Process and Quality Control

All processes must be continuously monitored and the quality guaranteed one hundred percent at all times. This is the function of this sector in a nutshell. One can only guess at how complex and extensive the analytical requirements really are here if one takes a look at the various industrial sectors and the analytics they involve. Practically every modern method of analysis is utilised in process and quality control. And Bruker always supplies an optimal technical solution.
Yet, despite the enormous diversity, those responsible for quality and processes always demand the same high performance from their analytical system in terms of reliability, reproducibility, operability and quality of the results. This is because they are responsible for the quality of, for example, thousands of hectolitres of wine, thousands of structured wafers, millions of tonnes of cement or millions of tablets.

Metals and Automotive (XRD)

Various analytical methods are used during the development, production and refinement of metals and work pieces. The closer the manufacturing process approaches the final product the more important non-destructive methods become checking the sample. Based on the D8 product family Bruker AXS offers a series of different DIFFRACTION SOLUTIONS customized to meet nearly any analytical requirement.

Glass and Coatings (XRF & XRD)

Certainly glass is one of the most important and fascinating material since ancient times, although in a physical sense the description ‘glass’ might be misleading. Nowadays the description ‘glass’ is more commonly used as a synonym for a state of aggregation between fluid and solid. But this particular property of glass makes it a universal material which can be used for countless applications. In order to meet the requirements of its later use different types of material are mixed or dissolved in the raw glass. This process can be monitored by x-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF).

Process Analytical Technologies (IR/NIR/Raman)

Bruker Optics offers FT-IR, FT-NIR and Raman spectrometers designed to help all your analytical process applications.

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Ceramics and Refractories (XRF & XRD)

High grade ceramic materials are crucial for every high-temperature industrial production process far above 1200 °C such as metal production (Steel, Copper and Aluminium), Cement, Glass, energy generation and thermal waste treatment. X-ray-fluorescence analysis (XRF) is ideal for the routine quality control as well as for all analytical tasks in research, because it is safe, the sample preparation is easy - solids require just a little sample preparation - and the X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) can be automated and integrated in the production process.

Plastics and Polymers (XRF)

Today polymers can be found everywhere, the range of applications that far exceeds that of any other traditional material from packaging materials, adhesives, foams, plastic containers, textiles, fibres and construction parts in airplanes and automobiles. During development and production the compounds in polymers have to be controlled strictly to meet the national and international regulations avoiding potential danger due to hazardous and toxic substances. For all tasks in polymer research and product development X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) can identify and quantify the concentrations of additives (pigments, fillers, flame retardents, stabilizers) like Antimony, Barium, Bromium, Calcium, Copper, Phophorus, Titanium or Zinc.