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National Conclave On CementHICC, Hyderabad
Robin Oswal – Vice President Business Development.XRSciences LLC, USA
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• Applications in Cement Industry• XRSciences Background• Ideas from Industry Experts• Developments by XRSciences• Summary & Conclusion
Applications in Cement Industry
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• Stockpile Monitoring & Control➢ Continuous minute by minute analysis of Stockpile material➢ Consistently “on-spec” stockpile building➢ Improvement in mine life and reduced rejects
• Raw Mix / Raw Meal analysis & Control➢ Continuous minute by minute analysis of raw mix / meal➢ High frequency (up to every minute) control of feeders to
consistent on target raw meal quality.➢ Improved kiln feed homogeneity and stable kiln operation.➢ Reduced heat consumption and improved kiln refractory life.➢ New product for bulk material analysis on Air slide
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XRSciences Background
• XRSciences formed 2009• Co-founders:
– Dr. Tom Atwell– Colin Charette
XRSciences LLC [email protected] [email protected]
Carlsbad, CA, USA www.XRSciences.com (website under development) +91 8983053316
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Co-founder – Colin CharetteColin Charette – President, CEO
– B.Sc, M.Sc, MBA– HP/AGILENT (12 years)
– Field service engineer, software engineer, product manager, program manager, regional manager
– Technologies– Computed Tomography, Laminography, X-ray, Robotics, Vision, Magnetic Resonance– Ground Penetrating Radar, Gamma Resonance– Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA)
– SABIA (3 years)– R&D Engineer– Field service– Project manager– Provided 24x7 support, calibration support– Top technical expert on system.– Director of Marketing, VP Bus Dev
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Founder – Dr. Tom Atwell
Dr. Tom Atwell - Chief Technology Officer– Ph’D Nuclear Engineering, – Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Lab – Chief Scientist at Gamma-Metrics and ASYS– Lead development of the World’s 1st PGNNA Anlayser BMA
through to CBA, ASYS, OMNI* analyzers
Expectedly is referred as the ‘father” of PGNAA technology having so many PGNAA 1st like BMA,CBA…..last Apex Air
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XRSciences Tom Atwell - Experience
Some of PGNAA systems Tom developed after leaving Gamma-Metrics
Developed OMNI* system 2003-2006 for Analyser Systems Inc. …Sold to Thermo Fisher in Q4 2006
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XRS Staff Pioneered Every major Development in PGNAA Technology
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XRSciences Personnel
Dr. Tom Atwell, led design of– BMA (1st/Original PGNAA system)
– CBA (worlds first cross belt analyzer) – ASYS EBA– ASYS FSA– OMNI* analyzers (sold to Thermo and now
their flagship product)
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XRS - History
• 2011 – 2012 – Phase I Funding by National Science Foundation– Funded to design Clinker Analyzer– Designed Clinker Analyzer to provide elemental msmt plus free lime– Near end of Phase I:
• Contacted 35 cement plants to judge interest• Visited technical centers of Lafarge, Italcementi, Buzzi Cement, etc to judge interest• Conclusion: Raw Meal Analyzer would be a better product
• 2012 – Phase II Funding by National Science Foundation (>$1M)– Based on extensive market analysis, Switch to Raw Meal Analyzer (RMA)– Raw Meal in transport is an aerated Powder,
• Never been analyzed because of low density.– Analyze while in “air slide”, thus called APEX “Air” Analyzer
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FUNDED TO DEVELOP RAW MEAL ANALYZER
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XRS - History• 2017
– 5 years of development, 50,000 man-hours– ~$7M invested
– 40,000 man-hours R&D on electronics– MCMP Modeling - 61 CPU Farm – 30.5 CPU-years modeling– Prototype built
• Latest & most advanced ‘Apex engine’ developed• Apex lite developed.• Advanced engine made new analyser APEX – “Air” possible
• Call (+91 8983053316) for a presentation including for this revolutionary new analyser type / application to now analyse 100% material in ‘powder’ form while in Air slide viz. The “Apex Air”
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Business Approach
• Fund R&D using government funds
• Set up service business
• Build products customers ask for
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IDEAS FROM MARKET EXPERTS
James Bond
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APEX “AIR”, World’s 1st PGNAA AIR SLIDE ANALYZER
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Back to the key enabler of this newest application viz. the latest generation of electronics The “APEX”
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XRSciences ‘APEX’ Electronics
• 5th generation electronics– 40,000 man hours developing– Cleaner signal, significantly
better stabilization, better filtering
– Less noise due to electronics– Most advanced in the market
• Benefit: – More accurate and repeatable
measurement system performance
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• More stable, less variation
• Benefit: – For a given source strength
more accurate and repeatable measurement system
Before After
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APEX Analyzer
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APEX- Most accurate analyzer in market- Can run for more than 5 years, without source replenishment- Alternatively use lower source strength & so lower cost of ownership
Products APEX “Lite”
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- APEX “Lite”- Lightest PGNAA system in market- Lowest source usage- Lowest cost of operation
Products APEX “Lite”
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- Fits solely on conveyor structural rails, no need to cut belt or for return idler- One size fits multiple belt sizes- Designed to run at lower strength for Raw Mix application e.g ~ 40 instead of 58µg- Californium 252, or on - Upcoming Neutron Generator (NG) or on- Both Cf-252 and the upcoming NG- So in conclusion current design is future ready to run on any or both excitation sources
Upgrade Electronics
Detectors and Electronics
Power Cabinet
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Upgrade Electronics
• Next generation electronics• Due to improved stability ~30% more efficient than standard electronics• Resulting sensitivity improvement leads to lower source need & so costs• Example:
– 40 ug analyzer– Down to 30 µg upon Upgrade – because of 25~30% efficiency boost– Normally needs 20 µg sources for replenishment– Needs 15 µg replenishment upon Upgrade
• Less expensive than Thermo Upgrade• If electronics are upgraded, can upgrade body later
– Analyzer can be upgraded (analyzer body) later with these electronics– Lower than the cost of new system– CBX/CBGN - Better performance on Alkali, Mg
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Service
• We have been providing service for 4 years
• ½ Revenue of XRS is service revenue
• Work in Africa, Europe, USA
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We have a backlog of Orders
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XRSciences Other Products
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• Neutron Generator - Upcoming
XRSciences Other Products
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• Clinker analyzer (with free lime)
– Designed, can be built at short notice for interested parties
• Other products?
– We have the “Apex engine” so we can build any type you want (e.g for the waste fuel etc).
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Summary
• We have developed a new type of PGNAA Analyzer
• APEX “Air”
• 3 patents and more pending
• Key development - we have also developed the next generation of electronics– Upgrades
– New systems
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XRSciencesadvanced products available in India Now
Please contact:[email protected]@radprosas.com
+91 8983053316
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