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Organizations interested in upgrading their existing AnStat or MSA systems can contact Thermo Fisher Scientific for a site assessment, equipment audit, and upgrade proposal tailored to their operation using the Request a quote function on thermofisher.com.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe eliminates radioactive isotope sources, removes liquid nitrogen handling requirements, incorporates engineered safety features, and allows the X-ray source to be powered off and locked out during maintenance activities.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe provides continuous online elemental data that can be integrated into process control and optimization strategies, supporting automation initiatives and providing data that can assist operational decision-making.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe is installed into an MSA or AnStat system which requires instrument air, electrical power, an ethernet connection, and water for cleaning. Specific installation requirements may vary depending on the analyzer configuration and site conditions.
Yes. Following installation of the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe Upgrade, the analyzer will require recalibration to ensure optimal analytical performance and accuracy for the site's specific process material and conditions.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe features a Quick-Change window system, field-replaceable components, field-serviceable long-life X-ray tubes, and modular assemblies that are designed to simplify maintenance activities and may help reduce downtime compared with previous probe generations.
No. The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe uses an air-cooled detector design that eliminates the need for cryogenic liquid nitrogen or water-cooling systems, reducing maintenance requirements and improving operational safety.
In internal performance evaluations, the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe delivers up to a tenfold improvement in copper lower limit of detection compared to earlier probe generations, helping operators achieve more accurate measurements, particularly in low-grade streams and tailings applications. Actual performance may vary depending on process conditions and analyzer configuration.
Upgrading to the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe may help improve analytical performance, reduce maintenance activities associated with legacy probe technologies, eliminate liquid nitrogen handling requirements, and support operational and maintenance objectives. The MEP-400 probe also offers significantly lower detection limits than previous probe generations.
When evaluating an upgrade from an MEP-200 or MEP-300 probe, consider your current analytical requirements, maintenance objectives, and process monitoring needs. The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe incorporates an X-ray tube, Silicon Drift Detector (SDD), and advanced digital pulse processing that can provide improved detection capabilities compared with earlier probe generations. It also eliminates the need for radioactive isotope sources and liquid nitrogen cooling. An upgrade may be appropriate for operations seeking improved sensitivity for low-grade streams or tailings monitoring, modernization of aging analyzer infrastructure, or alignment with site-specific maintenance and operational objectives. Existing Thermo Scientific AnStat and MSA analyzer systems can typically be upgraded with the MEP-400 probe without replacing the entire analyzer platform. Upgrade suitability depends on the specific analyzer configuration, process requirements, and site conditions.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe upgrade package is designed for Thermo Scientific AnStat Online Sampling and Elemental Analysis Stations and MSA Multi-Stream Slurry XRF Analyzers. Existing AnStat and MSA users can upgrade their systems without replacing the entire analyzer platform.
Real-time slurry analysis provides continuous process visibility and near-immediate feedback, allowing operators to respond faster to process changes than traditional laboratory assays, which involve sampling, sample preparation and assay laboratory delays. The online analyser is primarily a process control tool. Online analysers often reduce the laboratory's workload but they still rely on the laboratory for calibration and verification. The laboratory remains the metallurgical accounting reference.
Yes. By delivering continuous, real-time elemental data from slurry streams, the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe can support process monitoring and process control initiatives. With fast, accurate elemental assay data your process control system can react quickly to process changes, helping operators implement process control strategies intended to maintain grade and recovery. Actual operational outcomes depend on site conditions, workflows, and process implementation.
Yes. The improved detection limits and real-time monitoring capabilities make the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe well suited for measuring valuable metals in tailings streams, supporting monitoring of valuable metals in tailings streams and providing data that supports process control systems and may assist recovery evaluations.
Yes. The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe provides real-time elemental measurements that can support flotation monitoring and process control efforts by providing timely data from rougher, cleaner and scavenger circuits.
Online slurry XRF analyzers are widely used in copper, gold, silver, nickel, lead, zinc, and other mineral processing operations where real-time elemental analysis supports process control and metallurgical performance.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe is commonly used in base metal flotation circuits, precious metal processing plants, tailings monitoring, concentrate quality control, rougher-cleaner-scavenger circuits, and other mineral processing operations requiring continuous elemental analysis.
By replacing traditional radioisotope sources with an X-ray tube, the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe can help reduce administrative and operational burdens associated with isotope management and may help simplify administrative processes associated with isotope management, depending on site requirements and local regulations.
The integrated Silicon Drift Detector in the Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe provides higher count rates, better energy resolution, and improved signal processing, enabling more accurate elemental measurements and lower detection limits than previous detector technologies.
The Thermo Scientific MEP-400 Multi-Element Probe combines a low-power X-ray tube, Silicon Drift Detector (SDD), and advanced digital pulse processing to achieve higher count rates, lower detection limits, and improved analytical accuracy across a wide range of slurry applications.