Spectro introduces new portable arc/spark analyzer

Kleve, Germany-based Spectro Analytical Instruments has introduced the SpectroPort portable arc/spark optical emission spectrometry (OES) metals analyzer. The company says the new model “delivers advanced OES technology in a unit that is as easy to use as a hand-held analyzer.”

Spectro describes the SpectroPort as similar to its mobile SpectroTest OES analyzer but “in a smaller, lighter unit featuring effortless point-and-shoot performance — for fast, ready response; flexible portability; intuitive ease of use; and minimal standardization efforts.”

The SpectroPort is as fast as a hand-held XRF, says the company, with many analyses taking only a few seconds. Spectro says it can accurately analyze elements such as carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, boron, lithium, beryllium, calcium, silicon, magnesium and aluminum at low and critical levels. Its new optical system covers a wide range of elemental wavelengths, displaying excellent precision, stability and robustness without additional heating, says the firm.

The unit is available with large and small transport trolleys plus portable batteries. For testing in difficult-to-reach places — such as analysis of installed or small parts, thin wires, curved surfaces or concealed welding seams, or for infrastructure control tasks — SpectroPort can be used cordlessly with a rechargeable battery pack.

Spectro says the new model “is surprisingly affordable, features a continued low cost of ownership, and delivers all the reliability of Spectro, the leader in metals analysis, with more than 40,000 spectrometers worldwide.”