (equivalent to NEMA 3) for superior protection against
dust and water
•Optional shield to prevent detector and X-ray tube damage when testing
small components and sharp objects
•Impact-resistant housing with environmental sealing, and rubber bumpers
around the screen, nose and battery for protection against shocks
•Large heat sink for optimum robustness and stability, even in hot
environments
•Bright orange casing for high visibility in the field
X-MET8000
Oxford Instruments: the only instruments
supplier to meet all your scrap analysis needs
Handheld LIBS: Latest technology
Handheld XRF: For fast, reliable,
Mobile and portable OES: For the
for 1-second alloy identification, even
non-destructive identification and
certification of scrap sold as feed material;
of Al alloys, with no X-rays
analysis of alloys, car catalysts, and
provides the highest performance for the
waste plastics
analysis of alloyed and trace elements, and
the lowest limits of detection for elements
such as Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cu, Pb...
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Oxford Instruments offers a range of support packages that provide you with the level of service you require:
• World class training academy
• Technical help desk support
• Genuine approved spare parts
• Extended warranty contracts
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• Service repair at OiService centre
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